Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Online
Module Offerings
7539LAWINF-APR-PAR
7539LAWINF-JAN-PAR
7539LAWINF-SEP_NS-PAR
Aims
This module aims to provide students with an understanding of contemporary developments related to information technology and social media. This includes everything from the statutory rights of legal users, through to legal controversies of the internet and privacy within the Electronic Age.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Evaluate the statutory rights for lawful users of computer programmes within the media and entertainment industries
2.
Critically appraise defamation and privacy within the Electronic Age
3.
Scrutinize contemporary case studies and emerging case law applicable to new media
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:By completing this module, students are expected to cover the indicative content as follows:
a. IP developments related to information technology
b. Statutory rights for lawful users of computer programmes
c. Databases
d. IP and the internet
e. Copyright and the internet
f. Third party facilitators
g. Domain names
h. Cyber squatters
i. Defamation and privacy in the electronic age
j. Contempt
k. Harassment
l. Abuse.
Additional Information:There are no professional body requirements at this stage, however developments will be monitored and where appropriate, incorporated into module content.