Postgraduate - UnitLAW7011 - Copyright

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Law
Offered	City (Melbourne) First semester 2014 (On-campus block of classes)

Notes

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Quota applies

Postgraduate programs are based on a model of small group teaching and therefore class sizes need to be restricted.

Synopsis

The branch of intellectual property law which protects literary and artistic creations, films, sound recordings, broadcasts and published editions of works. Areas of difficulty and areas of contemporary and emerging importance, including computer software, databases and the challenges posed by convergence of communications and the Internet. New sui generis forms of protection, such as for databases and international and comparative materials.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students should:

have an enhanced appreciation of the policies and objectives underlying the law of copyright
be able to comment critically on those policies and objectives and to relate them to current proposals for law reform
have developed a detailed knowledge of the subject-matter that is eligible for protection under the laws, the requirements for obtaining such protection and its scope, once obtained
be able to provide detailed and comprehensive advice to authors, designers and other creators on their rights and liabilities under the law of copyright to provide advice of equivalent depth to users of copyright material
have a sound understanding of the operation and application of the rules governing the international protection of copyright
have a clear appreciation of the impact of technological change on the formulation and protection of the rights studied.

Assessment

Research assignment (3,750 words): 50%
Take-home exam (3,750 words): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor David Lindsay Research ProfileResearch Profile (http://monash.edu/research/people/profiles/profile.html?sid=2838&pid=3303)

Workload requirements

24 contact hours per semester (either intensive, semi-intensive or semester long, depending on the Faculty resources, timetabling and requirements)