Inquests And Copyright Part 2 Flashcards
What are ethical considerations when reporting suicide?
Editors code and Ofcom lay out guidelines for suicide
Both say media should not publish “excessive detail”
This has come due to increase to access info online plus creation of suicide websites
What is clause in Editors code and what does it say?
Clause 5 - Suicide
“Acts of care should be taken to avoid excessive detail of the method used”
What does excessive mean?
Means details could encourage or enable other to try and commit
What unethical or ethical when reporting suicide
Ethical to report in general term (hanging, overdoes etc)
Not ethical to name substance that caused death etc not ethical to report the mechanisms for death (how they made them etc)
Unethical to report paticular location
What did Daily Telegraph publish that was too unethical and had excessive detail?
PPC rapped Telegraph after they published diagram of contraption man had designed to kill himself
Can you report locations?
If general, like in home yes
But if notorious for suicides or can be no!
However if general PI on reporting issue place can be named (for example, campaigning for more patrols around the area to prevent them)
What guidelines do the Samaritans produce for media in relation to suicide consideration
1) report should not reference any method to be easy, quick and painless
2) Oversimplify what might have been the cause of suicide
3) Or specify that suicide achieved a result - exposed a bully
4) Make or quote statements - eg from SM which romantasise or honour the suicide for example the dead person is now an angel
What shouldent you publish according to Samaritans continued
Refer to any place they did it as somewhere that suicides always take place or use an image of this place
Don’t publish heights of cliffs bridges etc
A report should not use large, prominently placed it repeated pictures of the person that died
What should a report on suicide ideally do?
Ideally make point that suicides are preventable
What is Reading Chronicle Case 2009
2009 PPC upheld complaint in relation to report published too much detail about their daughter killing herself
Consumed poisonous leaves, report said leaves had been ingested, type of toxin found in leaves that the death would of been quick
PCC rules level of detail excessive
What is the main act for Copyright
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Who is copyright owned by?
Creator of any work that required skill, Labour or judgement
If work stolen or reproduced then creator can sue for damages
What does work covered by copyright contain?
Original literacy
Dramatic
Musical or artistic work
Books
Journalistic articles
Poems
Lyrics
Etc
Who owns the copyright
The creator owns copyright
But if work has been created in the course of their employment, the employer owns the copyright
What can owner of copyright do?
Owner can licensee their work so others can make copies
Owner can assign copyright - which is sell it
