Laws -
- Libal Law
- Obscenity Publication Law
- Official Secret Act
- Copy Right Law
- Human Rights act 1998 Privacy Law
Laws - Description - Example:
Libal Law
- If you publish or broadcast anything that is untrue and damaging towards someones reputation you can be sued for damages by the person. This law was created to protect individuals or organisations from unwarranted, mistaken or untruthful attacks on their reputation.
e.g.
- A group of Michael Jackson fans have created the CaliforniaAnti-Defamation Law petition in hopes of getting a law passed that would makeit illegal to slander the dead. Mary Brookins, 57, and half-a-dozen other Jacksonsupporters who met in an online Jacksonfan group, is upset by the negative coverage the "Thriller" singer hasreceived since his passing. The group is angered by articles that referrer to Jackson as"Wacko Jacko," suggest he was the victim of a self-inflicted drug overdose, or isguilty of child molestation charges for which he was tried and found not guiltyin 2005.
There are many reasons he has been given the name 'Wacko Jacko'.
http://metro.co.uk/2009/03/05/top-10-craziest-wacko-jacko-moments-509246/
Obscenity Publication Law
- The Definition of this is content that is "likely and corrupt" Audience for which it is intended lawyers may need to check whether a production breaks this law before it is released. Content such as a sexually explicit, violent and/or drug taking is reviewed for suitability. Decisions are made dependend on factors such as age range of the audience, the time a production is broadcast.
e.g.
A Serbian Film. Banned in Spain, Norway and Brazil, A Serbian Film is arguably one of the most controversial films of all time. Contributing factors of the ban were scenes of child rape, incest and murder, among others. A Serbian Film received mixed reviews from critics; some of which condemned the film for it’s extreme sexual violence. The plot revolves around an aging porn star, who agrees to participate in one last film in order to make a clean break from the business, only to discover that he has been drafted into making a pedophilia themed snuff film, from which there is no escape.
Official Secrets Act
- It is a criminal offence to obtain or publish any infomation from a serving or former member of the security and intelligence service or from certain categories of civial servants or public contractors where that disclosure would be damaging.
e.g.
The News of the World's phone hacking scandal was one of the biggest issues that came up in the media industry. News of the world hacked into different victims phone messages to get infomation about the situations. This was first discovered in 2002 and carried on till the summer of 2011 until the news of the world published their last news paper and shut down. Milly Dowler was one of the victimd phone that was hacked. Her parents had left multiple voice mails on her phone and once the phone hackers realised her inbox was full so they deleted some of the messages so that they could get more infomation as more voice mails would come in. This lead to the parents believing that Milly Dowler was still alive as they thought she was the only one that could of deleted the messages.
Source:
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=BZDL9DFQdBaKIM&tbnid=OhUDbhfvGHM35M:&ved=0CAQQjB0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mi5.gov.uk%2Fhome%2Fthe-threats%2Fespionage%2Fespionage-and-the-law.html&ei=uEbwUuWeMbKg7AbE6YG4Dw&psig=AFQjCNHw515clIypzWsmSn0uqJs7ZuHyxw&ust=1391564853474677
Copy Right Law
This
law exists to protect people's creative endeavours so that they can properly benefit
from their work. If such protection didn't exist and people were able to copy
or sell or profit from another's work, there would be little incentive for
people to create in the first place. Programme-makers are responsible for
ensuring that all necessary clearances (copyright, trademarks etc.) have been
obtained for their programmes. This also jumps into the online piracy act, as it is illegal to download copyrighted music which is supposed to be bought for free. As the point of there being a price is that everyone must pay for music for example.
Source:
http://www.quiksnaps.co.uk/copyright.html
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