The document summarizes several key pieces of legislation related to the creative media industry in the UK: 1) The Race Relations Act of 1976 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, nationality, ethnicity, and national origin in Great Britain. 2) Copyright law protects literary, artistic, musical, dramatic works as well as films, sound recordings, and typographical arrangements by giving authors specific rights over their work. 3) The Broadcasting Act tasks the BBC with producing codes of practice around standards and fairness in broadcasting and handling related complaints. 4) Privacy laws regulate the collection, storage, and use of personal information about individuals by governments and organizations. 5) The Human Rights Act of 1998 codifies

1. Legislations in the creative media
industry

2. Race Relations Act 1976
The Race Relations Act 1976 applies to
discrimination on the grounds of
colour, race, nationality and ethnic and national
origins. It applies in Great Britain but not in
Northern Ireland. Religious discrimination is not
explicitly covered in Britain but separate
legislation covers this in Northern Ireland.
"Ethnic origin", however, has been interpreted
broadly to cover groups with a common or
presumed common identity such as Jews or
Sikhs.

3. Copyright and Intellectual Property
Law
Copyright applies to work that is recorded in
some way, rights exist in items such as
literary, artistic, musical and dramatic work as
well as films, sound recordings and
typographical arrangements. It gives the author
specific rights in relation to the work, prohibits
unauthorised actions, and allows the author to
take legal action against instances of
infringement or plagiarism.

4. Broadcasting Act
• This is a law of the British parliament, often
regarded by both its supporters and its critics as a
quintessential example of Thatcherism. For
example the BBC cover these 3 task importantly:
• to produce codes of practice relating to standards
and fairness
• consider and adjudicate on complaints
• monitor, research and report on standards and
fairness in broadcasting

5. Privacy Law
Refers to the laws which deal with the
regulations of personal information about
individuals which can be collected by
governments and other public as well as private
organisations and its storage and use. In its
simplest term, everyone is entitled to their own
privacy.

6. Human Rights Act 1998
The Human Rights Act 1998 (also known as the Act or the HRA) came into force in the United Kingdom in October 2000.
It is composed of a series of sections that have the effect of codifying the protections in the European Convention on
Human Rights into UK law.
All public bodies (such as courts, police, local governments, hospitals, publicly funded schools, and others) and other
bodies carrying out public functions have to comply with the Convention rights.
This means, among other things, that individuals can take human rights cases in domestic courts; they no longer have
to go to Strasbourg to argue their case in the European Court of Human Rights.
The Act sets out the fundamental rights and freedoms that individuals in the UK have access to. They include:
• Right to life
• Freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment
• Right to liberty and security
• Freedom from slavery and forced labour
• Right to a fair trial
• No punishment without law
• Respect for your private and family life, home and correspondence
• Freedom of thought, belief and religion
• Freedom of expression
• Freedom of assembly and association
• Right to marry and start a family
• Protection from discrimination in respect of these rights and freedoms
• Right to peaceful enjoyment of your property
• Right to education
• Right to participate in free elections

7. Licensing Act
An act of parliament of the United Kingdom. The act
establishes a single integrated scheme for licensing
premises which are used for the sale of supply of
alcohol, to provide regulated entertainment or to provide
late night refreshment. Under the Licensing Act
2003, local councils district or unitary regulate four
licensable activities:
• the sale of alcohol
• the supply of alcohol (ie, in a members' club)
• the provision of regulated entertainment
• the provision of late night refreshment (ie, after 11pm)

8. Libel Law
Libel is published defamation of character, as
opposed to spoken defamation of
character, which is slander.
Libel:
• Exposes a person to
hatred, shame, disgrace, contempt or ridicule.
• Injures a person’s reputation or causes the
person to be shunned or avoided.
• Injures the person in his or her occupation.

9. Obscene Publications Act
An Act to strengthen the law for preventing the
publication for gain of obscene matter and the
publication of things intended for the
production of obscene matter.