LAW5301 · Copyright

Overview

The unit covers copyright, the branch of intellectual property law concerned with protecting various forms of creative and informational expression. We will study the rationales for granting protection, the international treaty framework, the legal principles governing subsistence, infringement, ownership and licensing, related rights (including moral rights and the resale royalty) and proposals for law reform. Students are expected to cover the bulk of the substantive content out of class time using the detailed notes and videos provided. Workshop hours will be spent applying that law to a range of fact scenarios and discuss important issues of national and international copyright policy. At the end of the unit, participating students will have significantly developed their higher level reasoning, problem-solving and advocacy skills.

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Apply knowledge and understanding of recent developments in relation to copyright law with creativity and initiative to new situations in professional practice;
2. Investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories in relation to Australian and international copyright law;
3. Interpret and identify interpretative challenges in complex legislation;
4. Debate, decide, enunciate and defend positions on important questions of copyright policy, orally and in writing; and
5. Use cognitive, technical and creative skills to generate and evaluate at an abstract level complex ideas and concepts relevant to copyright law.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit typically comprises of a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study applicable to a 6 credit point unit. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning, and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.