regulators

ASA - advertising

• Advertising standards authority 
• all media
• guidelines - content appropriate 
• consequences - fined, sued taken down

OFCOM - radio and tv

• Office of communications
• making sure content is appropriate
• making sure its ethically correct

BBFC - cinema, DVD, films

• British board of film classification
• age certificates

PRS - music

• Performing rights society
• responsible for any music that is used in a media product
• anybody who creates the sound 

IPSO - print

• Independent press standards organisation
• guidelines - editors code

PEGI - game

• Pan European Game Information
• gives age certificates 

W3C - web

• Worldwide web consortium 
• gives advice and help 

Trademarks

• Become recognised by the product - logos, colour, slogans
• applies to all media
• asset/design that is legally owned by a person