Identify legal and ethical requirements in context NSWTETH402AAddress copyright requirements CUSADM08AAssessment activity 1: research assignmentPrint mediaI- What laws and regulations apply to Print mediaAnswer?
MEDIA LAW varies from country to country and, in Australia, from state to state.Copyright and defamation are perhaps the laws of greatest interest to online producers.The Australian Press Council acts as an industry self-regulatory body, made up and funded by its members who are print media organisations (newspapers and magazines).

In most states it is not legal to record telephone conversations unless the interviewee agrees.Most journalists use small digital or tape recorders in face to face interviews or press conferences; this is legal. It is courteous to ask the interviewee if they mind your recording the interview. Explain that recording will enable you to quote them accurately and will serve as a check on the notes you take.Small devices are available to attach to a telephone handset and pick up a voice signal to feed into a tape or digital recorder.PhotographyII- What are the major copyright issues associated with the chosen field and how would you address them?CopyrightCopyright offers a period of exclusive use to the creator of a media product - text material such as articles, books, instructional material, photography, illustrations such as drawings and animations. A website is considered a work copyright to its creator or to the organisation that has hired its creator. An email is copyright to its author. Copyright applies to online as well as print media.If you publish the work of someone else online or in print - and this includes taking material (text, photographs etc) from other websites - you may be contravening their copyright unless:you obtain permission in writing to use the materialyou copy a small amount for educational purposes or review and criticism, such as a book reviewthe original material is issued under the General Public Licence (GPL); GPL, although not properly formulated for media products, relinquishes copyright; the Linux computer operating system is an example of GPL; such material may be called 'open source'; the Creative Commons licence is another legal structure for placing material in the public domain that replaces copyright with a licence to reuse the material in accordance with conditions stipulated by its creator.III- What code of conduct (if any) applies to choose field?
codes of conduct variety around the world each country has its own set of code of conduct.
here are some code of conducts.
Readers of publications are entitled to have news and comment presented to them honestly and fairly, and with respect for the privacy and sensibilities of individuals
However, the right to privacy should not prevent publication of matters of public record or obvious or significant public interest. Rumour and unconfirmed reports, if published at all, should be identified as such.
they must refrain from circulating material that denigrates an ethnic or religious group or implies that an ethnic or religious group is responsible for criminal activity;
they are prohibited from attributing criminal responsibility to anyone before that person has been found guilty in a court of law;
specific information about an individual alleged to have committed a crime, including their name or a picture, cannot be published unless authorization has been given by authorities responsible for the administration of justice (this includes the police and the judiciary), or unless the individual has been indicted or found guilty of the crime in a court of law
The right of avoiding:

adding to the pain of relatives and friends of the deceased;
any reporting which might encourage copy-cat suicide or self-harm;
unnecessary reference to details of method or place of suicide;
language or presentation which trivialises, romanticises, or glorifies suicide, particularly in papers which target a youth readership;
loose or slang use of terms to describe various forms of mental illness, and the risk of stigmatising vulnerable people that may accompany such labels.


IV- In regard to your chosen field, what ethical practise practice requirements should be observed when in the following:¨ Work place
respecting work policies,rules and laws entering restricted work sites with out permits and permission.Entering Workplace without following OH&S and work place safety standard policies , such as dress code and safety equipment( safety helmet, glasses boots)
One should respect that if permission is not given to enter ones workplace and take pictures to publish in print, one can face breach of ethics and conduct and further more be charged.

¨ Community

The community is a touchy place. With different cultures and religions with there own rules and regulations. When working in the community one needs to respect these "cultures:" for example the aboriginal tribes do not allow elderly who have passed away to be named or viewed again.
."Aboriginals fear dead people, and restrain from mentioning them. "

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¨ Educational institutions

the education system also requires permission to film, interview and photograph items and personal.
Schools ,Universities and colleagues could be exposed or the reputation could be damaged if inappropriate media coverage enters these places.

codes of ethics need to be applied

V- What consequences might follow from breaches of these?


In the aboriginal community "Aboriginals fear dead people, and restrain from mentioning them "
there have been several breaches of this.
charges can be laid or requests for the article to be removed and apologies from the paper its self or the journalist who published the article , in higher cased jail can be put forward.