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Let's Get Ethical: Legal and Ethical Issues in the Interactive Media Sector

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Legal & Ethical Issues that affect the Interactive Media Industry LEGAL 1. Intellectual property rights (IP) Definitions of IP   Intellectual property is an umbrella term for a set of intangible assets or assets that are not physical in   nature. Intellectual property is owned and legally protected by a person or company from outside use or implementation without consent. You can use Intellectual Property by buying the rights from them or getting their permission to use it.   Copyright – Literally means the right to copy and distribute a piece of work. The owner of the content automatically has copyright. This lasts as long as 70 years after the death of the creator(s). The creator can also forfeit copyright allowing others to use the work. Fair Dealing refers to when it is OK to use copyrighted material. This includes for educational purposes, for critiquing, for parody or for incidental inclusion.   The term trademark refers to a recognizable insignia, phrase, word, or symbol tha
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Creative Media Organisation: Supermassive Games

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Have you ever wanted to be the star of a slasher movie? Explain how one creative media sector creates media products for an identified audience (how and why): Supermassive Games is a BAFTA award winning video game developer based out of Guildford in Surrey and established in 2008. Surprisingly for such a quintessentially English setting, the company is known for its series of interactive drama horror games based in America; most famously 'Until Dawn' and 'The Dark Pictures Anthology.' Supermassive Games are also known for their range of VR and Playlink (video games on the playstation which utilise your smartphone, tablet or remote) titles, however, according to their website it appears that their future goal is carving their niche with 'high end interactive drama.'       Audience Their target demographic for this company would be young adults to mature video game enthusiasts who are as interested in the plots as with the gory action. The demographic could appear
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Express Yourself - Presentation Skills

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 When describing Presentation Skills there are three different aspects to focus on: Type/ Styles/ Skills. TYPES – Formal/Informal Presentation   Informal presentation might be a bit more free form, collecting ideas, receiving feedback as and when. Formal may be more structured with a more detailed delivery of information with the idea that questions will arise afterwards. It could be within the design sector that an informal presentation may happen earlier in the process to gather more information and present initial ideas then a more formal presentation follows before finalising certain elements. Formal may be timed. Formal and informal may have an impact in how you deliver the information and how you hold yourself - Styles. Types of formal presentation: A Conference - This is a formal meeting of people with a shared interest that may happen over a series of days and include the formal presentation of key topics. These presentations are accompanied with multimedia and is followed by a
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