ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the media law of England and Wales. UK and US media law is also very similar, although the First Amendment of the US Constitution means there is no print and online regulation and freedom of the media and expression is given much more protection. Broadcasting licensing and content is regulated in the US by the Federal Communications Commission, rather like Ofcom in the UK. Interviewing jurors about their deliberations after a trial is likely to be a media contempt of court, particularly if they go into the detail of their deliberations. The development of UK media privacy law has stemmed from the Human Rights Act 1998 and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Impress follows the Editors' Code of Practice, but is developing its own code of ethics. Copyright is essentially a legal protection for intellectual and creative work.
