M2 - Legal and Ethical Issues
Legal
I must make sure that I adhere to all the legal requirements
when I am shooting and creating my product. One of the main reasons I should
adhere to all the rules that have been set out is so that I can create a legitimate
product that can stand legally.
For example, I must make sure that whenever I take a picture
of a car I must get written permission to take the image of the car. Making
sure that I have permission mean is important as it means that I can actually
take the images. I must also make sure that I don’t damage it in anyway, to
avoid a fine or even a criminal charge.
When taking images of cars, I must make sure that when I put
them onto the magazine front cover I will erase the number plate on the front
of the car, this is because people can search for he number plate to see if it
has been a car that has been robbed, as the licence plate has a history. I will
have to eye drop a colour that the licence plate is and then fill it in so that
I can remove the numbers and letters without making the images seem too edited.
Another legal issue I must address is that if I use an image
from the internet I must make sure that the copyright holder has let me use the
image legally. I must make sure that I adhere to the copyright and patents act
so that I can do so legally. If the original author finds the image on the
magazine they can be asked for the images to be removed from the magazine or
they can ask for the image to be paid for so that I can continue to use it when
I have the magazine created.
If I write a review about a car in the magazine I must make
sure that I don’t use excessive language are anything that could be seen as
libel. Making sure that the review is fair and just is an important part of
writing reviews because it means that the magazine can be trusted as a reliable
source of information, this is important as a business because it creates trust
between the people companies how create the cars and the people who create the
magazine. This is a good relationship to have as it means that you can get some
important things for free. Some things that come as a benefit of writing some
reviews that are just are the fact that if the car company like the review they
may be inclined to send you some more things to review.
Ethical Issues
If I want to take images of people, I must make sure that
they have said that I can use images of them. I must also make sure that if
they don’t I must not use the image that I have taken. I will also make sure
that if I accidentally get someone in the shot I won’t use that image unless I
can ask them if I can user the image.
Another ethical issue that I must make sure I don’t do is
give a car a good review if it is not deserved, this is important as is lying
to the audience. It is important that all the reviews are honest, backed up by
facts and statistics. A reason this can be seen as a problem is that people could
think that the review has been paid for by the car company.
I will have to represent the people in the magazine correctly,
as I cannot create something that shows the people in a bad light.
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