MCPS155 Challenges of Authorship and Copyright (5 cr)

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Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Curriculum periods:
2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020

Description

Content

- Background and basic meanings of copyright
- Political and economic idea and purpose of copyright
- International copyright laws and organizations
- Copyright and EU
- National solutions and laws
- Critique and alternatives
- Main problems and challenges

Completion methods

Recorded lectures, literature and learning diary.

Assessment details

To get good or excellent grade student must participate in the lectures and complete the written assignment (learning diary) on the basis of lectures and the literature. In the written work, student has to be able to indicate that she/he knows backgrounds of the copyright systems and the affiliation of copyright and political ideologies. She/he shows that she/he knows the international and national copyright laws. Use of critical knowledge and approaches are viewed as benefits to a general description what cultural policy is and which are its research approaches and topics.

Following criteria is used when evaluating the written assignment:
1. General academic writing (structure, form, argumentation, logic, articulation etc.)
2. Displayed knowledge of the course material (how well the student knows the course literature and other course material).
3. Analytical capability (how well the student can use what she/he has read, as displayed in analysis and in applying theories to cases etc.).

Learning outcomes

Students understand the principles of copyright and related rights. Students recognise the current challenges to authorship and copyright, and how technological developments have affected and altered creative practices and the notions of authorship. Students are familiar with recent discussions concerning the legitimacy and critique of copyrights. Students are introduced to new models and alternatives of copyright, which have been presented in the recent years as solutions to the challenges posed by technological developments.

Literature

  • Student reads and uses 2-3 of the following for the learning diary:
  • 3. Lessig, Lawrence (2008): Remix. Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy.
  • http://networkcultures.org/_uploads/tod/TOD4_nocopyright.pdf
  • 1. Patry, William (2012): How to Fix Copyright and WIPO: Understanding Copyright and Related Rights. <http://www.wipo.int/freepublications/en/intproperty/909/wipo_pub_909.html>
  • 2. D'Agostino, Giuseppina (2010): Copyright, Contracts, Creators. New Media, New Rules.
  • 5. Smiers, Joost & Marieke van Schijndel (2009): Imagine There is No Copyright. <http://networkcultures.org/_uploads/tod/TOD4_nocopyright.pdf>
  • http://www.wipo.int/freepublications/en/intproperty/909/wipo_pub_909.html
  • 4. Guibault, Lucie & Christina Angelopoulos (eds.) (2011): Open Content Licensing. From Theory to Practice.

Completion methods

Method 1

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