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Media Law governing Factual Programming Media Law How it imposes. constraints on media production? How it could affect your product negatively How it could affect your product positively Defamation Defamation Is when you are making ‘documentary you must make sure that you are not erezing or making allegations about any individual. If ‘9 defamation can be proved with Defamation could affect my product negatively by cczing an individual fem my documentary then geting sued from the erganzation ‘Defamation could affect my product positvaly by backing by statement {hich make to an indviual with ‘evidence Contempt of Court ‘Contempt of court is when the media for example broadcasting are banned from making ‘comments about someone. This could affect my product negatively by letting the media broadeast information whieh is not true about some individuals Contempt of court could affect my product positively by getting an authorized permission by an ‘organization. Privacy and Privacy and confidence is when | Privacy and confidence could | This could affect my product your program contains information | affectmy product negatively by | positively by keeping personal Confidence fof people which may be giving out information of people | information personal and not Confidential to that person. to thie party siving i out Copyright ‘Copyright in media productions | Copyright could affect my product | Copyright can affect my product when making a documentary or program you must clear all rights forexample you must get all permissions needed. All program have contracted rights which say if they do not go by these copy right rules they would then have to pay afee. by not asking permission froma company or organization before filming. And | could be charged for talking information froma soutte for example internet. positively by finding out were the Information is from and asking for permission of the information ifthe company say no then | will rot use the Information and avoid getting a fee.

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