Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

CopyrightX is a course on Copyright Law developed by Professor William Fisher III at Harvard University Law School and first offered online in the spring semester of 2013 under the auspices of the HarvardX distance-learning initiative and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Since 2014, CopyrightX is also being offered as an affiliated course in several other countries, including Italy. The next Harvard University CopyrightX - Turin University Affiliated Course will be taught from mid-February to mid-May of 2023.

The course 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 how the copyright system seeks to stimulate and regulate creative expression.

Previous editions of the Harvard Law School CopyrightX - Turin University Affiliated Course gathered together a very diverse group, including students at the Law School of the University of Turin and Alessandria and former participants in the LLM program in Intellectual Property Law jointly organised by the University of Turin and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Admission to the Harvard Law School CopyrightX - Turin University Affiliated Course is free and open to anyone with a bachelor’s degree. However, the process is highly competitive, and enrollment is limited to a maximum of 20 successful applicants.

The Harvard University CopyrightX - Turin University Affiliated Course is coordinated by Maximiliano Marzetti, currently Assistant Professor of Law at IESEG School of Management in Paris, and former Deputy Director to the Master of Laws in Intellectual Property Law jointly organised by the University of Turin and the World Intellectual Property Organization, under the supervision of Alessandro Cogo, Associate Professor of Intellectual Property and Business Law at the University of Turin, School of Law and Director of the LLM in Intellectual Property jointly offered by the University of Turin and the World Intellectual Property Organization.

The Harvard Law School CopyrightX - Turin University Affiliated Course follows the outline of the Harvard online course, available online. In addition, during the weekly sessions, we will discuss EU copyright law and comparative copyright law perspectives. The course engages extensively with US, EU, comparative, and international copyright law in the context of the theoretical background provided by Professor Fisher’s lectures.

Before applying, make sure you will be able to commit to this course. You will need to devote at least 5 hours per week to it (1.5 hours watching the recorded lectures for the week, 1.5 hours participating in the weekly online seminar and 2 hours reading the materials in the syllabus). If you are unsure you can comply with the required time, please abstain from applying.

Seminars are held online, taught by the course’s Lead Faculty, for one hour and a half each week, according to the schedule outlined below. Active participation is required. To actively participate, students must read the readings found in the syllabus before.

Dates of the weekly online seminars:

1. February 10, 2023, 16:00h Central European Time (CET)
2. February 17, 2023, 16:00h Central European Time (CET)
3. February 24, 2023, 16:00h Central European Time (CET)
4. March 3, 2023, 16:00h Central European Time (CET)
5. March 10, 2023, 16:00h Central European Time (CET)
6. March 17, 2023, 16:00h Central European Time (CET)
7. March 24, 2023, 16:00h Central European Time (CET)
8. March 31, 2023, 16:00h Central European Time (CET)
9. April 7, 2023, 16:00h Central European Time (CET)
10. April 14, 2023, 16:00h Central European Time (CET)
11. April 21, 2023, 16:00h Central European Time (CET)
12. April 28, 2023, 16:00h Central European Time (CET)

To be eligible for a certificate of completion, each participant must attend at least 10 of the 12 weekly seminars and pass a written final examination that will be held in early 2023 (exact date to be determined). Participants will have 72h to complete it.

If you wish to apply, please download the application form available attached and email it duly completed and signed to the course’s Lead Faculty at [maxmarzetti@gmail.com] before the deadline mentioned above, stating in the subject line: “COPYRIGHTX TURIN 23_APPLICATION OF_[NAME,_SURNAME].”