Amount
What is the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the work as a whole?
Favoring fair dealing
- [+] Only limited and reasonable portions will be reproduced
- [+] Only the amount required to achieve the stated, socially-beneficial purpose or objective will be used (be that research, private study, criticism etc.)
- [+] If the entire work is to be reproduced, it is clear that no less than the entire work will achieve the stated purpose of the use (e.g. use of a photograph, a short poem, an article, etc.)
Opposing fair dealing
- [-] The entire work is reproduced
- [-] The Portion of the work reproduced is greater than what is needed to achieve the stated purpose or objective
- [-] The amount used clearly exceeds the established fair dealing guidelines outlined in the Copyright at Queen's policy
- [-] An excessive, or unreasonable amount of the work is used
