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Codes of Practise & Regulation

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Date Address of sourceDescription of

information obtainedEvaluation of research

23/3/13 http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/20

12/dec/20/uk-copyright-law-parody-

relaxed

Media copy right law- copy right in

main businesses that deal with other

top companies around the world

Not helpful at all, had to go find

another website

24/3/13 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_

Millennium_Copyright_Act

Media copy right law- Copy right law

in the business and the data

protection act .

Not helpful at all, had to go find

another website.

25/3/13 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyrigh

t_law_of_the_United_Kingdom

Media copy right law- This site only

had a small amount of information

just about the copy right law in

general of the business.

The website wasn’t helpful, I couldn’t

find much information that I wanted

and so I had to find a different

website.

25/3/13 http://www.out-

law.com/en/articles/2013/january/m

edia-organisations-question-

governments-legal-basis-for-

copyright-reforms/

Media copy right law- This site was

about what the government thinks

about the copy right laws, but it

wasn’t about the media copy right

law, which is what I needed to know.

This website again wasn’t much help,

there wasn’t any information that was

useful to me and so I had to find a

different website.

25/3/13 http://www.splc.org/knowyourrights/

legalresearch.asp?id=32

Media copy right law- This site was

about knowing your own rights in the

copy right law which is definitely isn’t

what I needed to know.

This website again wasn’t much help,

there wasn’t any information that was

useful to me and so I had to find a

different website.


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25/3/13 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/tech

nology-explained-digital-media-

copyright-act/

Media copy right law- On this site

there was information about the

permission that you will need to get

from the owner of any of the

information that you decide to get for

any reason, especially if it will become

accessible to other viewers

This site was quite helpful, I managed

to get enough information that I

needed so that I could interpretate it

into my own words so that I can

explain it properly and also know

what I am explaining.

26/3/13 http://www.independentproducerha

ndbook.co.uk/18/4a-protecting-

under-18s-and-harm-and-

offence/key-points.html

Protecting under 18s- On this site

there was so much information about

protecting under 18s from watching

inappropriate things which is suitable

for them.

The main actions which wasn’t

suitable was vile language, explicit

imagery and actions and violence.

None of these key points are not

allowed to be shown before 9pm and

after 6am.

This site was very useful, I was able to

get a lot of information and I also able

to explain what the facts were that I

got which is always a good thing.

26/3/13 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofcom Crime- On this site here was no

information relating to crime in

media, there was only information

explaining what crime was, which

wasn’t helpful for me as I already

knew what crime was and I wanted to

know about the crime in media.

This site wasn’t helpful at all, it didn’t

give me any information about crime

in media and so I have to go research

other sites for what I needed.

26/3/13 http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/bro

adcasting/broadcast-

codes/broadcast-code/crime/

Crime- On this site there was

information about programmes not

allowing to contain imagery of any

signs of crimes for example, gangs,

weapons or logos.

This site was very useful, I was able to

get a lot of information

27/3/13 http://www.independentproducerha Crime- On this site there was This site was extremely helpful, I was


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30/3/13 http://www.ofcom.org.uk/about/wha

t-is-ofcom/statutory-duties-and-

regulatory-principles/

Privacy- On this site there was

information about the principles of

privacy as a whole, and not in the

media which is what I wanted to

know.

This site wasn’t useful, it didn’t have

any information about what I was

looking for, so I had to look on other

websites to find the right information

that I was looking for.

30/3/13 http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/ofco

m-regulation-local-newspaper-

mergers-too-onerous

Privacy- This site had no information

about privacy in media, the

information that they had was about

local newspapers and someone wrote

a article of privacy.

This site had nothing to do with what I

was looking for, it was useless and

waste of time.

31/3/13 http://www.independentproducerha

ndbook.co.uk/18/4a-protecting-

under-18s-and-harm-and-

offence/key-points.html

Privacy- This site had loads of

information about the permission the

public need for their privacy.

This site was again helpful, I was able

to fin enough information for me to

explain I my own words what it meant

and also get to understand it myself.

31/3/13 http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/bro

adcasting/broadcast-

codes/broadcast-code/fairness/

Fairness- On this site there was

information about the fairness your

team member's need in the project

that you may be working on. Also

there was information about the

fairness that you should get from your

colleagues so that you also get that

type of respect.

The information that I managed to get

from this site was quite useful, there

happened to be enough information

there for me to understand what it

was and interpretated it which was

good.

2/3/13 http://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/kno

wledge/articles/2008/04/2008-04-29-

why-public-liability-insurance-is-

essential--5/

Public Liability Insurance- On this site I

only got one piece of information

which was about the public getting

claims if injured.

There was one bit of information that

I managed to get from this site but

overall it wasn’t that helpful.


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4/4/13 http://www.constructaquote.com/24

44/section.aspx/1688/What-does-

public-liability-insurance-cover

Public Liability Insurance- On this site

there was only information about

having insurance in your life.

This site wasn’t very helpful I didn’t

manage to get any information from

this site and so I had to look at other

sites.

4/4/13 http://www.bectu.org.uk/advice-

resources/rates

Public Liability Insurance- On this site

there was information about the rates

of your insurance that you need.




sites.

4/4/13 http://www.bectu.org.uk/news/222 Public Liability Insurance- On this site

the information that I got was again

about the insurance that most people

have.




sites.

5/4/13 http://www.endsleigh-

business.co.uk/Pages/public-liability-

insurance.aspx

Public Liability Insurance- This site

gave me information about the

business insurance, which isn't what I

want to know.

The site wasn’t useful, I wasn’t able

to get any information from this site,

I thought I would've gotten

information from the site because it

looked useful but it wasn’t.

5/4/13 http://www.constructaquote.com/24

44/section.aspx/1688/What-does-

public-liability-insurance-cover

Public Liability Insurance- On this site I

got information about people having

insurance that covers them for any

injuring that they get, which then

could relate to the media and if the

public happens to get injured and

then would claim from that incident.

This site was quite helpful I was able

to et enough information from this

site to explain in my own words what

this is.


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5/4/13 http://filmlondon.org.uk/filming_in_l

ondon/planning_your_shoot/legal

Completion- On this site there was

only information about planning your

filming, and how to plan it in the right

way.

This site wasn’t helpful I didn’t get any

information from it and so I will carry

on looking through other sites for the

information that I want.

5/4/13 http://financial-

dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Plan

+Completion+Insurance

Completion- This site has information

about explaining what completion

was in the dictionary.

This site also wasn’t very useful, it

didn’t give me much information that

I was looking for which isn't good.

5/4/13 http://www.creativeskillset.org/film/k

nowledge/article_5105_1.asp

Completion- This site was explaining

the completion in a working area.

This site was useful, I managed to get

enough information from it to explain

in my own words what is it .

6/4/13 http://www.bectu.org.uk/get-

involved/join-bectu/welcome

This site had information about bectu

having a role in other media

industries that need their help.

This site was quite useful, I did

manage to get some information

about the role.

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