DC+CMI

The course concerns the exploration of basic concepts of intellectual property, so that these are taken into account by the student during the student’s professional engagement in the field of culture, both at the level of its management and production. Emphasis is placed on the analysis and understanding of both the legislation that governs cultural production and reproduction. The course focuses on cutting-edge issues that may include:

– typical intellectual property cases from Greek and international case law,
– differences between continental European and Anglo-Saxon intellectual property law (especially in the sense of fair use) and its influence on the creation of appropriation art (and the legal limits of freedom of art),
– the Creative Commons (cc) non-commercial licensing system
– Open Access policies,
– the right to follow the artwork (resale right),
In addition, the course deals with the ethical dimensions and implications in terms of uses and the production of cultural products, e.g., when conducting and using interviews in the press or in documentaries.
Finally, the course explores issues of censorship and how it evolves both in the context of different societies and political systems and in the contemporary history of states such as 20th century Greece, but also how its use and application changes from the analogue to the digital era.

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