Turin, 28 October 2024
Harvard University Law School CopyrightX
Turin University Affiliated Course 2024 Fall Edition
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About CopyrightX
CopyrightX is a course on Copyright Law developed by Professor William Fisher III at Harvard University Law School and first offered online in the spring semester of 2013 under the auspices of the HarvardX distance-learning initiative and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Since 2014, CopyrightX has also been offered as an affiliated course in several other countries, including Italy.
The course explores the current law of copyright, the impact of that law on art, entertainment, and industry, and the ongoing debates concerning how the law should be reformed. Through a combination of recorded lectures, assigned readings, weekly seminars, live interactive webcasts, and online discussions, participants in the course, examine and assess how the copyright system seeks to stimulate and regulate creative expression.
Turin Affiliated Course
The Harvard Law School CopyrightX – Turin University Affiliated Course follows the outline of the Harvard presential course. The course focuses on US copyright law, in the context of the theoretical background provided by Professor Fisher’s lectures. In addition, during the weekly sessions, we will discuss EU copyright law and international and comparative perspectives.
The Harvard University CopyrightX – Turin University Affiliated Course is coordinated by Maximiliano Marzetti, PhD, Associate Professor of Law at IESEG School of Management in Paris, and former Deputy Director to the Turin University-WIPO LLM in Intellectual Property, and is under the supervision of Alessandro Cogo, Associate Professor of Intellectual Property and Business Law at the University of Turin, School of Law, and Director to the Turin University-WIPO LLM in Intellectual Property.
Admission to the Harvard Law School CopyrightX – Turin University Affiliated Course is free of charge and open to anyone who has completed a bachelor’s degree, has knowledge or experience in copyright matters or intellectual property law, and has full professional command of the English language. The process is highly competitive, and enrollment is limited to a maximum of 20 successful applicants. Note that only accepted candidates will be notified (if you are not notified by the end of the notification period, consider your application rejected). No appeal or review of applications is possible.
You will need to devote at least 6 hours per week to CopyrightX (1.5 hours watching the recorded lectures, 1.5 hours participating in the weekly seminar, and 3 hours reading the materials in the syllabus). The 1.5-hour weekly seminars will be held on Zoom, on Fridays or Saturdays (to be determined at a later date by the course coordinator). At the date and time of the weekly seminar, the student must be able to connect from a quiet place, with sufficient broadband and remain visible and available at all times; active participation is expected.
Note that assistance to the weekly seminar is mandatory and a requisite to sit for the final exam. To be eligible for a certificate of completion, you must pass a written final examination that will be held at the end of the course. Before applying, please make sure you can commit to this course. If you are unsure, please abstain from applying.
If you wish to apply, please complete the application form and email it to maxmarzetti@gmail.com, with the subject: “COPYRIGHTX_TURIN24_APPLICATION OF_[YOUR_SURNAME,_YOUR_NAME].”
Applications are accepted until October 31, 2024, at 23:59 CET. Successful candidates will be notified by November 2, 2024, at 23:59 CET. Please note that unsuccessful candidates will not be notified due to the high volume of applications. The course and its weekly sessions will commence in early November and are expected to finish in January/February 2025.