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Description This course will give students an overview of the operation of new media and communications services under Australian law, examining both the legal requirements and the policy reasoning behind the way in which media and communications are regulated.
It will cover five broad areas: 1. how laws are made, changed, interpreted and enforced, with cybercrime among the examples 2. laws governing licensing, ownership and control of telecommunications, radiocommunications and broadcasting enterprises, and whether these laws are appropriate and effective to deal with new technologies and services; 3. electronic commerce and what it means for business, consumers and the community; 4. restrictions on media and online content, including classification and censorship, and regulation of content; and 5. protecting intellectual property and reputation, covering copyright, trademarks, and defamation. [NB: there is a concurrently-offered 6 unit course, Law in the Information Age 2.0 - GENL0231, which covers these areas as a basis for further investigation of newer phenomena related to "Web 2.0" interactive trends like user-generated content, social networking, mass personalisation and "the cloud". While touched on in passing in the current course, these are dealt with in more depth in the GENL0231, which can be done instead of this course, on the same dates (with some extra hours for the new topics).] Convenor David Vaile Executive director, Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, Faculty of Law Email: d.vaile@unsw.edu.au Recommended Prior Knowledge Basic awareness of the legal and regulatory system. While some knowledge of technologies is useful, there will be no assumption that students possess such knowledge prior to commencing the course. Basic legal knowledge can be covered by a short recommended text.
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Assessment Media Diary - 30% Course Texts Prescribed
Course materials from UNSW Bookshop.
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Either: Resources Announcements, detailed classes timetable, and further links are available at the courses' home page at www.cyberlawcentre.org/genl0230 |