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This examines the law and practice relating to media and entertainment.

The law relating to the freedom of the press, the right to freedom of information and expression, together with restrictions to those rights, including privacy and confidentiality; relevant intellectual property rights, including aspects of copyright and performing rights.

A student passing this module should be able to:

1. demonstrate comprehensive and accurate knowledge and understanding of those aspects of the law relating to the media and entertainment industries identified in the indicative syllabus above and form a critical judgement on areas of controversy within the topics studied;

2. demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of the policy considerations which shape the law relating to the media and entertainment industries;

3. analyse complex problems in the relevant legal areas studied, apply the legal principles studied to these problems, evaluate competing solutions arguments and present well supported conclusions, both orally and in writing;

4. read and study primary and secondary sources of the areas of law relating to media and entertainment, with minimal staff guidance; critically analyse, interpret, evaluate and synthesise information from a variety of sources

5. identify sources for research and further develop a strategy for research using standard and electronic research tools.

The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide.