legal and ethical

1. Learning outcome 2: Tasks D and E
Note from the exam board
When considering legal and ethical issues candidates should refer to the code of
practice for the regulatory body, which affects the production of print media (in our
case – the music industry).
Work could be evidenced in written format, letters to relevant bodies or online
requests applying for copyright permission. It is important that learners relate the
relevant legal and ethical issue to the print product they are producing, for instance
when considering the photos/images and language for inclusion in a print product
such as a magazine etc.
Students aiming for merit or distinction would present all of their research in a
more creative manner such as prezi, powtoom, emaze etc and use images,
videos and hyperlinks to enhance their work.
D - Legal and Ethical Considerations
Find out/define the below terms and tell us how this might have an impact on
your print products.
How this effects my print product?
Copyright/intellectual property rights I don’t copy anything so this has no
effect on my work
Slander/libel It don’t affects me in any way
Royalties It don’t affects me as well
Violence On my cover is no violence so this don’t
affect me ether
Offensive language/behaviour/material I don’t use offensive language or
behaviour
Public interest I go for the jung people with rap
E - Regulatory Bodies in the Music Industry
The music industry is mostly a self-regulated organisation. But just as any other
industry it must have regulators to protect all the people involved in the production
and realisation of a song, cd, a concert etc (copyright, trade, music representation).
The most important are listed below. Although all these companies have different
aims the vision is the same, keep the music industry alive. However, the fact that
technology is evolving so fast, makes it even harder for them to protect every single
detail.
Research the following organisations and find out what they aim to do. Think
about how their regulations would impact on your print work.
Who are they and
what do they do?
What impact this
organisation would
have on my print
product?

2. BASCA
British Academy of Songwriters,
Composers and Authors
https://basca.org.uk/home/
MPA
Music Publishers Association
http://www.mpaonline.org.uk
The MPA represents
the full range of the
UK’s music publishing
sector. It acts on
behalf of 240
members ranging
from the UK’s largest
and most established
music publishers to
independents and
start-ups.
I don’t use any of
this thing so it don’t
effects or influence
on my work
PRS
Performing Rights Society (who are
now linked with MCPS – The
Mechanical Copyright Protection
Society)
https://www.prsformusic.com/
We pay royalties to
our members when
their work is
performed, broadcast,
streamed,
downloaded,
reproduced, played in
public or used in film
and TV. We support
them by influencing
policy, supporting and
hosting awards and
events, and investing
in new technology to
ensure we’re fit for the
digital music age.
I don’t use any of
this thing so it don’t
effects or influence
on my work
OFCOM
Office of Communications
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/
Ofcom makes sure
you get the best from
your broadband and
phone. We also
oversee TV and radio,
wireless airwaves and
the post
I don’t use any of
this thing so it don’t
effects or influence
on my work
PPL
Phonographic Performance Limited
http://www.ppluk.com/
Established in 1934,
PPL exists to ensure
that those who invest
their time, talent and
money to make
recorded music are
fairly paid for their
work. PPL licenses
recorded music
played in public or
broadcast and then
distributes the licence
I don’t use any of
this thing so it don’t
effects or influence
on my work

3. fees to its performer
and recording
rightsholder members.
BPI
British Phonographic Industry
https://www.bpi.co.uk/default.aspx
BPI represents the
UK’s recorded music
industry, which is one
of the most exciting
and thriving music
sectors in the world.
British artists account
for one in eight
albums purchased by
fans around the globe.
I don’t use any of
this thing so it don’t
effects or influence
on my work
Songrite UK
Songright Copyright Office
http://www.songrite.co.uk/index.html
They make sure that
nobody copies the
song texts
I don’t use any of
this thing so it don’t
effects or influence
on my work
UK Music
(umbrella company linked with
many of the above)
http://www.ukmusic.org/about/
UK Music is an
industry-funded body
established in October
2008 to represent the
collective interests of
the recorded,
published and live
arms of the British
music industry.
Through collective
representation UK
Music promotes the
interests of record
labels and music
publishers,
songwriters,
composers, lyricists,
musicians, managers,
producers, promoters,
venues and collection
societies.
I don’t use any of
this thing so it don’t
effects or influence
on my work