Supreme Court of Canada Rules that Music Previews are a Form of 'Research' Covered Under the Fair Dealing Provisions of the Copyright Act
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Forthcoming
5 Pages Posted: 16 Jul 2012 Last revised: 17 Jul 2012
Date Written: July 12, 2012
Abstract
In Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Bell Canada, 2012 SCC 36, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled that a consumer who listened to a 30 second excerpt of a song online before deciding whether or not to purchase it, amounted to a form of “research” covered under the fair dealing provisions of the Copyright Act.
Keywords: 2012 SCC 36, SOCAN, music, previews, research, fair dealing, Canada, copyright, pentalogy
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Crowne, Emir, Supreme Court of Canada Rules that Music Previews are a Form of 'Research'
Covered Under the Fair Dealing Provisions of the Copyright Act (July 12, 2012). Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Forthcoming , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2109943
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