The media law areas that protects media production consisting of intellectual property right, market law, protection of privacy, freedom of speech and information.
During the course, students will go through and work with relevant legal literature, law texts and legal cases.
The industrial connection is achieved by basing all components of the course on situations where media companies may use the media law system in media production.
The sustainability connection is achieved by basing several course moments on a legal sustainability perspective where media companies can use legal sustainability strategies in media production.
After passing the course, the student should be able to
- explain the different subareas of media law and the relation between media law, privacy, and freedom of speech and information
- explain media law contract conditions and the relation between Swedish, European and international media law
- analyse and solve media law issues actively, particularly those relating to sustainability and risk management in relation to market law strategies and intellectual property law handling of corporate assets
in order to be able to
- understand the media law areas in media projects
- analyse different media law areas
- relate the media law discussion of problems that can arise in media productions.