LO2: Legal And Ethical

IPSO

Independent Press Standards Organisation. This is an organisation that regulate news papers and magazines. They use the editors code of practice and the editors code of private covers things such as: 'Invasion of privacy, Intrusion into grief or sock and harassment'.

In order to obey this law I will ensure that I only publish things given the consent of my interviewee so I don't break this law. I will also make sure that I sent the interviewee a copy of the questions I am developing in order to gain early feedback on if they're comfortable with answering my questions. The final thing I will do to obey this organisations rules is to make sure none of my questions are an invasion of privacy.


Obscene Publications Act

Obscene publication act is an act put in place in order to prevent the use of obscene material such as nudity, violence, alcohol and explicit language, that day deprave and corrupt the readers. It is illegal to publish content that could have an influence on the readers. in order to follow this law I will make sure I keep all my pictures within the legal requirements. I will also try and include no scenes that could connote nudity within my shoot, this would mean no topless images of my athletes. My audience is primarily aimed at people between the ages of 16-25, this means they're highly influenced by the media.


Libel Law

You're not allowed to publish false information, and you're also not allowed to publish any defamatory (harmful) content. I will not be publishing any false information for my magazine, so I will be able to gain good information from my interviewee. I must also not bring up names within the athletic community that can drag an athletes name through the media.


Copyright 

This is the protection law that give the creator protection over their intellectual property. This basically means whatever the company or organisation has created is protected. Also this means in order to use someones content you would need to get permission, for example: logos, informational content to use from organisations, photographs. I will not need to see copyright permission for my pictures, because I will be using all my own images.


Laws Of Contempt 

In terms of any court cases going on, you're not allowed to publish anything that could compromise anything that could influence anything that can sway the court case. In order for me to obey this law I will have to try and not use any information or quotes that could sway the courts in terms of doping in the athletic community. I will need to make sure that I don't refer to court case topics with certain athletes that are undergoing investigation.