Legal & Ethical

Copyright
Copyright protects a range of things, including music and lyrics, photographs, architectural structures and T.V programs. It is there primarily to protect the applied product from fraud and plagiarism.

Defamation
Also known as slander, Defamation refers to a statement that makes a claim, implied to be factual, that gives an individual business, product, group, government, religion or nation a negative or inferior image.

BBC Editorial Guidelines
The guidelines apply to any content published or broadcast by the BBC and anyone who filmed or contributed to it. The guidelines set out the expected standards of everyone making or presenting the BBC's output, and are in place to help with difficult editorial duties.

Certification
Certification details the rating of any media product, whether it be film, DVD, game, or media directly streamed to the internet. The importance of this is to indicate to any viewers or a target audience the approved age rating of the product.


High Crimes
As a film made by an official company, High Crimes is subject to the copyright guidelines, as the film is officially a product of Warner Bros studios.
The copyright guidelines are there to protect the film and any related media products (Movie posters/products, etc) from being copied and sold illegally or being subjected to copying by other companies.

Several elements in the film fall under the copyright guidelines, including the script, written by Yuri Zeltser and Grace Bickley, the certification (the film being classified as a 12 in both the UK and USA), and the music rights (the soundtrack was written by Graeme Revell).

As an officially produced film, High Crimes received an official certification before it's release.
This does two things, the first being simply to indicate the specified target audience to the viewers, and to serve as a guideline to ward off any who don't conform to the age rating.
The second purpose the certification serves is to categorize the film for future reference, whether it be for an award or simply to ensure that it is not dispensed to the wrong audience by retailers.


The One Show
As an official BBC product, the One Show has been tailored to meet the BBC editorial guidelines, to make it as appropriate as possible for the BBC's viewers.
This prevents any inappropriate content from reaching the wrong audience.
The editorial guidelines also narrow the program's content down so that it fits into the schedule of programs.

The One Show is also subject to copyright guidelines. These are mostly covered by the BBC editorial guidelines, but still apply to the show's premise in order to protect the show from being streamed illegally or sold as something else.

Certification is already covered by the BBC editorial guidelines. As a BBC production, the One Show is streamed on national television according to the time of the watershed, so that the content is seen by the appropriate audience.
Defamation is also covered by the guidelines, as all BBC products are copyrighted by the corporation.
This protects the show, and the BBC as a whole, from slander.


Doctor Who
Like the One Show, Doctor Who is an official BBC production, and thus is subject to the guidelines.
As one of the longest running programs in the BBC's history, Doctor Who has seen a lot of changes in the guidelines, but has always been jealously guarded in terms of the guidelines.
As one of the most popular BBC shows, Doctor Who has been tailored to the expected standards perhaps a little more than other shows broadcast by the BBC.

Although this is covered by the editorial guidelines, Doctor Who is also subject to copyright guidelines, to prevent it from being sold or downloaded illegally.
As with all media products, the copyright guidelines cover a wide array of things, such as the script (written by various people, including Douglas Adams), the music rights (current composer is Murray Gold), and even the show's title.

As well as being a popular show, Doctor Who also has a large franchise of merchandise, ranging from downloadable computer games to action figures. This makes it even more important to protect the brand, as the Doctor Who franchise is protecting a lot more than just a T.V show.

Although it does not have an official certification, like the One Show, the time at which Doctor Who is broadcast indicates it's certificate.
When the series first made it's comeback in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston, the show was broadcast at seven in the evening, well before the watershed.
When Matt Smith took over from David Tennant in 2010, the show had been moved to the later time of eight pm, and sometimes 8.30.