# Copyright at UNSW

**Source**: https://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/copyright/fair_dealing
**Parent**: https://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/copyright/plagiarism_contract_cheating

Within the [Copyright Act](https://www.legislation.gov.au/Series/C1968A00063), “dealing” means using copyright material in any way that is usually reserved for the copyright owner. Using copyright material for any of the following purposes may be considered fair dealing:

- research or study
- criticism or review
- parody or satire
- reporting news
- enabling a person with a disability to access the material
- professional advice by a lawyer, patent attorney or trade marks attorney

To decide if using material for any of the above purposes is fair, you should consider the following factors:

- the purpose and character of the dealing
- the nature of the work or adaptation
- the possibility of obtaining the work or adaptation within a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price
- the effect of the dealing upon the potential market for, or value of, the work or adaptation
- in the case where part only of the work or adaptation is reproduced, the amount and substantiality of the part copied taken in relation to the whole work or adaptation

If, in your estimation, your use of copyright materials is covered by a fair dealing exception and is fair in that context, then it is not a copyright infringement and you do not need permission from the copyright owner.