Dear friends,
If you're a (c) geek and want to polish your knowledge of current copyright law (primarily US and Internet-related), or develop ways to improve it: there is a great online course from the copyright team at Harvard offered each year via EdX.
They limit total class size to maintain a pretty intense collaboration between students and CAs: so they have applications for participating in the sections. Details below.
SJ
*==========* *The application for the CopyrightX online sections will run from Oct. 15 - Dec. 15. See **CopyrightX:Sections http://copyx.org/sections/** for details.*
CopyrightX http://copyx.org/ is a networked course that explores the current law of copyright; the impact of that law on art, entertainment, and industry; and the ongoing debates concerning how the law should be reformed. Through a combination of recorded lectures http://copyx.org/lectures/, assigned readings http://copyx.org/reading-materials/, weekly seminars, live interactive webcasts http://copyx.org/events/, and online discussions, participants in the course examine and assess the ways in which the copyright system seeks to stimulate and regulate creative expression.
In 2013, HarvardX, Harvard Law School, and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society launched an experiment in distance education- CopyrightX, the first free and open distance learning course on law. After two successful offerings, CopyrightX is an experiment no longer. Under the leadership of Professor William Fisher http://tfisher.org/, who created and directs the course, CopyrightX will be offered for a third time from January to May 2015.
Three types of courses make up the CopyrightX Community:
- a residential course http://copyx.org/courses/harvard-law-school/ on Copyright Law, taught by Prof. Fisher to approximately 100 Harvard Law School students; - an online course divided into sections http://copyx.org/sections/ of 25 students, each section taught by a Harvard Teaching Fellow; - a set of affiliated courses http://copyx.org/affiliates/ based in countries other than the United States, each taught by an expert in copyright law.
Participation in the online sections is free and is open to anyone at least 13 years of age, but enrollment is limited. *Admission to the online sections will be administered through an open application process that opens on October 15 and closes on December 15. We welcome applicants from all countries, lawyers and non-lawyers alike.* For details, see CopyrightX:Sections http://copyx.org/sections/. (The criteria for admission to each of the affiliated courses are set by the course's instructor. Students who will enroll in the affiliated courses may not apply to the online sections.)