Does fair dealing cover the use of material by a teacher?
Although the fair dealing exception does not use the word “teaching”, it does allow a teacher to use a work for criticism or review. So if you’re teaching geography, for example, and you want to discuss and critique with your students a recent study relating to eco-tourism in developing countries (which is not covered by the Access Licence, a licence that the Library has for e-resources or any of the Act’s educational exceptions), it could be fair dealing to share this material with your students. But only if you do actually critique or review the work itself and mention the author and source of the work – merely providing the work without any commentary would not be considered fair dealing for the purpose of criticism or review. The bottom line is, your purpose must clearly be criticism or review and your use must be fair. If you’re unsure, you should seek permission from the copyright owner.
