Media Law governing Factual Programming Media Law
How it imposes constraints on media production? Defamation If my production contains any damaging or criticising allegations towards any individual or organisation, it required that legal advice is to be taken.
Contempt of Court
If my production references to current or ongoing court proceeding legal advice must urgently be required, in order to police the subject in order to avoid miss – perceived view being expressed towards situations Privacy and Any personal Confidence information being published via my production must be fully consented by the source of the information and if the information relates to an organisation or individual how I don’t have consent from, I must consult programme lawyer. Copyright Any information in production from a third party, must be consented from the source, also copyright infringement e.g. fair dealing or incidental inclusion must
How it could affect your product negatively As when commenting on the different manufacturers who produce the vehicles I planned to rank them in order of best first however this could criticise and be damaging for businesses. My production wasn’t going to feature any issues that affected any contempt of court law breaches.
How it could affect your product positively This will allow me to be fair and show positives that every one has to offer in terms of the vehicle market.
This has allowed me to become aware of the regulation and in case of footage that initially is un planned comes to hand I am able to deal with the proceedings
When publishing initial written course work online I must remember to not include any personal details as this can lead to damaging circumstances.
This allows all contributors to participate with zero hesitance and will mean that they will be able to express there proper views.
A lot of my production is going to involve third party involvement this will mean that I must seek thorough consent on any information that I gather from these third parties as it is vital to ensure that I comply with copy right laws
All the information that I gather will be from a trusted source and means that my audience can trust my production.
considered throughout the production.
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