Media Law

Introduction (2 chapters) The Legal System PART A: LAW FOR THE MEDIA 1: MEDIA REGULATION AND CONTROL Overview & Principles 1.1 LEGAL REGULATION 1.1.1. A Free Press and Free Speech 1.1.2. Privacy & Media Intrusion 1.1.3. Breach of Confidence 1.1.4. Defamation 1.1.5. Court Reporting 1.1.6. Contempt of Court 1.1.7. Parliamentary & Election Reporting 1.1.8. Business & Financial Reporting 1.1.9. Obscenity, Blasphemy & Racial Hatred 1.1.10. Acts of Terror and War 1.1.11. Data Protection 1.1.12. Broadcasting 1.1.13. Internet 1.2 Law in Context 1. Media & Professional Ethics 2. The PCC 3. OFCOM 4. Other regulatory and professional bodies 5. News Media & Responsible Journalism 6. Wider media & Professional Standards 7. PR, Marketing, Design & the Creative Professions PART B: LEGAL ASPECTS OF MANAGING CONTENT AND CREATIVITY 1. SUBSTANTIVE LAW 1.1 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 1. Copyright 2. Designs 3. Patents 4. Trademarks 1.2 CONTRACT LAW 1. Contracts and how they work 2. Negotiating and entering into agreements 3. Types of contract 4. Licensing and rights management 5. Royalties and artists' agreements 6. Other types of commercial agreements - broadcast licenses; content sharing; industry agreements 1.3 AGENCY 1.4 NEGLIGENCE & LIABILITY 1.5 COMMERCIAL CONFIDENTIALITY & TRADE SECRETS 1.6 TRADE LIBEL & PASSING OFF 2. LAW IN CONTEXT 2.1 Introduction - Using the law to manage content and creativity 2.2 IMAGE RIGHTS 1. Individual rights in images 2. Commercial rights in images 3. Exploitation of images 4. Protection of images 2.3 PERFORMANCE RIGHTS 1. Individual rights 2. Commercial rights 3. Protecting performance rights 4. Exploiting performance rights 2.4 SOUND RECORDINGS 1. General overview 2. Commercial rights 3. Exploitation 4. Protection 5. Counterfeiting and International dimension. 2.5 BROADCASTS 1. General Overview 2. Rights of broadcasters, satellite and cable operators 3. Exploiting content and output 4. Protecting content and output 5. The digital age 6. International dimension 2.6 DESIGN PROFESSIONS 1. General Overview 2. Protecting your work (IP rights - patents - design rights - trademarks) 3. Exploiting your work 4. International dimension and commercial context APPENDIX