78166 Media and Entertainment Law and Regulation
6cpRequisite(s): ( 78101c Postgraduate Legal Research OR 70616 Australian Constitutional Law OR ((94 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04236 Juris Doctor OR 142 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04250 Juris Doctor Master of Business Administration) AND 70106c Principles of Public International Law AND 70107c Principles of Company Law) OR (94 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04320 Juris Doctor Graduate Certificate Professional Legal Practice AND 70106 Principles of Public International Law))
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Anti-requisite(s): 76063 Media Law AND 78165 Media and Entertainment Law and Regulation
Description
This subject examines the legal and industry self-regulation of media and entertainment content. Students examine the policy and legal issues surrounding regulation of media and entertainment content (including arts, film, broadcasting, music, gaming, and telecommunications), particularly in light of developing media and communications technologies. Throughout the subject students analyse laws that restrict what can be expressed, exhibited, broadcast, published or distributed. Topics include freedom of speech, defamation, contempt, hate speech and vilification, obscenity and pornography, sedition, copyright, and the regulation of the internet.
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- Subject EFTSL: 0.125
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