Cyber Law: Data, Ethics and Digital Property

2024/2025

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

School of Digital Law and Bio-Law

Course type:

Elective course

When:

1 year, 3 module

Instructor

Zhuravlev, Mikhail

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course “Cyber Law: Data, Ethics and Digital Property” covers the basics of information technology and intellectual property law. The course addresses the issues of personal data protection, information and Internet law, copyright law in the digital environment. All the topics are considered not only from the point of Russian law, but also in a comparative legal context. Particular attention is paid to the ethical and legal aspects of machine learning and artificial intelligence, such as legal liability, legal grounds for data scraping, legal protection of AI-generated works, etc.

Learning Objectives

• Students will learn general legal challenges of IT sphere, Internet law, privacy as legal concept, main legal acts regulating data protection, IP issues in the digital era, legal status and ethical aspects of AI

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Understand the basics of Cyberlaw, Data Protection Law, Intellectual Property Law
• Know the legal and ethical challenges of Artificial Intelligence
• Apply the knowledge to practical cases

Course Contents

• Basics of Cyberlaw
• Personal Data Protection Law
• Introduction to Intellectual Property Law
• Copyright Law in the Digital Environment
• Legal and Ethical Aspects of Artificial Intelligence

Assessment Elements

• Research report
• Exam test
• Activity at classes

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 3rd module
  0.25 * Activity at classes + 0.5 * Exam test + 0.25 * Research report

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Bygrave, L. A. (2017). Data Protection by Design and by Default : Deciphering the EU’s Legislative Requirements. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.3DE9A496
• Caso, R., & Giovanella, F. (2015). Balancing Copyright Law in the Digital Age : Comparative Perspectives. Heidelberg [Germany]: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=909908
• Research Handbook on the Law of Artificial Intelligence. Woodrow Barfield; Ugo Pagallo. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Goldman, E. (2017). Internet Law: Cases & Materials (2017 Edition).
• Spalevic, Z., Ilic, M., & Filipic, G. (2019). Legal and Economical Aspects of Intellectual Property in Cyber Space. Ekonomika, 65(2), 51–64. https://doi.org/10.5937/ekonomika1902051S

Authors

• Жирнова Наталья Александровна
• Zhuravlev Mikhail Sergeevich