CEI 4360 Entertainment Law & Licensing

3 Hours

Prerequisites: MBU 2520.

This course provides an analysis of legal issues that frequently arise in the entertainment industry (e.g., the role of entertainment attorneys, contractual interpretations, right of publicity, freedom of speech, defamation, and obscenity). Additionally, the course is focused on licensing practices for various types of content in the entertainment industries such as textual, musical, audiovisual, and graphic works. Specific topics may include, but are not limited to, licensing intellectual property rights, licensing for film and television, computer games and the online environment, merchandise licensing, and international licensing considerations and practices.