1. Research the impact of legal issues on Media products, by choosing three of the following list and creating
summary paragraph about each.
summary paragraph about each.
- Freedom of Information Act.
- Intellectual Property Act.
- Data Protection Act.
- Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988.
The Freedom of Information Act allows members of the public to request and see information held by public
authorities. The Freedom of Information Act (2002) allows the public to access documents, audio files, letters,
emails, photographs, and computer files. However, it does not give someone the right to request personal
information about themselves or anyone else. The Freedom of Information Act does not cover all charities and
organisations, but it does cover the NHS, state schools, local governments and the police. The Freedom of
Information act can be beneficial in the creating of a media product, especially to journalists, as it can help them
gain information about the people or events that their article is about.
The Intellectual Property Act is for guaranteeing that the regulations around copyrighting and patent legal rights
and laws are kept updated. This is beneficial to the media industry as it can help our work to not be plagiarised or
have our ideas stolen from us. The Intellectual Property Act also affects the media industry by making sure that
we don't steel other's ideas and make them into our own media products. This means that if a person wanted to
make a book into a film, the filmmaker would have to buy the rights to that franchise from the author or the
publisher.
The Data Protection Act is an act issued by the UK government concerning how information about living people
may be used or handled. The main intent is to protect people from a misuse of their information. The Data
Protection Act concerns how a person's information is treated by organisations, businesses, or the government.
The Data Protection Act is used often in the media industry, especially in journalism. Journalists have to make
sure that the information they obtain when researching for an article is obtained legally and that the information
is held no longer than it needs to be.
2. Select two media products from the list below. Using the legal issues researched in the previous task produce a ten point guidance sheet you would use to produce a new media product.
1. Make sure that if there are any people in the photo, that they have either given permission to be in the picture, or they are not recognisable.
2. Make sure that if in the shot there is any personal information visible that the information is removed before the photo has been taken, or that the information's owner has given permission.
3. Make sure that if you are taking photos on private property or on government property (eg: a train station) that you have proper permission or permits to do so.
4. Make sure that after the photographs have been taken, that they have been copyrighted in order to make sure that nobody tries to steel your work.
5. Don't take photos of children without a parent's written consent.
6. You have the right to take a picture of anyone or any building in a public space, they may ask you to not take a picture of them but legally if they are in public and you are in public then you have the right to photograph them.
7. Don't take pictures of number plates on cars because that looks dodgy.
8. Don't take any pornographic images because that is illegal.
9. Always copyright published images.
10. Save your images to a secure network.
Radio Production:
1. Any personal information of the public that has been obtained, perhaps through a prize draw application, must be protected and then destroyed when no longer usable or necessary.
2. Don't mention the last name of the members of the public when on live call with them as that may make them more identifiable to people who may want to find them for maniacal reasons. You could refer to them as eg: Jane from Surrey.
3. Make sure that you have the rights to play the music from the people who own the royalties.
4. Make sure that any guest stars have given permission to be on the air.
5. Make sure that any guest stars under the age of 18 have permission to be on the air.
6. Make sure that the right amount of money is paid to the person with the royalties for the song that has been played.
7. Don't have rude or offensive language on the air in the middle of the day when a child can turn on the radio and hear it.
8. Always play the 'radio friendly' or clean version of a song. eg: Forget you rather than the original
9. Make sure that all prize draws are fairly won, anyone having an equal chance of winning.
10. Always announce if a section of the radio is pre-recorded incase of complaints.
authorities. The Freedom of Information Act (2002) allows the public to access documents, audio files, letters,
emails, photographs, and computer files. However, it does not give someone the right to request personal
information about themselves or anyone else. The Freedom of Information Act does not cover all charities and
organisations, but it does cover the NHS, state schools, local governments and the police. The Freedom of
Information act can be beneficial in the creating of a media product, especially to journalists, as it can help them
gain information about the people or events that their article is about.
The Intellectual Property Act is for guaranteeing that the regulations around copyrighting and patent legal rights
and laws are kept updated. This is beneficial to the media industry as it can help our work to not be plagiarised or
have our ideas stolen from us. The Intellectual Property Act also affects the media industry by making sure that
we don't steel other's ideas and make them into our own media products. This means that if a person wanted to
make a book into a film, the filmmaker would have to buy the rights to that franchise from the author or the
publisher.
The Data Protection Act is an act issued by the UK government concerning how information about living people
may be used or handled. The main intent is to protect people from a misuse of their information. The Data
Protection Act concerns how a person's information is treated by organisations, businesses, or the government.
The Data Protection Act is used often in the media industry, especially in journalism. Journalists have to make
sure that the information they obtain when researching for an article is obtained legally and that the information
is held no longer than it needs to be.
2. Select two media products from the list below. Using the legal issues researched in the previous task produce a ten point guidance sheet you would use to produce a new media product.
- TV Production
- Social Media Campaign
- Digital Animation
- Radio Production
- Graphic Novel
- Digital Photogpahy
1. Make sure that if there are any people in the photo, that they have either given permission to be in the picture, or they are not recognisable.
2. Make sure that if in the shot there is any personal information visible that the information is removed before the photo has been taken, or that the information's owner has given permission.
3. Make sure that if you are taking photos on private property or on government property (eg: a train station) that you have proper permission or permits to do so.
4. Make sure that after the photographs have been taken, that they have been copyrighted in order to make sure that nobody tries to steel your work.
5. Don't take photos of children without a parent's written consent.
6. You have the right to take a picture of anyone or any building in a public space, they may ask you to not take a picture of them but legally if they are in public and you are in public then you have the right to photograph them.
7. Don't take pictures of number plates on cars because that looks dodgy.
8. Don't take any pornographic images because that is illegal.
9. Always copyright published images.
10. Save your images to a secure network.
Radio Production:
1. Any personal information of the public that has been obtained, perhaps through a prize draw application, must be protected and then destroyed when no longer usable or necessary.
2. Don't mention the last name of the members of the public when on live call with them as that may make them more identifiable to people who may want to find them for maniacal reasons. You could refer to them as eg: Jane from Surrey.
3. Make sure that you have the rights to play the music from the people who own the royalties.
4. Make sure that any guest stars have given permission to be on the air.
5. Make sure that any guest stars under the age of 18 have permission to be on the air.
6. Make sure that the right amount of money is paid to the person with the royalties for the song that has been played.
7. Don't have rude or offensive language on the air in the middle of the day when a child can turn on the radio and hear it.
8. Always play the 'radio friendly' or clean version of a song. eg: Forget you rather than the original
9. Make sure that all prize draws are fairly won, anyone having an equal chance of winning.
10. Always announce if a section of the radio is pre-recorded incase of complaints.
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