Copyright and the Business of Creative Industries (FutureLearn)

You will also learn how copyright rules apply and how the flow of economic benefits operates between creators, rightsholders, and users of creative works.

Upon completion of this course, you will build an understanding of copyright that is invaluable for creators and people hoping to build a career in cultural and creative industries.

Syllabus

Week 1: Definitions

Week 2: Sectors

Week 3: Royalties

Week 4: Creative industries and the Internet of Things

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

- Compare the business models of the different sectors of creative industries deriving from the specific kind of goods commercialised by each one.

- Explain who are the creators in each sector of creative industries, the rights they have on their artistic works an who owns the copyright.

- Identify the legal requirements to operate regularly a business that commercialises goods and services containing artistic works protected by copyright.

- Summarise what is the role of copyright in the business of creative industries in the defining who gets what from the wealth these industries produce.

- Describe the essential elements of the contracts that regulate relationships between creators and publishers and producers

Who is the course for?

This course is for creators of artistic works of any kind, producers, publishers, broadcasters, digital service providers, professionals involved directly or indirectly in the creative industries, and anyone interested in cultural and creative industries (CCI). It will also be very useful to anyone working in copyright or copyright-related industries.

This course is available also in Portuguese and in Spanish.