Legal issues
Starwars copyright
"implied contrast" Ainsworth work on props team to help create stormtrooper head
He than made his own in a worship sold 19 to the US as did Lucas
Lost £700,00 fighting the movie moguls
Lucas wanted to sue £12 million pounds
Lucas wanted to persuade courts the sculpture was 3D - copyright to last up to 70 years after death of author.
Intellectual Property Law
The intellectual property law is split into 4 categories
Trade Markets-
Used to protect brands in the UK and cross Europe.
You can apply a trade mark to a name.
They need renewing every 10 years
Copy Right-
Exists in images maps websites
Free
Copy rights lasts for up to 70 years after your death
If you pay someone else to do something for you they then known the copy right unless there is a contract
Design Rights-
Covers UK and abroad and doesn't have to be expensive
Unregistered design rights are free
Patents
New project or process you need to use patents.
Last for as long as 20 years
Complicated and expensive
Good investment for a business as you can make money from this. Seek professional advice
Freedom of information act
Provides public access to information held by authorities. It does this in two ways : public authorities are obliged to publish certain information about their activities and members of the public are entitled to request information from public authorities.
Data protection act
UK law that mandates all business must follow eight princples
Customer data is the life blood of every business.
Data needs to be collected fairly and securely
8 Principles:
Requires customer consent
Should only be kept for the reason it was collected
Should be kept accurate
Should be kept up to date
Should only be kept as long as needed
Should be made available to us
Should be processed securely
Should be processed within the UK
Copyright, designs and patents act 1988
Copyright- The exclusive and assignable legal right, given to the originator for a fixed number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material.
Content can be shaped, constructed in many different ways
Consumers are exposed to media all the time.
Make sure you watch media legally as it is ethically and morally correct.
Shouldn't download songs illegally as the artists don't make any money
Human Rights Act
Journalists are not forced to reveal there sources
Gay people are to be treated equally.
We have freedom of speech.
Freedom of expression for fictional purposes.
"implied contrast" Ainsworth work on props team to help create stormtrooper head
He than made his own in a worship sold 19 to the US as did Lucas
Lost £700,00 fighting the movie moguls
Lucas wanted to sue £12 million pounds
Lucas wanted to persuade courts the sculpture was 3D - copyright to last up to 70 years after death of author.
Intellectual Property Law
The intellectual property law is split into 4 categories
Trade Markets-
Used to protect brands in the UK and cross Europe.
You can apply a trade mark to a name.
They need renewing every 10 years
Copy Right-
Exists in images maps websites
Free
Copy rights lasts for up to 70 years after your death
If you pay someone else to do something for you they then known the copy right unless there is a contract
Design Rights-
Covers UK and abroad and doesn't have to be expensive
Unregistered design rights are free
Patents
New project or process you need to use patents.
Last for as long as 20 years
Complicated and expensive
Good investment for a business as you can make money from this. Seek professional advice
Freedom of information act
Provides public access to information held by authorities. It does this in two ways : public authorities are obliged to publish certain information about their activities and members of the public are entitled to request information from public authorities.
Data protection act
UK law that mandates all business must follow eight princples
Customer data is the life blood of every business.
Data needs to be collected fairly and securely
8 Principles:
Requires customer consent
Should only be kept for the reason it was collected
Should be kept accurate
Should be kept up to date
Should only be kept as long as needed
Should be made available to us
Should be processed securely
Should be processed within the UK
Copyright, designs and patents act 1988
Copyright- The exclusive and assignable legal right, given to the originator for a fixed number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material.
Content can be shaped, constructed in many different ways
Consumers are exposed to media all the time.
Make sure you watch media legally as it is ethically and morally correct.
Shouldn't download songs illegally as the artists don't make any money
Human Rights Act
Journalists are not forced to reveal there sources
Gay people are to be treated equally.
We have freedom of speech.
Freedom of expression for fictional purposes.
What is copyright? What is the freedom of information act? You need to know these key pieces of information, but your notes have gaps in them so you won't be able to revise...
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