Questions on regulators

1. Why are ethical restrictions in the creative media sector important?Ethical restrictions are important in the creative media industry because without them people could copyright, and do all kinds of stuff in media that are not legal.2. Can you outline some of the ethical restrictions that exist in the following media industries: television, multimedia,

press?Employers Liability Insurance, copyright and trademarks, privacy, fairness, conflicts of interest.

3. What are the potential consequences of ignoring these restrictions? Give a recent example of where ethical codes have been breached and the consequences /implications?

The potential consequences could be going to jail, paying a large sum of money (fine), Photographer Art Rogers shot a photograph of a couple holding a line of puppies in a row and sold it for use in greeting cards and similar products. Upon discovering the copy, Rodgers sued Koons for copyright. Koons responded by claiming fair use by parody. The court found the similarities between the 2 images too close, and that a “typical person” would be able to recognize the copy. Koon’s defence was rejected under the argument that he could have used a more generic source to make the same statement — without copying Rogers’ work. Koons was forced to pay a monetary settlement to Rodgers.

4. Give 5 reasons why it is important for you to fully understand and comply with the codes of practices of your chosen industry sector.

Without the codes of practice the television company could do anything they wanted.There could be racial discrimination on tele.There could be hour long adverts.They have to give their employees more than the minimum wage budget.They could only show certain programmes.