Codes of practise and legislation

Defamation/Libel/Slander
The main law against defamation is called the defamation act that was made in 1952 it was made to protect people that often feature in the press. English defamation law puts the burden of proving the truth of allegedly defamatory statements on the defendant, rather than the plaintiff, and has been considered an impediment to free speech in much of the developed world.
Libel - A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.
Slander - the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a persons reputation





Copyright and Intellectual Property
The law that governs copyright in the UK is called the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Copyright is used for protecting the following, whether or not they are actually published:

 

• Writings, including publications, articles, music, lyrics, and books;

• Designs, including logos, schematics, and ideas for designs;

• Works of art, including photography, graphic arts, paintings, and drawings; and

• Other “forms of expressions” and concepts (ideas) that have been expressed.

it was made to protect a individuals unique idea such as a video or a song.While no creative work is automatically protected worldwide, there are international treaties which provide protection automatically for all creative works as soon as they are fixed in a medium.

Film, cinematographic work:

50 years from the making of the work, or if made available to the public within the 50 years, (i.e. by publication or performance), 50 years from the date the author first makes the work available to the public.

Anonymous works:

50 years from the date made available to the public.

Artistic works, such as photographs and applied art:

At least 25 years from creation.
Data Protection and Privacy

Data protection act 1998, it's UK law on the processing of data on identifiable living people.

Magazine will collect data of interviews of celebrities and photos of celebrities they would do this so they can get more information  of them for the audience to enjoy

What law is there to protect personal privacy when intruded upon - the law is called the privacy law.