LAW 367

Telecommunications, Entertainment and Media

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

A consideration of Canadian telecommunications, entertainment and media law and policy including constitutional and regulatory issues from historical and current perspectives. A number of selected topics will be examined including the convergence of the traditionally distinct "broadcast" and "non-broadcast" functions with each other and with the Internet, promotion of competition as opposed to regulation, the relationship with international trade and globalism and the application of intellectual property, particularly copyright, to the media of communication.

Undergraduate course in Law offered by the Faculty of Law.