Legal issues
when producing digital media there are laws to follow some are - - Copyright - equal pay act - Data protection - Breaking label - freedom of press - exploitation - slander Freedom of information act Data protection act Intellectual property act Copy right designs and patents act 1988 Freedom of information act - the public has the right to information that is held by public sector organisations. During the research stage of any media product, such as news industry, access to this data can be requested from many different sources using this act. Intellectual property act - If you have worked to produce a piece of work such as images, 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 organisation, you don't own the intellectual property of that item; the organisation you work for does Data protection act - if you collect data about individuals...