Law and Culture: Lecture Diary

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Law and Culture: Lecture Diary
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LAW AND CULTURE: LECTURE DIARY
Table of Contents
Week 3: Digital Remix Culture /Intellectual Property & Fandom............................................3
Week 4: Copyright Cont'd /Introduction to Trademark Law.....................................................3
Week 5: Key Differences between various IP types: Trademark Law vs. Patent Law/
Software Patents.........................................................................................................................4
Week 6: Introduction to Cybercrime and Cybertorts.................................................................4
Week 7: Defamation in Digital Culture and Commerce............................................................5
Week 8: Digital Contracts and Problems of Enforceability.......................................................5
Week 9: Privacy & Surveillance in Social Networking and Everyday Digital Life..................6
Week 10: Problems of Jurisdiction, Enforceability, and the Future of the Public Sphere in
Cyberspace.................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................8
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LAW AND CULTURE: LECTURE DIARY
Week 3: Digital Remix Culture /Intellectual Property & Fandom
The digital remix culture encourages the derivative works, which comprises a combination or
editing aspect with the existing materials to develop completely new creativity with the
essence of the old one. To evade the associated conflict of interest, professor Lawrence
Lessig asserted remix as a desirable human creativity concept of the digital age. In 2001,
Lawrence Lessig developed ‘Creative Commons’, which approved the permit for facilitating
the remix culture. At present, the digital remix culture is legally protected with the assistance
of the default regime of exclusive copyright permission, which is considered under the
intellectual property. This specific legal interest can help the process of Fandom to relate in
the ‘digital remix culture’. Generally, fans are concerned towards the minor details of the
materials and they often utilise social network as their digital remix practice platforms, which
also comes under the intellectual property right (Schoonmaker, 2018; Borschke, 2017).
Week 4: Copyright Cont'd /Introduction to Trademark Law
“Original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain
other intellectual works” can be considered as the definition of copyright cont’d as there are
certain materials, which are protected by this law. These materials include sound recording
(songs, music, sound, recordings and spoken words), audiovisual works (animation, live
action movies, television programs), choreographic works (imitating work, dance
movements, acting situations), and dramatic works (plays and musicals) among others
(Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 2017). To maintain the legal implications of the ‘copyright
cont’d’ while utilising the stated elements, the introduction of trademark law has been
evaluated. It is highly effective in generating legal regulations to protect the copyrights. The
legal elements of a trademark are associated with arbitrary, suggestive, descriptive and
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