Legislation and Regulations

The HASAWA (Health And Safety At Work Act) is the primary act which covers occupational health and safety. Basically, this makes it so bosses must make sure their employees are safe. They can't ask an employee to hang off of the top of a ten story building to clean the windows without a harness. In relation to my product in assignment 3, this would make sure I cannot put my actors into any stunts that may cause harm to my actor, even if they are willing because I can still be held accountable.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/hswa.htm
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The DSE regulations are in place to decrease the pain associated to sitting and staring at a monitor/screen for long periods of time, so an employer cannot say "I need this video game finished by tomorrow! You are not leaving your computer for the next 25 hours!" After that much time people could have eye pain, arm pain, wrist ache, carpal tunnel and much, much more. This could relate to my assignment 3, so I cannot sit at a computer for hours on end to get my product done. I would have to take breaks after a certain amount of time.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/dse/
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The computer misuse act is in place to protect computer users against willful attacks and theft of information. Offences under the act include hacking, unauthorized access to computer systems and purposely spreading malicious and damaging software, such as viruses. If an employer tells you to sign up for a free business version of expensive software but you get turned down and he tells you to deal with it. You are not allowed to hack into the software's mainframe and steal the software because that is just highly illegal. In assignment 3, I am not allowed to hack into adobes systems and steal Premier and After Effects.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/18/contents
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Copyright, Designs and Patents Act is there to stop people from taking your products and claiming they are yours or using them without your consent. I cannot go and start mass producing a fizzy drink called "Coca Cola" or "Mountain Dew" because those names are copyright. For my assignment 3, I am doing a trailer in which I will require music and visual effects. I will not need to check with the person who owns the music as I can claim the assets were used under "fair-use".

Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976 "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing, non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."
https://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/uk_law_summary