ETHIC AND LEGISLATION

Catalog description

This course introduces students to legal and ethics issues that affect design. Topics examined include intellectual property, freedom of expression and contract law. The basic legal issues of contract and property law, within the creative context, will be examined: agreements, copyright, trademark, and patents. Students will learn how to protect their rights, and as importantly, how to lead the legal debate with the identification of legal concepts and terms which apply to the practice of design. In addition, the course will approach other ethics issues: free speech, obscenity, pornography, libel, privacy and their damages. The course will introduce students the ability of distinguishing poor from good ethical justifications. Legal moral and ethical principles will also be examined.