Hello and thank you for your question.
I have written a sample letter for you, based on ideas that I found at
the following sites:
http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/library/study/copyright.htm
http://www.uq.edu.au/bel/publications/postgrad_prosp04.pdf
http://www.learcenter.org/html/curriculum/index.php?cm=ann
http://www.trinity.edu/departments/academic_affairs/course_catalogue/pages/bus_admin.htm
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Dear Sir or Madam:
You have asked me to set forth my reasons, consistent with my
background, for applying to your Master of Arts program in
Communications Management. As my application indicates, I am a
graduate of the _____ School in Indonesia, where I was awarded a
Bachelor of Law degree in International Law.
I believe that my background uniquely qualifies me to study
communications management in your Sydney, Australia programme. To me,
the most important issue in communications management today is the
impact of modern technology on traditional notions of intellectual
property and fair use. Now that the Internet has become accessible by
most of the world's population, and because people now use the
Internet for all sorts of purposes, including commercial uses, the
culture or attitude of free use is in natural opposition to people who
want to control, or at least be paid for, the copying of their
material. The misconception that anything available on the Internet is
in the public domain or is copyright free is as widely held as it is
false.
My training in international law gives me the knowledge and
sensitivity to address these issues. Communication management is
content management, and all too many creators and adaptors of content
are insensitive to, if not directly opposed to, the legal protection
that copyright law is intended to provide. In the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries, land was the most important form of
property. Now in the information age intellectual property has
replaced land as the embodiment of wealth. Consider Bill Gates. The
foundation of his fortune, the world's largest, is some thousands of
lines of computer code that he and his company claim to have
originated.
Our 21st century world is a small world. For all its vastness,
Australia is not the isolated continent it once was. I look forward
to applying my background in international law to the modern issues of
communications management. If you have any questions about my legal
education in Indonesia, please do not hesitate to ask.
Sincerely
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