Media Law

11B0288

Bachelor

German

5.0

only winter term

1 semester

Media law is a very broad field of law. It encompasses the law on electronic data processing and electronic communication.

Intangible assets such as know-how, data, experience, AI, social media, software and ideas are now of enormous economic importance. Anyone who deals with these important economic assets should be familiar with the legal issues involved.

1. Overview of general law
2. E-commerce and contracts on the Internet
3. Domain law
4. Internet law, including liability on the Internet
5. Content such as texts, photos, videos, publications about people, reviews
6. Social media
7. Advertising on the internet and competition law
8. Data protection
9. Criminal law
10. Copyrights
11. Software, including AI
12. IT contract law, including IT projects

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

• Written examination

Exam: see current Study regulations

none

After successfully completing this module, students will be familiar with the most important legal regulations in the field of IT, Internet and computer law.

They will be able to recognize legal problems. They will be able to contractually protect intangible assets such as know-how, works, software and data and draft contracts. They will be able to exploit them commercially. They will be able to recognize legal pitfalls.

Students are able to solve practical problems with the help of the law.

Exemplary cases and contracts are discussed together and solutions are presented. The topics are presented as far as possible using practical examples. Students can contribute practical experience.

• Thiesing, Frank

• Heermeyer, Christian