Legal Strategies for Creative Industries

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This course introduces the essential legal topics necessary for maximizing the opportunities in a given industry and operations. Topics include business entity choice and formation, intellectual property identification and protection, and contract matters such as agreements made with other businesses, employee and independent contractor agreements, commissioned work, and user licensing. Students will have the opportunity to apply the course topics to their individual areas of interest and creativity. This course is combined with an internship for 4 credits.