Copyright law fair dealing

Fair dealing law is not only applicable to text-based works; it applies to musical, dramatic, artistic, literary and typographical works too.
However, it does not cover the copyright of printed music.
A statutory definition for fair dealing does not exist; it will always be a matter of fact, degree and interpretation in every fair dealing case.

The nature of the work.
Copying from a work that has never been published could be more fair than from a published work "in that its reproduction with acknowledgement could lead to a wider public dissemination of the work – one of the goals of copyright law.

Fair use is actually an affirmative defense to a claim of copyright infringement, meaning that the alleged infringer has the burden of proving their use was a fair use.

Fair dealing is a user’s right in copyright law permitting use of, or “dealing” with, a copyright protected work without permission or payment of copyright royalties.