People working in the media industry have certain standards and requirements in which they should follow. These may be legal or ethical requirements. These are outlines as the 'codes of practice'. Even though they are not compulsory, everyone should followed. These codes of practice help media workers to keep within guidelines of taste, decency and truthfulness.
There are certain legal restrictions that media workers must know. You can't simply say what you like, go where you want or even record whatever you like. There are legal issues which you should consider.
Two of the laws are:
Libel Law - libel is the damaging of someone's character, using written words
Slander Law - slander is the damaging of someone's character using spoken words.
This is an example of why you are not allowed to simply act how you wish.
There are also other legal restrictions in which you will come across, are:
Copyright and Censorship.
Copyright is where you must not use other people's work and claim it as your own. If you wish to use someone else's work, use must ask for permission.
Censorship is where you have to 'abide by decisions of government on what you can print or report about certain sensitive issues'.
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