Legal Issues Related to IT-Development
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Course code
IFI7026.DT
old course code
IFI7026
Course title in Estonian
IT-arendamisega seonduvad juriidilised probleemid
Course title in English
Legal Issues Related to IT-Development
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
assessment
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The review of the legal issues related to IT-development. Knowledge about the legal remedies (claims). Knowledge about the authors’ rights and personal data subjects’ rights.
Brief description of the course
Sources of the law. Civil remedies (claims). Sanctions for crimes and misdemeanors. Copyright and other types of intellectual property. Works protected by copyright. Author’s moral and property rights. Protection of computer programs. Copyright contracts. General principles of conclusion of a contract. Licenses. Protection of databases. Protection of personal data. E-contracts.

Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has ability to recognize and evaluate the legal risks related to the IT-development;
- has ability to evaluate the need for the legal assistance;
- has ability to take the author’s and data subject’s rights into account.
Teacher
Eero Johannes
Additional information
Preconditions: the independent analyses of a legal issue related to the IT development.
Study programmes containing that course
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Management of Information Technology (IFITM/23.DT)
Management of Information Technology (IFITM/22.DT)
Educational Technology (IFHTM/21.DT)
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Educational Technology (IFHTM/20.DT)
Management of Information Technology (IFITM/20.DT)
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Information Science (INITM/19.DT)
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Information Society Technologies (IFITD/16.DT)
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Information Science (INITM/17.DT)
Information Society Technologies (IFITD/15.DT)
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