• Offered by ANU Legal Workshop
  • ANU College ANU College of Law
  • Course subject Laws
Digital Media and Communication Law and Practice (LAWS8076)
Over the last 20 years, the use of digital technologies by individuals, business and governments has become universal. Data-mining methods, search engines and data analytics have revolutionised the processing, recognition, communication, acquisition and aggregation of knowledge and information. Mobile technologies and devices have become increasingly affordable to all social and economic strata of society. Social media has transformed interpersonal communications. Media convergence has made today’s media a different phenomenon from even its 1990 counterparts.
 
This course will focus on the legal issues that arise in a wide range of digital media applications and will have a strong emphasis on providing students with a practical framework for analysis of the legal issues that arise through the use of digital technologies by governments, business and individuals. Specific topics covered will include:
 
• The rights and obligations of employers and employees in the digital world;
• The right to privacy - the protection of privacy in the digital world;
• Freedom of speech and defamation in the social media world;
• The marketing of goods and services via the internet – Competition and Consumer Law issues;
• The ownership and use of digital content – specific copyright issues; and
• Litigation Procedure and Criminal Law issues.
 
While the course will primarily focus on the operation of Australian law, due to the borderless nature of the internet and the constantly evolving nature of the law in this area, US and EU legislation and case law will also be considered by way of comparative analysis and to highlight cross-jurisdictional regulatory issues.

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Student Contribution Band:
3
Unit value:
6 units

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Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
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First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
4669 15 Feb 2016 26 Feb 2016 31 Mar 2016 27 May 2016 In Person N/A

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