LAW 841: Comparative Copyright
This course examines comparative regulatory responses for emerging copyright and copyright-related issues. Representative topics are: the regulation of copyrightable online content (particularly user generated content) against the background of the regulation of online service providers (the statutory catch-all term that would include websites such as Google, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, etc.); the regulation of online data gathering against the background of privacy regulation; comparative strength of opt-in versus opt-out rules for automated online systems such as are employed by Internet mega-sites; and how inherently global, Internet-dependent business models can adapt to conflicting regimes. [2]