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The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors. [62] There are significant differences between Canadian fair dealing and US fair use. The most important is the fixed list of permissible purposes for fair dealing.
The scènes à faire doctrine has been applied in Canada in Preston v. 20th Century Fox Ltd., where the plaintiff argued that the popular Star Wars franchise allegedly copied the Ewoks from his 1978 literary work titled Space Pets.
The copyright law of Canada governs the legally enforceable rights to creative and artistic works under the laws of Canada. Canada passed its first colonial copyright statute in 1832 but was subject to imperial copyright law established by Britain until 1921.
CCH Canadian Ltd v Law Society of Upper Canada, [17] expanded upon that, with the Supreme Court of Canada holding that fair dealing, as well as related exceptions, is a user’s right. In order to maintain the proper balance between the rights of copyright owners and user’s interest, it must not be interpreted restrictively. [18]
The Coalition appealed the fair dealing issue to the Supreme Court maintaining that the Board's conclusion was not in accordance with the test in CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada, [2004] 1 SCR 339 and was therefore unreasonable. [5]
Five leading Canadian news outlets filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday, accusing the ChatGPT owner of violating copyright laws to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The outlets ...
CCH Canadian Ltd v Law Society of Upper Canada, [2004] 1 SCR 339, [2] 2004 SCC 13, is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada case that established the threshold of originality and the bounds of fair dealing in Canadian copyright law.
Canadian news companies have sued OpenAI, alleging the ChatGPT-maker uses their content without permission. The lawsuit claims OpenAI violated Canadian copyright laws and profited from it.