Monday 31 January 2011

Illegal Downloading censorship and regulation

Q: What is the role of the Copyright and Trademark acts 2002?

A: The copyright and trade marks act of 2002 protects copyright materials. This means that the owner of the material is protected by people who may download it, however this doesn't usually happen.

Q: What is the role of Ofcom?

A: Ofcom is the government regulatory authority that regulates a number of different telecommunication industries in the UK. Some of the main areas Ofcom presides over are licensing, research, codes and policies, complaints and competition. Ofcom has a policy to undertake many consultation processes.


Q: How do you think downloading TV programs and Films for free have effected the TV and film industries? 


A: Obviously, if there is a large amount of people downloading TV programs and films that are not legal then these industries will be directly effected. 

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