Project Seminar "Copyright in the Fireld of Media and Creative Industries"

Bachelor 2024/2025

Type: Elective course (Law)

Area of studies: Law

Delivered by: School of Digital Law and Bio-Law

Where: Faculty of Law

When: 5 year, 2 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Full Syllabus

Abstract

Copyright Law in the Media and Entertainment Industry explores the legal framework governing the protection and use of creative works in the media, entertainment and fashion industry. This course provides an in-depth comparative analysis of copyright statutes and case law of the United States, European Union, India, China and Russia. Students will examine the principles underlying copyright protection, including the rights of authors and creators, limitations and exceptions to copyright, fair use, copyright protection, IP deals, licensing and transactions, secondary liability regimes and the impact of technology on copyright law. This course will allow students to delve deeper into the specifics of the business processes of the media and entertainment industry, as well as the to teach them critical thinking and problem solving skills, particularly within the framework of practical sessions and organizing a moot court as a final assessment. The course will be taught in English language. All classes are interactive, with case studies and open discussions of the most landmark industry cases".

Learning Objectives

Brief description of the course: This course is prepared for lawyers who are capable of effective practical activity, analytical and research work in the field of intellectual property law in the music industry. During the course, students will get acquainted with the basic provisions of copyright and related law, as well as with the legal aspects of the application of legal norms within the music industry. The program consists of 5 classes, within which issues of the protection of musical works, the legal regime of objects of related rights (performances and phonograms), contracts for the disposal of musical content and individual mechanisms for the registration of relations between participants in the music industry will be considered. Among other things, students will get acquainted with collective rights management organizations, as well as the consequences of violating exclusive rights to music content.

Expected Learning Outcomes

-Has in-depth knowledge of the basic concepts of the topic studied
-Correctly uses legal terminology on the topic studied
-Applies current legal norms on the topic studied
-Determines the goals and scientific research tasks necessary to achieve them on the topic studied

Course Contents

1. The protection of musical works, performances and phonograms in the Russian Federation, the USA and the EU
2. Music Industry Contracts
3. Music Industry Contracts (Part 2)
4. Collective Rights Management Organizations (CCMs) in the Russian Federation, the USA and the EU
5. Violations of exclusive rights to a musical work, performance, phonogram
6. A practical lesson. Analysis of court cases

Assessment Elements

Gaming trial based on the Kraftwerk v Sabrina Setlur case
In 1999, rapper Sabrina Setlur looped a two—second sample from the Metal auf Metal composition of the Kraftwerk project - and released it as her own track Nur Mir
The essay
activity

Interim Assessment

2024/2025 2nd module
0.5 * Gaming trial based on the Kraftwerk v Sabrina Setlur case + 0.25 * The essay + 0.25 * activity

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

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Право интеллектуальной собственности : учебник и практикум для вузов / Е. А. Позднякова [и др.] ; под общей редакцией Е. А. Поздняковой. — 3-е изд., испр. и доп. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2023. — 374 с. — (Высшее образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-12825-3. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/511224 (дата обращения: 27.08.2024).
Право интеллектуальной собственности. Международно-правовое регулирование : учебное пособие для вузов / И. А. Близнец [и др.] ; под редакцией И. А. Близнеца, В. А. Зимина, И. П. Оленичева. — 2-е изд., перераб. и доп. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2023. — 284 с. — (Высшее образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-17108-2. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/532398 (дата обращения: 27.08.2024).
Шахназаров Б.А. - Международное право интеллектуальной собственности. Учебник - 978-5-392-36776-4 - Проспект - 2022 - http://ebs.prospekt.org/book/46023 - 46023 - PROSPECT

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Калятин, В. О. Право интеллектуальной собственности. Правовое регулирование баз данных : учебное пособие для вузов / В. О. Калятин. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2023. — 186 с. — (Высшее образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-06200-7. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/515537 (дата обращения: 27.08.2024).
Право интеллектуальной собственности: художественная собственность : учебник / И.А. Кулешова, Р.Ш. Рахматулина, О.А. Рузакова [и др.] ; под ред. д-ра юрид. наук, проф. Г.Ф. Ручкиной. — Москва : ИНФРА-М, 2023. — 232 с. — (Высшее образование). — DOI 10.12737/textbook_5c700ed70c4fe2.79399633. - ISBN 978-5-16-018542-2. - Текст : электронный. - URL: https://znanium.com/catalog/product/2020590

Authors

ARUTYUNOVA TAMARA ROBERTOVNA
Жирнова Наталья Александровна

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