LIA3033 Digital Copyright Law
Semester 2, 2023/2024
Group Assignment (30%)
Question
Read Hardy’s article ‘Copyright and “New-Use” Technologies’, 23 NOVA L REV 659 (1999)
(available on HeinOnline), particularly Part V ‘New Use Analysis’. Applying Hardy’s new use
analysis, discuss how new use of copyright works should be regulated in the context of
generative artificial intelligence. You should also express your opinion on the new use analysis
model suggested by Hardy.
Instructions
1. Form your own groups and each group may be comprised of maximum 6 members.
There should be a group leader for each group.
2. In the event of any group member failing to do his/her part at all, the group leader
may serve a notice via email to him/her, with written consent of all other members,
cc-ed to me. Such notice will thus remove him/her from the group and he/she has to
work on the assignment individually. NOTE: such notice may be issued latest in week
4 and no removal may take place after the end of week 4.
3. Submission: Hand in a hard copy to the Faculty General Office and submit a soft copy
together with Turnitin Report onto Spectrum. A 10% PER DAY PENALTY will be applied
for late submission.
4. Deadline: Week 7 (the exact date will be confirmed by the office of TDID.
5. Format & Length: 12 pt. Times New Roman, double spaced, 2.5 cm margins. Approx.
5000- 6000 words.
6. Assessment Criteria: Refer to the table on next page.
Criteria Excellent Good Adequate Poor Missing Score
Organizational Uses a logical Shows a logical May list ideas or May have random Absent, no
Structure & structure progression of arrange them organization, lacking evidence.
Coherence appropriate to ideas. Some logical randomly rather internal paragraph
(10%) the topic and links may be faulty, than using any coherence and using
purpose. but each evident logical few or inappropriate
paragraph clearly structure. transitions.
relates to the
assignment’s
central idea.
(9-10) (6-8) (3-5) (1-2) (0)
Research Research was Research was Research was Research was not Absent, no
(30%) thorough and mostly directly somewhat relevant to the topic evidence.
directly relevant relevant to the relevant to the directly or indirectly.
to the topic. topic with some topic with many
gaps. gaps.
(24-30) (19-23) (9-18) (1-8) (0)
Use of Relevant Use of evidence Begins to offer Often uses Depends on Absent, no
Resources appropriately reasons to support generalizations to overgeneralizations evidence.
(20%) and effectively, its points, perhaps support its points. for support, or offers
providing using varied kinds May use examples, little evidence of any
sufficient of evidence. but they may be kind.
evidence and obvious or not
explanation to relevant.
convince.
(16-20) (13-15) (6-12) (1-5) (0)
Findings Findings Findings presented Findings presented Findings not Absent, no
(20%) presented clearly clearly and with little presented clearly or evidence.
and thoroughly, thoroughly, with discussion of their thoroughly.
with full some discussion of implications.
discussion of their implications.
their
implications for
the topic and/or
subject.
(16-20) (13-15) (6-12) (1-5) (0)
Grammar No errors in Almost no errors in Many errors in Numerous and Not applicable.
(10%) sentence sentence structure sentence distracting errors in
structure and and work usage, structure, and sentence structure
work usage, punctuation, word usage, and word usage,
punctuation, capitalization and punctuation, punctuation,
capitalization spelling. capitalization and capitalization and
and spelling. spelling. spelling.
(9-10) (6-8) (3-5) (1-2) (0)
Citations All cited works Some cited works Few cited works All cited works are Absent, no
(5%) are done in the are done in the are done in the done in the incorrect evidence.
correct format correct format, correct format. format.
with no errors. inconsistencies
evident.
(5) (3-4) (2) (1) (0)
Reference Page Done in the Done in the correct Done in the correct Done in an incorrect Absent, no
(5%) correct format format with few format with few format or with many evidence.
with no errors. errors. errors. errors.
(5) (3-4) (2) (1) (0)
TOTAL (100%)
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