Some of the Harvard Teaching Fellows
CopyrightX explores the current law of copyright; the impact of that law on art, entertainment, and industry; and the ongoing debates concerning how the law should be reformed. Through a combination of recorded lectures, assigned readings, weekly seminars, live interactive webcasts, and online discussions, participants in the course examine and assess the ways in which the copyright system seeks to stimulate and regulate creative expression.
Three types of courses make up the CopyrightX Community:
— a residential course on Copyright Law, taught by Prof. William Fisher at Harvard Law School;
— an online course divided into sections of 25 students, each section taught by a Harvard Teaching Fellow;
— a set of affiliated courses based in countries other than the United States, each taught by an expert in copyright law.
One of the weekly seminars of CopyrightX: Kenya
Admission to the online sections is free and is open to anyone at least 13 years of age, but enrollment is limited and admission is selective. For details concerning the application and admission processes for the online sections, see CopyrightX:Sections.
The criteria for admission to each of the affiliated courses are set by the course’s instructor.
The lectures, reading materials, maps, and recordings that have been developed for CopyrightX are also available for use by teachers and students in other settings. All of these materials are licensed under a Creative Commons License, the terms of which are available on the Permission page.
The CopyrightX community continues to grow. The map set forth below indicates (in blue) the countries from which students have taken the online course and (in red) the countries in which the affiliated courses have been or are currently based.
A more detailed description of CopyrightX can be found in this essay.
We are able to continue offering the course only because of generous financial support from Harvard University and from two law firms:
