This unique course provides knowledge and understanding of key legal issues, standards, and practices in the entertainment industry, including music, film, design, publishing as well as entertainment media industries. Due to the global and mass nature of contemporary entertainment, the course applies a comparative perspective and provides cases and practices from the U.S. as well as European and Asian/Pacific regions. The course is developed by a legal practitioner with a 15-year experience of work in the entertainment and media industries.
 
The course consists of two main parts: theoretical and practical. The first part addresses legal issues of entertainment business related to the protection of the rights to reputation, publicity, and privacy as well as creative ideas and media formats’ protection. Additionally, it considers specific issues of copyright protection in the entertainment industry, particularly, concerning the creation of remixes, remakes, playlists, parodies and the use of samples. The second part focuses on entertainment dealmaking and contracts, including option agreements, producer and distribution agreements, digital music licenses as well as concert agreements. It provides the students with practical skills that are necessary to succeed in their future careers within the entertainment industry or related businesses.

Continuous Assessment: 50%

Examination: 50%

Examination Duration: 3 hours