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Understand the ethical and legal constraints with in the media sector
1.
In order to get the job you are required to understand the following within the media sector your have
chosen. During the interview you will be asked to hand over a written document containing information on
the following aspects of your area.
In January 2010 a new Video Recording Act came into force (original was
created in 1984). The VRA act was created so that videos have to be (by law)
rated within the categories of U,PG,12A,12,15,18, cut or banned/not allowed to
be viewed. It also made distribution of unrated films illegal and watching a
film over your age rating illegal. The only time a film does not need to be rated
is if it is designed to inform, educate or instructive or are concerned with sport,
religion or music. Qualifying elements that go into age ratings are: strong
language, activities involving or implying drug usage and violence. If you want
a full list you can see it in the picture below.
Copyright gives the creator some type of media rights to control how their
work is used and/or distributed. The things that can be copyrighted are music,
books, videos and software.
When you buy something that is copyrighted, copyright law forbids that you:
The law that governs copyright in the UK is called Copyright, Deigns and
Patents Act 1988.
Source:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/legal/2copyrightrev1.shtml
Who does it protect?
Copyright protects original works of things such as music, videos, books,
artistic works, movies and many other things. It protects everyone with
original work small or big.
What happens if it is broken?
If you use someones copyrighted work, you can receive an email or letter form
the creator to remove their content from your website, if it is on YouTube they
can take your ad revenue for the video with their content on it. Another thing
that could happen is that your video, website etc could be taken down. You
could also face penalties of more than 100,000 for each infringed work.
Furthermore you could go to jail, the punishment really depends on what type
of infringement it is.
Find examples of when it has been broken and outcome
One example was when Russian films from the Soviet were being sold on
iTunes when the original creators did not give Apply permission to do so. The
result was that iTunes took down the videos.
Another example was when a pub landlord showed a Premier League game to
everyone in the pub using a foreign satellite card authorised only for private
use. The outcome was that he had to pay 65,000 in legal costs.
Another example was when Google published links to a Belgium newspaper
without permission. The outcome was that Google was fined 25,000 for
breaking Belgian copyright law for every day since an initial ruling in
September. This equalled to a total fine amount of 3.45 million.
What is the Films Act?
Representation of gender
Source:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/27/sexismfilm-industry-stories
2.
Explain what the following bodies do and why they are important (choose the ones related to your
media sector only)
Do not just cut and paste their about us page please read it and put it into your own words.
Add links to their pages
Distinction grade learners will find cases
3.
Then discuss the issues that these regulatory bodies may face with regard to
Consumer choice
Freedom of information
Censorship