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The law of copyright --with its Constitutional origins, statutory framework, and case law interpretations – has many layers and complexities, even for the seasoned legal practitioner. Yet it is not uncommon for undergraduate music and entertainment business programs to incorporate a course covering the topic into its curriculum.  This paper examines the challenges of teaching this area of law to undergraduates, and offers methodologies for doing so. The paper categorizes the issues facing faculty into three broad areas – challenges, benefits, and methodologies. Benefits: The introduction includes a discussion of the necessity of the course, which may be of interest to programs contemplating such an addition to their curriculum; The paper examines both academic benefits to students and benefits to institutions. Challenges: An academic treatment of copyright law requires a level of rigor that may engender resistance from students and administrators, which is discussed.  While business schools (not just those with an entertainment focus) often offer business or other general law courses to undergraduates, there are distinctions between teaching a course that essentially surveys areas of law and acts as an introduction to the field, and a course that teaches the law itself, and its intricacies. The paper discusses these distinctions. The paper also offers a discussion of use of attorney vs. non-attorney faculty to teach the topic. Methodologies: The primary focus of the paper is an examination of methodologies for an undergraduate treatment of copyright law, and recommendations for instruction. The paper compares and contrasts a recommended undergraduate approach to that taught in a traditional law school, and examines: Teaching analytical skills and critical thinking § The entertainment context § Teaching copyright law philosophy and the entertainment context § Teaching the legal system and case law § Striking the balance between a superficial treatment of the law and an advanced course for law students. (view session)

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