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Undergraduate Course: Copyright & Copycats: Protecting Your Work in the Creative Industries (LAWS10131)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaLaw Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe course will provide an understanding of the law on copyright and related rights in the UK as it is relevant to the creative industries; highlight the scope, impact and application of these rights within individual areas of creative practice; and explore issues of particular concern regarding copyright law in such areas. The course will not only provide knowledge of fundamental legal principles of copyright and related rights but will also encourage the students to explore such legal protection at a practical level in the context of creative practice.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Please contact the Course Organiser before enrolling students on this course.
Additional Costs Students should have regular and reliable access to the Internet.

Print consumables (paper and ink) would be recommended to provide hard copy of some on screen text and materials (e.g. articles).
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class First class information not currently available
Additional information This 10 week course will be available through self-access requiring students to go through the available materials and carry out inbuilt exercises. It will not involve any face to face teaching or online-tutoring.
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will have acquired:

- An understanding of the basic concepts of copyright law as relevant to the creative industries; requirements for copyright protection; the restricted acts and the limitations and exceptions to copyright protection;
- An appreciation of the variety of ways in which copyright can be exploited and clearance of copyright can be obtained;
- A practical understanding in being able to identify the rights relevant to their own practice, explain their scope and evaluate when and how those rights may be infringed;
- An awareness of copyright related issues in common industry contracts and the different ways to solve copyright disputes;
- A basic appreciation of copyright licences(including open licences);
- Transferable skills including (a) communication skills, oral and written (b) intellectual skills in identifying and evaluating legal rules as applicable to their creative practice (c) Managing time and taking responsibility for their work.
Assessment Information
One piece of assessed work (100%). This assessment will be developed with the collaborating school and will be marked by two assessors, one from law school and another from the collaborating school.

Routes for innovative types of assessment like projects, poster work etc. along with written components will be explored through discussion with the collaborating school, so that the course has relevance to and remains true to the aims of providing and assessing knowledge of copyright law as relevant to the creative industries.

An example of such assessment - An essay of 2000 words on the application of copyright law to a creative work created by the student as part of the programme they are studying in the collaborating school, requiring them to highlight how such works is/is not protected under the law and how they can be infringed; accompanied with an oral presentation of 10 minutes on how the copyright protection in such work of theirs can be exploited in various media.
Special Arrangements
This course is taught on-line.
Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiserMs Smita Kheria
Tel:
Email: smita.kheria@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Clare Neilson
Tel:
Email: clare.neilson@ed.ac.uk
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