Legal Issues

Legislation that affects the production

-data protection act
-copyright
-trademark
-libel
-intellectual property right
-slander

Freedom of information act:
The public has the right to access information that is held by public sector organizations.  During the research stage of any media product, such as in the news industry, access to this data can be requested from a variety of sources including public sector organizations using this act.

Data protection act:
If you collect data about individuals during the creation of a media product then the data protection act must adhere or you could face a lawsuit.  Personal data could be collected through journalistic investigation or in a social media campaign.

Intellectual-property act:

If you have worked to produce a piece of work such as an image, script, article, or graphic then it is your intellectual property. if someone wants to use it, they require your permission. if you produce the work while working for an organization, you do not own the intellectual property of that item; the organization you work for does.

Copyright, designs, and patents act 1988

If you have created a piece of music, sound recordings, images, films, broadcasts, photographs or written work, then you have the right to control how it is used by other people. The right of ownership varies in length, dependent on the type of media product.

Slander:

Carries the same legal implications as libel but involves making a false statement in a spoken word.

Deformation:

-when your good reputation is taken away from you 

-bauer 

-false articles about her 

-magazine like OK 2015 

-they said she lied about her age, upbringing, and name 

-she was fired after 

-loss of revenue