LLAW6223 & JDOC6223
General Course Information
1.1 Course details
| Course code: | LLAW6223 / JDOC6223 |
| Course name: | Copyright and Creativity |
| Programme offered under: | LLM Programme / JD Programme |
| Semester: | June |
| Prerequisites / Co-requisites: | No |
| Credit point value: | 9 credits / 6 credits |
| Cap on student numbers: | 30 |
1.2 Course description
Copyright law is the engine that drives not only such traditional creative industries as book publishing, music, and film, but also video games, computer programme, and other digital products. This course will explore copyright law and policy. The major focus will be the core issues of copyright law, including copyrightable subject matter; prerequisites for protection; authorship, ownership and transfer of rights; duration, the bundle of exclusive rights conferred; infringement, fair use and other defenses, and remedies. We will also discuss the theories and policies that justify the copyright system and motivate its reform.
1.3 Course teachers
| Name | E-mail address | Office | Consultation | |
| Course convenor | Taorui Guan | trguan@hku.hk | TBA | TBA |
Learning Outcomes
2.1 Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) for this course
CLO 1 Gain the knowledge of the basic concepts of copyright law.
CLO 2 Understand various theories on the role of copyright in creativity such as natural right theory and economic analysis of copyright law.
2.2 LLM and JD Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
Please refer to the following link:
LLM – https://course.law.hku.hk/llm-plo/
JD – https://course.law.hku.hk/jd-plo/
2.3 Programme Learning Outcomes to be achieved in this course
| PLO A | PLO B | PLO C | PLO D | PLO E | PLO F | |
| CLO 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Assessment(s)
3.1 Assessment Summary
| Assessment task | Due date | Weighting | Feedback method* | Course learning outcomes |
| Class participation | TBA | 30% | 1, 2 | |
| Take home exam | 14 July 2022 | 70% | 1 | 1, 2 |
| *Feedback method (to be determined by course teacher) | |
| 1 | A general course report to be disseminated through Moodle |
| 2 | Individual feedback to be disseminated by email / through Moodle |
| 3 | Individual review meeting upon appointment |
| 4 | Group review meeting |
| 5 | In-class verbal feedback |
3.2 Assessment Detail
To be advised by course convenor(s).
3.3 Grading Criteria
Please refer to the following link: https://www.law.hku.hk/_files/law_programme_grade_descriptors.pdf
Learning Activities
4.1 Learning Activity Plan
| Lecture: | 3 hours / week for 12 teaching weeks |
| Private study time: | 9.5 hours / week for 12 teaching weeks |
Remarks: the normative student study load per credit unit is 25 ± 5 hours (ie. 150 ± 30 hours for a 6-credit course), which includes all learning activities and experiences within and outside of classroom, and any assessment task and examinations and associated preparations.
4.2 Details of Learning Activities
To be advised by course convenor(s).
Learning Resources
5.1 Resources
| Reading materials: | Reading materials are posted on Moodle |
| Core reading list: | TBA |
| Recommended reading list: | TBA |
5.2 Links
Please refer to the following link: http://www.law.hku.hk/course/learning-resources/