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Film and TV glossary C–D

Film and TV glossary C–D Film and TV glossary A–B | Film and TV glossary E–H | Film and TV glossary I–L | Film and TV glossary M–P | Film and TV glossary R–S | Film and TV glossary T–W CAP Code for non-broadcast media UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct & Promotional Marketing (CAP Code) is the main form of regulation for non-broadcast advertisements, sales promotions and direct marketing communications. The CAP Code is written by the Committee on Advertising Practice (CAP). CAP is a self-regulatory body and its members include organisations that represent the advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing and media businesses. The CAP Code is enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), who can take steps to remove or have amended any ads that breach these rules. See Practice Note: Advertising law and regulation. Channel 4 Channel 4 is a ‘publisher-broadcaster’, meaning that it does not have any in-house production, but instead commissions content from production companies throughout the UK. Cinematograph film...

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I want to use what I think is a copyright work—what can I do with it?

I want to use what I think is a copyright work—what can I do with it? Finding a document or an image, perhaps online, that perfectly fits the project you are working on can be deeply satisfying. However various questions arise (or should arise) such as: how do I know I can use it, are there any restrictions on use and do I need to do anything before I use it? What is a copyright work? A sensible starting position would be to acknowledge that copyright may exist in a work. Copyright recognises the intellectual effort expended by an author in creating a work but this is not so much about ideas as about the way they are expressed. In the UK, copyright is not a registered right: it arises automatically in specified categories of works. These categories are: original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, sound recordings, films or broadcasts, and typographical arrangements of published editions. For copyright to subsist in a work, the work must include...

How do I approach using photographs sourced from the Internet?

How do I approach using photographs sourced from the Internet? Copyright in photographs The Internet may be perceived as an extensive free photo bank to most lay users but permission is usually required to use a photo obtained on line. Most original photographs qualify for copyright protection as artistic works. Photographs that qualify for protection are usually those where individual choices have been made on visual effects or composition: just pushing the button might not do it (but it might if you are in 'the right place at the right time'). For more information on whether copyright subsists in a photograph, see Practice Notes: The scope of photographic copyright and Copyright—subsistence and qualification. Find the owner If you see a photograph in a hard copy publication you should contact the publisher in order to check the status of the photograph and as a starting point for licensing its use. For users who find photographs (digital images) online, for example on social networking sites such as Google+, Flickr, Facebook and Twitter,...