Copyright & Intellectual Property refers to any creative work or invention considered to be the property of its creator, which are often recognized and protected under corresponding fields of law. Owners are granted exclusive rights such as publishing, licensing, and suing for unlawful copying. The Race Relations Act 1976 established by the UK parliament prevents discrimination on grounds of race in employment, goods/services, education, and public functions. English libel law allows individuals to bring actions in the High Court for published statements alleged to defame or cause loss or damage to reputation. The Human Rights Act 1998 outlines fundamental rights including privacy, life, family, property, speech, security, equality, fair trial, citizenship, religion, protest, healthcare, education,

2. 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 to various
markets, licence the manufacture and
distribution of inventions, and sue in
case of unlawful or deceptive copying

3. Race Relations Act 1976
Was established by the parliament
of the united kingdom 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.

4. Libel Law
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 (or
individuals) in a manner which
causes them loss in their trade
or profession, or causes a
reasonable person to think
worse of him, her or them

5. Human Rights Act 1998
Right to privacy, right to live, exist, right
to have a family, to own property, free
speech, safety from violence, equality of
both males and female; women’s
rights, fair trail, to be innocent until
proven guilty, to be a citizen of a
country, the right to express his or her
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
(speak against) a government or
group, health care (medical care)
education, to communicate through a
language, not be forced into
marriage, the right to love, the right to
work.

6. Broadcasting Act 1990
This is a law of British
parliament, often regarded
by both its supporters and its
critics as a quintessential
example of Thatcherism.

7. Obscene Publications Act
• This law has governed what
can be published or
released in England and
Wales. The classic definition
of criminal obscenity is if it
“tends to deprave and
corrupt,”

8. 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
organisations and its
storage and use.

9. Licensing Act 2003
• An act of the Parliament
of the United Kingdom.
The act establishes a
single integrated scheme
for licensing premises
which are used the sale
or supply of alcohol, to
provide regulated
entertainment, or to
provide late night
refreshment.