1. Legal and Ethical constraints in the creative media sector
Race relations act 1976
Race Relations Act 1976 was made by the UK parliament to stop discrimination on people race. It
covered racial, colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin discrimination in employment, the
provision of goods and services, education and public functions. The act has been revised by the
‘2000 Race Relations Amendment Act’ and the ‘Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006’. It started off
with the fact of all different backgrounds of people being given the same rights and equality, within
a TV production the management team can’t show that a darker colour of skin is the weaker race
against the white background of England. “A leading Jewish school, JFS in Brent, this broke the race
relations act by refusing admission to a boy because his mother was not officially recognized as a
Jew, the court of appeal has ruled” this was in the telegraph newspaper from an article posted
online, this straight away brakes the race relations act due to the boy’s mother not having a Jewish
background.
Human Rights act 1998
The Human Rights Act 1998 introduced the European Convention on Human Rights into British law,
of which the UK was one of the primary authors. This means in practice is that people who want to
bring cases where they know their rights have been violated they will now be able to through the
British courts, rather than having to spend years chasing the case at the European Court of Human
Rights.
Licensing 2003
An Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act founds a single integrated arrangement for
licensing grounds which are used for the sale/supply of alcohol, to deliver controlled entertainment,
or to deliver late night refreshment.
Privacy Law
Refers to the laws which deal with the regulation of individual information about persons which can
be collected by governments and other public as well as private groups and its storage and use.
Regulation or act that protects a person's right to be left alone, and governs collection, storage, and
release of his or her financial, medical, and other personal information.
Copyright & Intellectual Property Law
Copyright applies to work that is recorded in some way, rights exist in items such as artistic, musical
and dramatic work as well as films, sound recordings and typographical arrangements. Intellectual
property refers to creations of the mind, like inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and
symbols, names and images used in commerce.
Obscene Publications Ac
The Obscene Publications Act of 1959&1964 was introduced to stop company's and individual
people to publish anything that they had that would be classed as obscene - To own, possess or even
to control it would be breaking the law.
"Crash (1996) was accused by its critics of being obscene, but no prosecution was brought. Indeed, a
leading QC gave his opinion that the film was not obscene."

2. Broadcasting Act
The Broadcasting act of 1990 is a law that was passed by UK parliament to form a legal outline on
the electronic communication. The act contains a provision on the regulation of independent
television, sound programme and other services provided by TV and radio frequencies.