PrF:MVV793K Internet Entertainment Law - Course Information
MVV793K Internet Gaming and Entertainment Law
Faculty of LawSpring 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. JUDr. Marek Bočánek, Ph.D., LL.M., DBA (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Mgr. Jakub Harašta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Ing. František Kasl, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Pavel Loutocký, Ph.D., BA (Hons) (seminar tutor)
JUDr. MgA. Jakub Míšek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. JUDr. Ing. Michal Radvan, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Příbaň Žolnerčíková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Ondřej Woznica (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D.
Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Tereza Buchalová
Supplier department: Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- MVV793K/01: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. Mon 14:00–15:40 302, M. Myška
- Prerequisites
- MP410Zk Civil Law III && MP511Zk Intellectual Property && MP510Z Civil Procedural Law II - sem.
The course is recommended primarily for students of master's degree in law. Understanding of intellectual property law, private international law, personality law, administrative law, criminal law and contract law concepts is recommended. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 4/25, only registered: 0/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Multidisciplinary studies (programme CST, KOS)
- Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Law (programme CST, KOS)
- Multidisciplinary studies (programme PrF, KOS)
- Law (programme PrF, PR_)
- Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
- Course objectives
- The aim of this course is to explain selected issues of private and public law regulation of new forms of online intertainment.
- Learning outcomes
- Upon successful completion of the course the student shall be able to understand basic concepts of private and public law regulation of new forms of entertainment and analyze and solve particular problems related to the discussed issues.
- Syllabus
- The course discusses three main areas of interest: videogames; online gambling and social media.
- Videogames - IP protection for videogames - Legal aspects of videogames distribution - Contract law - E-sport
- Online gambling - Introduction to the regulatory framework and regulatory issues; various forms and their legal aspects - Public law regulation of online gambling industry: administrative aspects and advertisement regulation - Specific issues
- Social media - Content creation: personality and personal data protection, IP protection, legal status of content creators - Content moderation: liability for unlawful content (incl. ISP liability), intervention by platforms, automated filtering, - Specific issues: content monetization,revenge porn, deep fakes, desinformation
- Literature
- recommended literature
- GROSHEIDE, F. Willem; ROERDINK, Herwin; THOMAS, Karianne. Intellectual property protection for Video Games: A view from the European Union. J. Int't Com. L. & Tech., 2014, 9: 1.
- MARIONNEAU, Virve; JÄRVINEN-TASSOPOULOS, Johanna. Consumer protection in licensed online gambling markets in France: the role of responsible gambling tools. Addiction Research & Theory [online]. 2017, vol. 25, no. 6, p. 436–443.
- LOUIS, Kayla. Pornography and Gender Inequality - Using Copyright Law as a Step Forward. William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law. 2017, vol. 24, no. 2, p. 267–294.
- LEE, Y.H. Copyright and gaming. In: APLIN, T.: Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Digital Technologies. 2020, p. 44–62.
- Další literatura bude poskytnuta prostřednictvím interaktivní osnovy/Further reading will be provided in the interactive syllabus.
- DMYTRENKO, Kateryna; LAW, Intellectual Property. Protection of Video Games by Copyright: Comparative Analysis of the US, the UK and German Legal Frameworks. 2018.
- CECIL, Amanda L. Taking Back the Internet: Imposing Civil Liability on Interactive Computer Services in an Attempt to Provide an Adequate Remedy to Victims of Nonconsensual Pornography. Washington & Lee Law Review. 2014, vol. 71, no. 4, p. 2513–2556.
- not specified
- Further reading will be provided in the interactive syllabus.
- Teaching methods
- Seminars; e-learning application; reading, case law analysis
- Assessment methods
- To successfully complete the course, it is necessary to cumulatively meet the following conditions:
- Active participation in the seminars (one absence allowed), reading is expected
- Successful elaboration of one essay related to one of the thematic blocks
ISP: To successfully complete the course, it is necessary to cumulatively meet the following conditions:
- Successful elaboration of three essays related to each of the thematic blocks - Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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