Legal issues

Legal issues ♡

 How legal issues impact on media

you cannot reuse work that you have done for another company. This is because you have signed documents saying you will not use your work elsewhere. This is the intellectual property act

Legislation impacting media

freedom of information act

defamation law (slander and libel)

intellectual property act

copyright, designs and patents act 1988

data protection act

human rights act

Intellectual property law

Intellectual property law is law referring to a brand, invention, design or other kind of creation, which a person or business has legal rights over

There are different areas within this law:

1) trademarks

2) patents 

3) copyright (also has own separate law)

4) design rights

Human rights act 1998

Values that keep society fair, just and equal (eg: children working hours, minimum wage)

In the past, rules or rights were based on kings/queens 

Dictators became popular and Human rights act came into place after WW2

Right to have security, right to have free speech, right to life

EG: hospitals have to treat you with compassion

Data protection act

Ensures all businesses in the UK must comply to 8 principles

1) data requires customers consent

2) data should only be kept for the reason it was collected

3) data should be kept accurate and up to date

4) data should only be kept for as long as it's needed

5) data should be made available to the data subject

6) data should be processed securely 

7) data should be processed within the UK

8) must be fair and lawful

Law and the ethical thing to do