As soon as an idea is given physical form such as a piece of writing, a film or a photograph it is automatically protected by copyright. You do not need to register your work as it is protected upon creation. This still applies even if the work is unpublished.
Fair Dealing
"the use of copyrighted material in such a way that it does not infringe on the copyright of that material. The Copyright Act provides that "any fair dealing" with a work for the purposes of private study or research, or for criticism, review, or news reporting is not an infringement. However, in the case of criticism, review, or news reporting, the user is required to give the source and the author's, performer's, sound recording maker's or broadcaster's name if known." (http://guides.library.ualberta.ca)
A good example of this is something that I as production editor of WINOL experienced. We had an interview with the one and only Chesney Hawkes. We wanted to use a clip of to introduce the interview of Chesney singing his number one "The one and Only". We found a clip on the internet which was owned by FMI music. We wanted to use the clip under the "fair dealing" rules. Although the clip it's self was 5 minuets long, we would only be able to use 5 seconds under the fair dealing terms. We also had to talk over the clip and credit the creator of the work itself. I feel that this is a good example of fair dealing.
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