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Media Law Training Courses

Our media law courses are trained by journalists, not lawyers, to give editors, writers, sub editors and art staff a practical working perspective on the law as it affects them.

We support our media law training with consultancy:

• Developing policies and procedures with publishers for dealing with complaints
• Drafting specialised manuals and support material for a company
• Analysis of published material to highlight main areas of legal concern

Libel and Other Defamations Training (1 day course)

The Libel course is ideal for journalists reporting, writing and editing in print or online media who have not had libel training before.

Journalists will learn how English and Welsh libel affects publications on paper and in multimedia forms. This will be placed in an international context and explain the implications for the publisher. By the end of the course journalists will be able to see inadvertent libel in the use of text, music, video and other media.

Course content:

• Libel
• What the claimant has to prove for all media
• What the claimant wants
• The main libel defences for all media
• The differences between paper and multimedia libel issues
• International comparisons
• Slander and malicious falsehood
• The company's legal procedures and services

Copyright and Other Intellectual Property (IP) Issues (½ day course)

The Copyright course is ideal for journalists reporting, writing and editing in print or online media who have not had copyright or other IP training before.

Journalists will learn how the international copyright and other IP laws affect publications on paper and in multimedia forms. They will be able to spot infringements of IP in the use of text, music, video and other media in their own publications; and to spot the unauthorised use of their material in other media.

Course content:

• Intellectual property: what it is and how it covers paper and multimedia publications
• Copyright
• Implications of copyright laws
• Trade marks
• Confidentiality and privacy for all media
• Passing off
• Running competitions and lotteries [if appropriate]

Media Law Update (½ day course)

The Media Law Update course is ideal for journalists reporting, writing and editing in any media, who have a fundamental knowledge of media law, but need a refresher.

Journalists will understand the changes in media law covering defamation, mostly libel, and intellectual property (IP), mostly copyright, in print and online media.

Course content:

Libel

• Changes in what the claimant has to prove for paper and multimedia
• Changes in defences for paper and multimedia

The impact of multimedia publishing and how courts are dealing with it

IP

• Copyright: the development of new rules and the differences emerging between different implementations
• Trade marks: multimedia applications of international publishing through multimedia
• Confidentiality: the growing confidentiality laws
• Privacy: the emerging privacy laws

Using the Internet as a source of photos, graphics, text, music and videos

Company legal procedures and services

Keep It Legal - Board Game

ETC's exclusive "Keep it Legal" board game reinforces our media law training with an entertaining and informative finale to the course. Delegates play the roles of magazines and have to answer questions and quiz other teams on the essentials of media law which have been presented in the training course. The game tests the knowledge of delegates and their ability to apply the training to their working lives.