Copyright

General data

Course ID:	2600-ERSM1CP
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Copyright
Name in Polish:	Copyright
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Management
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty dla studentów ERSAMUS na Wydziale Zarządzania UW w semestrze letnim (in Polish) Przedmioty dla studentów ERSAMUS na Wydziale Zarządzania UW w semestrze zimowym
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	elective courses
Short description:	This is a course on Copyright - commonly defined as the most controversial intellectual property right. In particular, the course will frame the current copyright system, its strengths and its weaknesses.
Full description:	The purpose of the course is to acquire an understanding of copyright law and to exploit its potential in business realities, mainly focusing on the EU and US systems.
Bibliography:	- Richard A. Posner, Intellectual Property: The Law and Economics Approach, Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 19, Number 2—Spring 2005 - P. Bernt Hugenholtz, Copyright in Europe: Twenty Years Ago, Today and What the Future Holds, 23 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 503 - Matthias Leistner, Europe’s Copyright Law Decade: Recent Case Law of the European Court of Justice and Policy Perspectives, Common Market Law Review 51: 559–600, 2014. Materials will be available on the University’s website. The link and the password to access the materials will be shared during the first lecture of the course. These materials are only for class use. Further dissemination is prohibited.
Learning outcomes:	After completing the course, a student will: - Understand the main rules applicable to copyright; - Acquire a good knowledge of the global debate on the value of copyright as a business asset; - Understand the dynamics of copyright-based industries.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The final exam will be written. Students who participate in at least 70% of the lectures will have the opportunity to select at their choice two of the three open questions that are part of the written exam. The students that will not participate to at least 70% of the lectures will have to answer all the questions in the written examination.

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