Course: Communication Law

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Course title Communication Law
Course code KOP/KOP
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Běželová Michaela, JUDr. Ph.D., MBA
Course content
The course relates to legal matters at doing business in electronic communication networks, in media and in using internet computer network. Relevant national, European and international law shall be analyzed. Basic knowledge of related subjects, especially of civil and commercial law is necessary. 1. Introductory lecture, basic of Communication law, conditions for successful completion of an exam. Definition, scope and sources of Communication law, historical overview of telecommunication law. 2. Doing business in the electronic communication networks - regulation of communication activities, objectives and basic regulatory principles, licenses issued by Czech Telecommunication Office, administration of frequency spectrum and its impact on operators' business, types of electronic communication services provided by an operator in the electronic communication networks, administration of numbers, relevant markets and their impact on operators, state administration in electronic communications. 3. Agreements concluded between network operators and customer - type of agreements, requirements, billing of price, complaints, dispute resolution at CTO/court. 4. Protection of personal, operational and localization data in electronic communication networks - security, message monitoring. 5. Historical overview of media law, print media, electronic media - definition, obligation of broadcasters, broadcasters with license, registration of transmitted broadcasting. 6. Broadcasters obliged by law, law on audiovisual media services on demand, regulatory bodies of media market. 7. Internet law - definition of domain and domain name, legal nature of domains, domain disputes, content of internet pages - texts, photos, videos, claims from right violation. 8. Internet law - liability for own internet content, liability for somebody else's internet content, conclusion of agreement, trading on internet, e-commerce. 9. Protection of personality and reputation of legal entity in media - definition of protection of personality, right on name, appearance, credit and dignity, personal verbal presentation, licenses based on law, newscast in media and protection of personality, legal tools for protection of personality. 10. Copyright law in media - definition of copyright law, author's work, author, author's personal/property rights, legal tools for protection of author's rights, license agreements. 11. Copyright law and artificial intelligence - copyright to author's work created with artificial intelligence 12. Rights of performing artist to art performance, right of audio recording producer to the audio record, right of audio-visual recording to initial record, right of radio and television broadcaster, right of publisher, collective rights administration. 13. Regulation of advertising - definition, content regulation of advertising, basic obligation for advertising, misleading/comparative advertising; regulation of advertising for electronic cigarettes, alcoholic drinks, drugs, foods and baby nutrition, shooting guns, funeral services, gambling. Regulatory bodies for observing the law.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Discussion, Instruction based on dialogue, Multimedia supported teaching, One-to-One tutorial, Seminar classes
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 52 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Student's interest to apply law in practice, active participation during lectures, self-study and completion of given assignments, successful passing of an oral exam.
Skills
to express clearly and comprehensibly in spoken and written language; to present himself in a suitable way in front of a known or unknown audience; to use professional language; to make hypotheses, to propose solution, to use different methods to solve the problems
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
- understand essential issues of doing business and regulation of electronic communication networks from an operator point of view and legal aspects of media, copyright law, regulation of advertising and internet law
- analyze relevant EU directives and foreign and international law
- understand of doing business in electronic networks and media
Skills
- analyze law relating to electronic communications, media, internet and regulation of advertising
- apply theoretical knowledge in relation to using internet, mobile phone, watching TV/video
- place in context acquired knowledge and skills in a dynamic changing environment of used communication technology
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Discussion
Multimedia supported teaching
One-to-One tutorial
Seminar classes
Skills
Discussion
Multimedia supported teaching
One-to-One tutorial
Seminar classes
Competences
Discussion
Multimedia supported teaching
Seminar classes
One-to-One tutorial
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Written exam
Test
Skills
Oral exam
Written exam
Test
Competences
Written exam
Oral exam
Test
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Chudomelová, Z. a kol. Zákon o elektornických komunikacích, komentář.. Praha, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7552-100-2.
  • Jansa, Lukáš; Otevřel, Petr; Čermák, Jiří,; Mališ, Petr; Hostaš, Petr; Matějka, Michal,; Matejka, Ján. Internetové právo. 1. vydání. 2016. ISBN 978-80-251-4664-4.
  • Raban, P., Moravcová, M. EU doména. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2006. ISBN 80-7179-525-9.
  • Rozehnal, A. Mediální právo. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7380-594-4.


Study plans that include the course
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