Something that is legal is an action or activity that abides by the law, sometimes something could be as simple downloading a song without the permission of the artists or be as serious as killing another human being.
Copyright
Copyright is the protection of a original piece of work and the rights to own it, it has been enforced by most governments, mostly only for a limited period and it gives the owner credibility so they can benefit from people duplicating the idea.
Performing Rights
To be able to perform music in public you will need to have performing rights. This is due to a law to do with copyright and is in need of payment to the lyricist/ publisher and composer (split)
The performance would be live rather than a pre-production performance.
Royalties
After a film or show has been made, the actors or creators of the production are entitled to profits that are linked into what the film is actually making, these are known as royalties normally negotiated by the contract.
Libel
Libel is something negative towards someone in a media product that is actually false. For example, newspapers have published stories about Michael Jackson molesting children, although these are not proven facts. No international court has yet to have the authority of incorrect news on the provisions under international law.
Equal Opportunities
Broadcasting Act
The stock short title they use in legislation to do with broadcasting in Hong Kong, UK, Canada and the Republic of Ireland is the broadcasting act.
Ethnical Groups
Ethinical groups normally consist of people with heritage that is similiar to them eg: Culture, Dialect or Language.
Accuracy
Offensive Material
Sensationalism
Sensationalism is a form of desicion made by the editor to create something that will later be over hyped and created to be aware to the mass public. You will see things like these in mostly newspapers, magazines or T.V. shows.
Checkbook Journalism
Checkbook Journalism is quite simple, it is the extraction of information that is normally paid for and has been made sure that they have the right to publish that certain story. Normally the storys that have been purchased are normally seen as not as viable compared to traditional journalism.
Privacy
Representation
Censorship
Public right to know
Laws or policies that require certain companies or governments to present records or data to anyone who wishes to know news that has any relavance, as they have the right to know.
Regualatory bodies e.g.
A regulatory body is a organisation that focuses on taking peoples letters/ calls about offensive material into account. OFCOM is a good example of a regulatory body as they take thousands of complaints in and they have a say in what a Television show airs next.
OFCOM
I am writing to inform you of a certain episode on your show, Eastenders where the character 'Ronnie Mitchell' stole another characters baby ' Kat slater' played. I am compelled to write this because i find that this is very inappropriate content to be broadcast on the programme because it is simply plain wrong to steal anything from anyone especially a child.
This was a very bad act of storyline to show on the television, Maybe instead, they could of had her try to steal the baby whilst the parents were still there, there would've been great tension and dispute between the two couples. There is also the issue of young viewers seeing this, it is not good for their eyes to see this and for them to maybe think that it is acceptable.
Yours sincerely
-Alex Crowcombe
Press Complaints Commission
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) is an organisation (voluntary) that deals with the complaints to due with print media. They are responsible for dealing with the problems.
ASA
The ASA is the UK's independent supervising of advertising across all media. It's their job to make sure all adverts meet certain requirements and if they're appropriate for all audiences.
The shear power of the self-regulatory system lies in the independence of the ASA and the help and commitment of the advertising industry, through the CAP, to maintaining the top standards laid down in the Advertising standards, which are made to keep people safe from advertisements and make it fair for other advertisers.
These are a few examples of the types of advertisements they do
1. Radio
2. Adverts on the television
3. Shopping channels
4. Posters
5. Brochures
6. Leaflets
7. Special offers
8. Prize draws
9. Competitions
10. Cinema commercials
11. Magazine and newspaper commercials
12. Direct mail
13. Door drops
14. Internet advertisements
15. Ads on CD ROMS
16. Faxes
17. Commercial emails
18. SMS message ads
BBFC
Formed by the film-industry, the British Board of Film Classification is not a government organisation. They say if a film is too violent, sexual, offencive etc.
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