1. What is the role of the copyright and trade marks act (2002)?

This act is an amendment of the copyright, designs and patents act 1988 that protects copyrighted material.

2. What is the role of Ofcom?

"Ofcom's responsibilities are wide-ranging, covering all types of industries and processes. It has a statutory duty to the interests of citizens and consumers by promoting competition, and protecting consumers from what might be considers harmful or offensive material. Some of the main areas Ofcom presides over are licensing, research, codes and policies, complaints and competition. Ofcom has a policy to undertake many consultation processes."

3. How do you think downloading tv programmes and films for free have effected the tv and film industries?

Downloading a tv show illegally could effect its budget for a later series of the show. TV shows that get a good amount of audience on so are then put out on dvd and the dvd sales show how popular the show is, the higher the dvd sales there is more chance of the channel the show is on will give them a bigger budget, if they don't make money on dvd sales then they will properly receive a lower budget for next series and the quality of the show might go down. 

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