Bbfc stands for the British board of film classification set up in 1912, they

BBFC are a private organisation who will receive films before they are to be
released to the public, analyse them and apply an age rating as guidance
for the public. A film rated 18 will usually contain strong language, drug
use and sex scenes and when the bbfc see this they can deem it in
appropriate for people under the age 18 as they should not be seeing
this type of content . they also in 2015 signed a deal with Sony ,
universal , warner they have all agreed that they should rate all music
videos as well to improve child protection online and consumer
awareness.

The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the UK

OFCOM government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the
broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United
Kingdom. Ofcom has wide-ranging powers across the television, radio,
telecoms and postal sectors. Ofcom is a private company and is funded
by the industry as they charge fees for regulating broadcasting and
communication networks, and grant from the government which is
taken from the public who pay their TV licence. An example of Ofcom’s
ability is to decide if a programme should be shown after watershed w
which is the time after 9 where explicit content can be shown , to make
it suitable to the audience.

, This stands for uk copyright service, its statement is “ it’s a well-

UKCSS
established specialist in the area of copyright registration and protects
thousands of works by individuals and companies across the globe. They
work very closely with companies such as YouTube where copyright is a
huge issue as almost anyone can upload a video with someone else’s
content in forms of music and such else , there is a strike system 3
copyright claims and you will be banned from the platform of YouTube. On
their website they have a registration section where you can sing up to
appeal or register to be protected about copyright claims, and also an
information centre which has help pages and information sheets on ,
copyright law and international conventions ,advice ,how to use copyright
notices , how to deal with copyright infringement and finally advice for
musicians etc. an example of a famous copyright case is Gucci vs guess in
2009 , after guess had use very similar logos to Gucci in range of clothing
Gucci successfully sued them for over 5 million in company damages.
 PRS PRS is a company that works to protect musician’s rights and their produce
on their website it states the three main things they do are pay royalties to
their members for the use of their work while protecting the future by
creating partnerships and updating policies, have agreements with other
100 societies’ their members get paid for music when is played outside the
UK finally they license music by businesses online in broadcast and film , for
live performance and products , allowing the industry to grow and artists to
make a living of their own work and not have it copied.

PACT

Pact is the trade association representing the commercial interests of UK

independent television, film, digital, children’s animation media company.
They help companies by providing a wide range of services by providing
support and advice on situations.