This document summarizes several key laws in England related to media, privacy, intellectual property, and human rights: - The Human Rights Act 1998 outlines fundamental human rights including privacy, family life, property ownership, free speech, health care, and more. - Privacy law regulates the collection, storage, and use of personal information by governments and organizations. - Copyright and intellectual property law protects creative works and inventions, granting owners exclusive rights over publication, distribution, and ability to sue for unlawful copying. - The Broadcasting Act reformed British broadcasting and governs what can be shown on television. - The Obscene Publications Act defines what can legally be published in England and Wales.

1. Licensing act 2003
English law allows actions for libel to be brought in
the high court for any published statements which are
alleged to defame a named or identifiable individual
in a manner which causes them loss in their trade or
profession, or causes a reasonable person to think the
worse of him, her or them.

2. Human rights act 1998
• Right to privacy, right to live, right to exist, right
to have a family, to own property, free speech,
safety from violence, equality, women's rights,
fair trial, innocent until proven guilty, to be a
citizen of a country, the right to express his or her
sexual orientation, to vote, to seek asylum if a
country treats you badly, to think freely, to
believe and practice the religion a person wants,
to peacefully protest a government or group,
health care, education, to communicate through
a language, not to be forced into marriage, the
right to love, the right to work.

3. Privacy law
• Refers to the laws which deal with the
regulation of personal information about
individuals which can be collected by
governments and other public as well as
private organizations and its storage and use.

4. Copyright & intellectual property law
• Refers to any creative work or invention
considered to be the property of its creator.
Often recognized and protected under the
corresponding fields of law. Owners are
granted certain exclusive rights, such as the
ability to publish varies markets, licence the
manufacture and distribution of inventions,
and sue in case of unlawful or deceptive
copying.

5. Broadcasting act
• This law of the british parliament, often
regarded by both its supporters and its critics
as a quintessential example of Thatcherism.
The aim of the act was to reform the entire
structure of British broadcasting; British
television, in particular, had earlier been
described by Margret thatcher as the last
bastion of restrictive practices. It governs
what can be shown on TV.

6. Libel law
• An act of the parliament of the UK. The act
establishes a single integrated scheme for
licensing premises which are used for the sale
or supply of alcohol, to provide regulated
entertainment, or to provide late night
refreshments.

7. Race relations act 1976
• Was established by the parliament of the UK
to prevent discrimination on the grounds of
race. Items that are covered include
discrimination on the grounds of race, colour,
nationality, ethnic and national origin in the
fields of employment, the provision of goods
and services education and public functions.

8. Obscene publications act
• This law has governed what can be published
or released in England or wales. The classic
definition of criminal obscenity is if it “tends
to deprave and corrupt.”