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Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor and Lecturer
Professor Niloufer Selvadurai
6 First Walk, room 621
Wednesdays 9-10am during teaching term
Lecturer
Dr Rita Matulionyte
Lecturer
Connor Hogg
Tutor
Julian Dight
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(80cp in LAW or LAWS units) or (130cp including MMCC2014 or MAS214)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Cyberspace presents the law with many challenges. This unit introduces the basic legal issues raised by networked digital technologies such as the internet. Topics as diverse as jurisdiction; proprietary rights (copyright, trademarks, patents, domain names); privacy; e-commerce and its framework; and selected others are discussed. The emerging law and leading policy debates concerning information technology are studied.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
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Duration: Tutorials 1-12 (internal students) and On Campus Session (external students) Weighting: 20%
The tutorials are designed to extend the comprehensive and broad overview of IT law principles provided in the lectures by creating an opportunity for the in-depth consideration of selected specific issues. The tutorial discussion will be prompted by the consideration of scholarly articles, relevant cases, reform reports and the solving of hypothetical problem questions.
Tutorial questions - The tutorial questions for each tutorial are found in the LAWS 529 iLearn site under the relevant week.
Tutorial preparation and readings - Students are expected to listen to lectures on Echo on iLearn, complete the required readings (both the prescribed reading for the lectures and the tutorials) and come ready to discuss the questions outlined in the Tutorial Questions.
What do I do if I miss a tutorial?
If you miss one tutorial, please do not lodge an online Ask request. Instead, see your tutor at the start or end of class with relevant documentation.Please do not email your tutor or convenor.
If you miss one or more consecutive tutorials, please lodge an Ask Special Consideration application online at ask.mq.edu.au.
On campus session
External students are required to attend both days of the On-Campus Session.
Moderation
Class participation will be assessed on both the quality and regularity of participation. Class participation will be assessed on the following criteria:
Ability to critically discuss the material - the student is able to demonstrate reading and engagement with the reading materials and lectures for each week. This will be demonstrated by ability to answer relevant questions, responding to and participating effectively in class debates, and by asking questions to clarify anything not understood.
Oral expression - the student is able to verbally express their ideas about the materials in a clear, coherent, and concise manner;
Engaging with other students - the student engages with others in the class, displaying respect for others' opinions, active listening, constructive feedback and dialogue;
Further detail is provided in the Participation Rubric on the LAWS 529 ilearn site.
On successful completion you will be able to:
Due date: Thursday 9 April 2020
Weighting: 40%
Question
Should copyright vest in original literary and artistic works that are autonomously generated by artificial intelligence (AI) systems? Alternatively, should a human creator be a pre-requisite for the vesting of copyright. Discuss with close reference to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), relevant case law and the AI copyright law reform discourse in this area. In your answer you may consider relevant international developments.
Independent legal research: Please note that responding to this assignment question will require independent legal research that goes beyond the prescribed materials provided in lectures, tutorials and readings.
Word limit = 2,000 words, not including footnotes and bibliography. Footnotes need to be confined to citations. Citations should be in compliance with the Australian Guide to Legal Citation.
Submission method: All papers have to be submitted via Turnitin on the LAWS 529 ilearn. Please ensure that you are wholly happy with your paper before submitting. The system does not allow for automatic re-submission.
Marking Rubric for Research Assignment: Please see LAWS 529 ilearn page.
Moderation: The markers and convenor have a series of meeting to moderate the papers. The markers and convenor then undertake a process of blind marking of 10% of papers to establish an accurate and equitable marking standard. All Fail papers are double marked by the convenor
Other relevant information
Please note that plagiarism detection software is used in this unit.
On successful completion you will be able to:
Due: Friday 5 June, 10am-5pm Weighting: 40%
Content
The Final Time-Limited Assessment will consist of two questions potentially covering all the material covered in the unit. Each question is worth 20%. The assessment will consist of either: (a) one essay question and one problem solving questions; or (b) two essay questions.
Word length
A maximum word length of 1,200 applies to each answer. This amounts to a total of 2,400 words for the two answers.
Duration
7 Hours
Rubric for Final Assessment: The Rubric for the Final Assessment is available on ilearn.
Moderation
The markers and convenor have a series of meeting to moderate the papers. the markers and convenor undertake a process of blind marking of 10% of papers to establish an accurate and equitable marking standard. The rubric used in marking is available on ilearn. All Fail papers are double marked by the convenor.
Application for an extension
All applications for Special Consideration need to be made electronically via ask.mq.edu.au and should be accompanied by supporting documentation.
Please do not email to request an extension or email to seek the outcome of a lodge application via email. No information can be provide via email, all information will be provided via the Ask system.
Other relevant information
All assessments in the unit are to be submitted electronically via the Turnitin link on the iLearn page for this unit. Please note that plagiarism detection software is used in this unit.
On successful completion you will be able to:
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Prescribed textbook
Tutorial readings
Useful Journals
Legislation:
All Commonwealth and State statutes and regulations can be found at http://www.austlii.edu.au.
Ensure reference is made, wherever possible, to consolidated legislation.
Case Law:
For reported case law, use the Macquarie University library to access the:
Lawbookonline database (e.g. CLR, FCR, FLR, NSWLR);
Lexisnexis (Aus) database (e.g. ALR, IPR).
For unreported case law, use: http://www.austlii.edu.au.
Websites
See links to useful websites provided on LAW iLearn page.
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Week |
Week commencing |
Lecture (Uploaded on Echo) |
Tutorial
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Reading for Lecture |
Reading for Tutorial |
1 |
24 February |
Lecture 1: Introduction |
Tutorial 1 |
Fitzgerald Chapter 1 |
Reading prescribed under Week 1 on ilearn |
2 |
2 March |
Lecture 2: Jurisdiction |
Tutorial 2 |
Fitzgerald, Chapter 2 |
Reading prescribed under Week 2 on ilearn |
3 |
9 March |
Lecture 3: E-contracts I |
Tutorial 3
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Fitzgerald, Chapter 7 |
Reading prescribed under Week 3 on ilearn |
4 |
16 March |
Lecture 4: E-contracts II
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Tutorial 4 |
Fitzgerald, Chapter 7 |
Reading prescribed under Week 4 on ilearn |
5 |
23 March |
Lecture 5: Patents
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Tutorial 5 |
Fitzgerald, Chapter 5
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Reading prescribed under Week 5 on ilearn |
6 |
30 March |
Lecture 6: Trade marks and domain names |
Tutorial 6
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Fitzgerald, Chapter 6
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Reading prescribed under Week 6 on ilearn |
7 |
6 April RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT IS DUE IN WEEK 7 - Thursday 9 April 2020, 5pm, via Turnitin
RECESS – 13 April - 26 April
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Lecture 7: Content Regulation |
Tutorial 7 |
Fitzgerald Chapter 3 |
Reading prescribed under Week 7 on ilearn |
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27 April |
Lecture 8: Copyright I |
Tutorial 8 |
Fitzgerald, Chapter 4
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Reading prescribed under Week 8 on ilearn |
9 |
4 May
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Lecture 9: Copyright II |
Tutorial 9 |
Fitzgerald, Chapter 4 |
Reading prescribed under Week 9 on ilearn |
10 |
11 May
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Lecture 10: Internet Crime |
Tutorial 10 |
Fitzgerald, Chapter 11 |
Reading prescribed under Week 10 on ilearn |
11 |
18 May
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Lecture 11: Online Consumer Protection, Competition and Security |
Tutorial 11 |
Fitzgerald, Chapter 8 |
Reading prescribed under Week 11 on ilearn |
12 |
25 May
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Lecture 12: Privacy |
Tutorial 12 |
Fitzgerald, Chapter 10 |
Reading prescribed under Week 12 on ilearn |
13 |
FINAL TIMED ASSESSMENT Friday 5 June 2020 10am-5pm via
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