单词 | fair dealing |
释义 | fair dealingn. 1. Just and honest conduct, esp. (in later use) with regard to business affairs; equitable treatment of others. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > fairness or equity > action fair play?a1500 square play or dealing1592 the square thing1592 fair dealing1609 to do justice to (a person or thing)1610 fair deal1837 fairation1847 fair do's1859 square deal1876 fair dinkum1881 cricket1900 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 28 This were plaine dealing in him, and had beene faire dealing in the Pope. 1670 J. Evelyn tr. Moral Pract. Jesuites 292 Their houses in both Castilles owe two millions of money for things deposited with them in confidence of fair dealing. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Sensus Communis: Ess. Freedom of Wit 7 There is as much difference between one sort and another, as between fair Dealing and Hypocrisy. 1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy I. 281 The honesty of her country gentlemen, and the fair dealing of her merchants, are noted over all Europe. 1824 Christian Remembrancer Mar. 157/2 We should have been happy to pay a tribute to the fair dealing of our adversary. 1882 W. Cunningham Growth Eng. Industry & Commerce iii. i. 194 They simply applied to the labourers the same standard of fair dealing as was applied to bankers and merchants and everyone else. 1942 R. Finnie Canada moves North v. 68 The Director, highly respected everywhere with a reputation for fair-dealing, was superannuated while still in his prime. 1998 Newsweek 6 July 44/1 Images of financial strength, fair dealing and high-quality service. 2. In copyright law: the exception to the law of infringement allowing, in certain circumstances, excerpts of copyrighted material to be quoted without the permission of the copyright holder, for purposes such as private study, research, or criticism; an instance of this.Esp. in use in the jurisdictions of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries; cf. fair use n. at fair adj. and n.1 Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > publishing > [noun] > publishing rights privilege1513 copyright1735 fair use1869 book rights1880 release1904 magazine rights1909 fair dealing1916 permission1945 1911 Copyright Bill (Cd. 296) 2 in Parl. Papers I. 563 The following acts shall not constitute an infringement of copyright:—(i) Any fair dealing with any work for the purposes of private study, research, criticism, review, or newspaper summary, [etc.].] 1916 Publishers' Weekly 23 Dec. 2139/2 The final defense was that defendant's use of the papers had been a fair dealing for the purposes of private study. 1977 K. Amis Lett. (2000) 837 One can quote up to so many lines in the way of ‘fair dealing’ to make a point without permission or payment, as book reviews show. 1989 G. Dworkin & R. D. Taylor Blackstone's Guide to Copyright, Designs & Patents Act 1988 vi. 72 What was not entirely clear was whether fair dealing could apply where the copying was done on behalf of or at the specific request of the person doing the research or private study. 2013 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 30 Mar. There are defences available, like fair dealing, but a good proportion of reposted content online today may not be covered by these defences. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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