Talk:Fair dealing in United Kingdom law

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 * I'd agree that a look at the history might be useful. (IIRC, fair dealing started as common law, until it was put onto a narrow statutory footing by one of the Copyright Acts.  I think Cornish (at least in the 5th ed) includes such a historical discussion).  It might also be worth discussing the question of whether a taking is "significant" or not, it still (perhaps) being a common law defence against infringement that the taking was not significant, even if it doesn't fall into one of the narrow "fair dealing" classes.  Probably it would be a good thing to review how the law compares to the EU Copyright Directive, which arguably is now the key underpinning bit of law, and perhaps also the Berne 3-step test -- it might be worth discussing which EUCD exemptions are implemented in different ways in UK law; and also which not at all.  Finally, one could review ongoing discussions about widening what might be allowed as fair dealing  -- eg the Gowers report proposal to make U.S.-style transformative use more acceptable, or the Hargreaves report coming out against importing a U.S. style fair use regime wholesale.  Jheald (talk) 23:28, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

External links removed
I have just removed these from the article:


 * webpage-Intellectual Property Office © Crown copyright 2011 retrieved 12:38 6.10.11


 * website-Open Government Licence for public sector information +( link to National Archives) retrieved 12:39 6.10.11

Let's leave aside for the moment the point that Wikipedia does not need the time that a page was retrieved, or the odd "+( link to National Archives)", since both of those could be fixed. Wikipedia's guideline on external links says that one should avoid external links to "1. Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a featured article." The IPO website has a four-sentence explanation of fair dealing; it adds absolutely nothing to the article. The Open Goverment Licence states "This licence does not affect your freedom under fair dealing"; giving an external link to a licence that doesn't affect fair dealing is irrelevant. BencherliteTalk 11:50, 6 October 2011 (UTC)