Legal and ethical issues

Definitions (in media products) 

Legal issue- Privacy laws to protect people's lives. The publisher must avoid publishing details about someone's private life that may embarrass or humiliate them. So, this means that legal issues can be the practice of philosophies of law; legal issues surface when there is an incompliance with the law. 

Moral issues - Could be Stereotyping, misleading or incorrect information and defamation. Moral issues are something that isn't right morally. It can be explained as an issue that has power to infuriate cultural communities and the beliefs they share. 

Ethical issue - can be defined as doing what is ethically right, regardless of what the law might say. 

Initial issues

Legal issues - Examples of initial issues are copyright and censorship. Copyright is when content or property is used without the permission of the owner. 

Moral issues - False info or dishonesty could be an issue, as this would be misleading to the viewer. 
Ethical issues - Examples of initial ethical issues could be privacy, harassment or discrimination. The content must also take into consideration if it will offend the audience or not. E.g., content could include stereotypes which would definitely offend some people. This is because the again the audience is being misled. Which then could also make it a moral issue potentially. 

Initial ideas for legal issues

I need to ask for permission to film from my family and teachers. Copyright - my ident is similar to CITV's other idents. My ident might have copyright images like the CITV logo. However, I don't think that this will be an issue as Freeview has given me permission. 

Regulation TV idents

OFCOM is in charge of regulating TV idents in the UK. They are a government approved regulatory system. Ofcom makes sure that people get the best from their broadband, home phone, and mobile service and also make sure that people enjoy what they watch on tv and what they listen to on the radio. Their duty is to protect/prevent the public from harmful or offensive material.

The broadcasting codes that I must follow are:

Copyright - a type of intellectual property that protects original works of authorship as soon as an author fixes the work in a tangible form of expression.

Protecting the under-eighteens 
This section outlines the rules around scheduling and content information in programmes with regard to protecting children under the age of eighteens 

Harm and Offence - This section outlines standards for broadcast content so as to provide adequate protection for members of the public from harmful and/or offensive material. 

Aspects that might impact my ident

Having copyright music without permission would impact my ident. As that is against the law, so it could be taken down or I could get fined for it. To solve this issue, I will ask for permission for my music or use copyright free music. 

Since my ident is for under eighteens it would affect my ident. As now I need to make sure to include content that is appropriate for CITV's young audience. 

This also means I should be extra careful about offensive or stereotypical content. And I must ensure that there is no mature content or harm shown. 

Legal, ethics and moral analysis