| 1 | London 2012 Olympic Games toolkit A toolkit to guide users through PLC content that may be useful in the context of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The toolkit includes materials that will be helpful for businesses involved in the Olympics in a commercial capacity and those that have sites in London that are likely to be affected during the course of the Olympics. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Overview of broadcast content regulation This practice note provides an overview of the regulation of electronic media content in the UK. It looks separately at the regulation of content on television, radio and the internet because, despite increased convergence between these services, service provision is still usually made according to these traditional categories. The note looks at the EU legislative framework and the UK regulatory codes and legislation, and considers how the Audiovisual Media Services Directive affected the regulation of electronic media content in the UK. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Overview of image rights A practice note dealing with the developing law on the protection of image rights in the UK, focusing in particular on the protection of commercial personality interests. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Overview of privacy law This overview provides a high-level summary of the key features of UK privacy law, including the key principles that can be drawn from the cases, and the key legislation. It also includes discussion of the implications of privacy law for businesses. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 5 | Social media toolkit (UK) A toolkit of resources relating to use of social media, based on law applicable in the UK. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 6 | Ambush marketing An overview of the law on ambush marketing. The note describes the ways in which ambush marketing can be prevented, including practical steps and the laws aiming to prevent ambush marketing at the London 2012 Olympics. The note is also useful for advertisers wishing to understand the rules so that they do not fall foul of them. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Audiovisual Media Services Directive This Practice note discusses the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, which was created by amending the Television Without Frontiers Directive (89/552/EEC amended by 97/36/EC and 2007/65/EC) to reflect changes in the audiovisual media services field. It came into force on 19 December 2007 and member states were required to implement it by 19 December 2009. The codified version of the Directive (2010/13/EU), which repealed the TVWF Directive and its amendments, came into force on 5 May 2010. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Broadcasting regulation: a quick guide A quick guide to the regulation of broadcast media, including on-demand and internet services. This is one of a series of quick guides, see Quick guides. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Employment of children This practice note covers the main provisions governing the employment of children and the powers that local authorities have to regulate that employment. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Film tax relief A practice note about the tax relief for film production companies making films that satisfy the cultural test for being a British film. The note covers practical and legal issues relating to the tax relief. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | IPTV and mobile television This note describes the market in IPTV (internet protocol television) and mobile TV with particular focus on copyright, licensing and regulatory issues. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Linking, framing and spidering: UK issues Analysis of legal issues raised by linking, framing and spidering, practices developed by web businesses in order to facilitate the use or the commercial exploitation of the web. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Premium-rate phone services This Practice note discusses the main regulatory regime for "phone-paid" or "premium-rate" phone services (PRS), which are regulated on a day-to-day basis by PhonepayPlus (formerly known as ICSTIS) under its Code of Practice. 2011 saw the launch of the 12th Code of Practice which came into force on 1 September 2011. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Privacy implications of social-networking sites A practice note on the privacy implications of social-networking sites. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Privacy law: alternative causes of action to claim for misuse of ... This note considers other possible causes of action, apart from a claim for misuse of private information or breach of confidence, that might be relied on to protect privacy. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Privacy law: key legislation and cases This note discusses the key legislation relating to privacy law, the key cases, and how the law might development in the future. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | Privacy law: key principles derived from the case law This note contains a broad description of the key principles to be derived from the decisions of the UK courts and the European Court of Human Rights in privacy cases. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Privacy law: remedies This note considers the main remedies for infringement of privacy, including interim injunctions (now called interim non-disclosure orders), with a detailed discussion of the contentious topic of super-injunctions and anonymised injunctions, and damages. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | Product placement This practice note sets out the law on product placement in the UK, following the introduction of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive 2007 (AVMS Directive) and subsequent UK legislation. The new regulations set out standards for product placement on television, film and video-on-demand (VOD), and changes have been made to the Broadcasting Code. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 20 | Video-on-demand This practice note describes the regulatory regime that applies to certain video-on-demand (VOD) providers. VOD providers whose services fall within the statutory definition of an 'on-demand programme service' are subject to requirements to notify ATVOD of their operation, pay regulatory fees, keep programme copies and comply with content and advertising restrictions. | Practice notes | Maintained |