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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, March 19 2013 @ 10:08 AM EDT |
Ian is right; it's only defined for people and groups that
join the scheme. They have the benefit of reduced penalties
for bad behaviour. This should be seen in the light of the
behaviour of large press companies in the UK, which has been
exposed as appalling; they have lied, broken the law
repeatedly, knowingly received stolen goods, cost innocent
people their jobs, intruded into the private grief of
victims of of crime and their family, and much more.
Individuals are being prosecuted for crimes, but
corporations have been settling for money, and no board
members have yet been charged, never mind spending time in
jail. The UK has had a body which was meant to regulate the
behaviour of the press. It was run by the press and has been
shown to be utterly, utterly useless.
To sum up: if you are a journalist of any sort and are fair
minded and decent, you are unaffected, but are subject to
any laws that (already) apply - for instance libel.
If you are a journalist and choose to be part of the scheme,
in the event that you treat someone unfairly, you are
subject to the penalties of the scheme, but may escape more
serious penalties.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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