LO2: Legal and ethical issues

Ethical:

This is based on people values and morals.

Laws of Contempt:

This says that it is a criminal offence to interfere with legal proceedings this means that u can't make judgment and ongoing trials, For example u can't say the a person on trail has committed a murder before the court has has said person that they has been found guilty.

It is illegal to report on a legal court case in your magazine/media product, You can speak on any information that is public information but u can not give an opinion. You can not publish anything that is sensationalist, this is over-egradation in a positive or negative way. This also applies to posting online

"Music venue sued for underaged drinking" The Star 

this Links with my genre and magazine as if a young person decides to attend and event from my magazine and attends and see the drinking culture around live music there will want to participate. 

Obscene publications Acts:

This says it illegal which is not acceptable to be seen by the general public, it can't encourage people, this includes: nudity, pornography, drug abuse This can be photographic, video

My Magazine is aimed at 16 to 25 from the A,B,C1 social class, I need to be careful of the drug scene, in music as there is a stereotypical subculture that people who listen to type of music must take this drug and act in this way, I need to put across that this is not everyone who is assisted this certain music yes this might be true for some people but the these are the negative effects of drugs. As I'm also aiming this magazine to people under the age of legal drinking so reasons not to under aged drink.  

A,B,C1: how drugs and the music scene are intertwined 

negative langage/symposium

hooliganism 

16-25

stereotypical subculture 

Libel law: 

This the writer word, You mean to make sure that anything you write is not defamatory  content about a person/brand or publish untrue information. 

I will make sure that all the information that I include in my magazine is 100% acute, I will do this by getting my website from official website and checking that its allows unto date following any changes. An example of this would be taking date and performance title from the Leadmill event timetable on there website.  

Copyright laws:

Ensure that intellectual property is protected from being plagiarised without permission from the original creator.

I will ensure that is don't break copyright law be taking may now photos, I have planned the front of my magazine to be a lead singer on stage. I have also come up with an original masthead "in the know" this is as it keep the reader upto date and in the now the the music scene in Sheffield.