152016800 IN-DEPTH STUDIES IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES (AUTHOR'S RIGHT) ( 3 Crd.Hrs )

This course introduces copyright and author’s rights and the legislation regulating it in Palestine. The course focuses on studying the author’s rights legal nature, clarifies copyright standards, types of works and their conditions, explains the literary and financial rights granted to the author and studies some practical applications of the author’s financial right (publishing contract, production contracts for audio and visual works) and the legal protection of copyrights. Then, the course clarifies the fate of the work after the expiration of their protection period, and finally studying the rights related to copyright (the rights of performers, the rights of producers of phonograms, and broadcasting rights).