unsubstantiated attacks on their reputation.
Libel : To publish in print, writing or broadcast through radio, television or film, an untruth about another which will do harm to that person or his/her reputation.Slander : Is defamation of communication by the word of mouth.
Copyright : Copyright has been around since 1911 when the law was introduced. It stops people from redistribution of others work and there is no single law worldwide. It enables producers and authors to decide how their work is distributed. It requires no registration to make it copyright, just a copyright symbol on the work. Different things have different lengths of copyright e.g music has a copyright of 50 years, films have a copyright of 70 years and typography has a copyright of 25 years.
Data Protection and Privacy : The Data protection act was introduced in 1988. It protects the personal information of the person such as their address, name, financial things and others. Personal data magazines will collect would be your address and name for a subscription to the magazine. They can not pass that information on to other companies or advertisers. There is no privacy law, however some people have taken people like the paparazzi and journalists for harassment. This law was recommended in 1995 to protect people from harassment.
Good work Andrew mostly written in own words with some statements from the book. Don't forget to add book reference. Also don't confuse the definition of defamation with the law as these are separate.
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