E-Learning & Law

Course content

1. Basics of copyright law I: The Copyright Act
2. Basics of copyright law II: accompanying legal norms
3. The copyright amendments: The changes at a glance
4. The pirated copy myth
5. Copyright across borders
6. Free use of works
7. Films & Pictures
8. The textbook exception
9. Copyright & Creative Commons
10. Service inventions

Learning goals

• I know how copyright law is organised in Austria
• I can deal with terms such as 'private copying', 'exploitation rights' etc.
• I know the civil and criminal claims under copyright law
• I have knowledge of free licences such as Creative Commons
• I know the main contents of the current copyright amendments

Prerequisites

Course schedule

For actively participating in the course you will receive an automatic confirmation of participation (certificate) which includes your username, the course title, course duration as well as the hours required to complete the course. We want to point out that this certificate merely confirms that the user answered at least 75% of the self-assessment questions correctly.

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