Intellectual Property Protection

1. Legal definition of work, fixation, creation, compilation, copies, phonograms, audiovisual work, literary, pictorial, graphic work.

2. Visual informations, photos of faces – legal issues.

3. Types of economic copyright.

4. Types of moral copyright.

5. Copyright in judicial and criminal proceedings.

6. Waiver of moral copyright in the United Kingdom Copyright Act – ghostwriters issues.

7. Author and other copyright holders entitled to copyright protection, derivative work rights.

8. Neighbouring rights (related rights) and the definition of broadcasting.

9. Infringement of copyright – civil torts and criminal offences.

10. Duration and transfer of copyright.

11. Scope of free use.