What is the current state of the law on research that is not for commercial use but for private use?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from P.S. Knight Co. Ltd. v. Canadian Standards Association, 2018 FCA 222 (CanLII):
Research need not have a creative purpose, “can be piecemeal, informal, exploratory, or confirmatory” and can be driven by “personal interest” alone: SOCAN at paras. 21-22, 27. Research is “not limited to non-commercial or private contexts”: Alberta v. Access Copyright at para. 19. Likewise, private study need not be undertaken in “splendid isolation” and can be “engaged in with others or in solitude”: Alberta v. Access Copyright at para. 27.
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