Media Law

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1. What is malicious falsehood?

  • Saying something horrible about a person to their friends.
  • Saying something that is true but could be seen as malicious.
  • Saying something that is not defamatory, but is not true either and could cause commercial harm
  • Saying something defamatory about a person.
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2. Who owns what if a photograph is commissioned?

  • The photographer. The person who commissioned the photo and/or is in the photo owns moral rights.
  • The person who commissioned owns everything.
  • The photographer owns everything.
  • The person who commissioned the photo owns copyright. The photographer owns moral rights

3. What applies when proceedings are active in a case?

  • Contempt of Court Act 1991.
  • Contempt of Court Act 1988 strict liability rule applies.
  • Contempt of Court Act 1981 strict liability rule applies.
  • Contempt of Court Act 1971 strict liability rule applies.

4. What can you do if someone has breached your copyright?

  • Hire a lawyer to tell them not to publish anymore, sue the rival paper so that they have to give you everything and/or order all infringing copies of the work to be handed to the copyright owner and destroyed.
  • get a High court or county court injunction to stop the publishing, sue the rival paper for damages and/or order all infringing copies of the work to be handed to the copyright owner and destroyed.
  • Call the police to have them arrested
  • Get a High court or county court injunction to disband the establishment who copied, sue the person who's idea it was and/or order all infringing copies of the work to be burnt in a furnace.

5. A warrant has been issued - what does this mean?

  • Proceedings will be active soon.
  • Proceedings are active.
  • A person will go to prison.
  • A person will be charged.

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