Michael Geist has been writing a series of articles on misleading claims about fair dealing made by various copyright stakeholders over the past few months. I highly recommend reading all of them, as they give a comprehensive overview of the attempts of copyright maximalists to erode the rights of users as recognized by the Supreme Court.

• Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 1: Access Copyright’s Inconsistent Claims on the Legal Effect of the 2012 Fair Dealing Reforms (11/19/18)
• Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 2: Why Access Copyright’s Claim of 600 Million Uncompensated Copies Doesn’t Add Up (11/20/18)
• Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 3: Data Shows Books Are Rapidly Declining as Part of Coursepack Materials (11/21/18)
• Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 4: The Shift from Coursepacks to Digital Course Management Systems (11/22/18)
• Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 5: The Multi-Million Dollar Educational Investment in E-Book Licensing (11/23/18)
• Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 6: Why Site Licences Offer Education More than the Access Copyright Licence (11/27/18)
• Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 7: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (11/28/18)
• Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 8: The Access Copyright Fight Against Transactional Licensing (11/29/18)
• Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 9: The Remarkable Growth of Free and Open Materials (11/30/18)
• Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 10: Rejecting Access Copyright’s Demand to Force Its Licence on Canadian Education (12/3/18)