Digital Imagery: Legal and ethical issues
Digital Imagery: Legal and ethical issues
Executive Summary
The purpose of this report is to analyses the legal and ethical issues associated with the changes in digital image technologies.
The analytical process used was conducting research on the issues relating to image copyright and ethical use of images through online academic resources, these sources where used to define the issues associated with image copyright and ethics.
This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current digital image manipulation climate; and the possible ramifications that Digital Media Designers should be aware of in order to act in an ethical and moral way. The report shows that digital manipulation creates doubt in the integrity of photographic images as it is easy to manipulate images and possible to distort an image to the point that the original subject matter is no longer recognisable.
The conclusions drawn from the research used to produce this report showed that digital image manipulation is a common practice but one that does have impacts on society and that celebrity image manipulation creates a false sense of the ideal body image. This report shows that people embarking on a career as a Digital Media Designer needs to understand the concepts of Copyright Law and Ethical practices in order to avoid situations of doubt in relation to the authenticity of their works.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary 1
1. Introduction 3
2. Copyright Law and Ethics 4
2.1 What is Copyright? 4
2.2 What are Ethics? 5
3. Developments in Digital Technologies 6
3.1 What is Digital Imagery? 6
3.2 What is Digital Image Manipulation? 6
4. Issues for Contemporary Digital Media Designers 8
4.1 Image Copyright 8
4.2 Celebrity Image 8
5. Conclusion 9
References 10
Appendices 13
Appendix 1 13
Appendix 2 15
Appendix 3 17
1. Introduction
Copyright and ethics are essential topics for all digital media designers.
Executive Summary
The purpose of this report is to analyses the legal and ethical issues associated with the changes in digital image technologies.
The analytical process used was conducting research on the issues relating to image copyright and ethical use of images through online academic resources, these sources where used to define the issues associated with image copyright and ethics.
This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current digital image manipulation climate; and the possible ramifications that Digital Media Designers should be aware of in order to act in an ethical and moral way. The report shows that digital manipulation creates doubt in the integrity of photographic images as it is easy to manipulate images and possible to distort an image to the point that the original subject matter is no longer recognisable.
The conclusions drawn from the research used to produce this report showed that digital image manipulation is a common practice but one that does have impacts on society and that celebrity image manipulation creates a false sense of the ideal body image. This report shows that people embarking on a career as a Digital Media Designer needs to understand the concepts of Copyright Law and Ethical practices in order to avoid situations of doubt in relation to the authenticity of their works.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary 1
1. Introduction 3
2. Copyright Law and Ethics 4
2.1 What is Copyright? 4
2.2 What are Ethics? 5
3. Developments in Digital Technologies 6
3.1 What is Digital Imagery? 6
3.2 What is Digital Image Manipulation? 6
4. Issues for Contemporary Digital Media Designers 8
4.1 Image Copyright 8
4.2 Celebrity Image 8
5. Conclusion 9
References 10
Appendices 13
Appendix 1 13
Appendix 2 15
Appendix 3 17
1. Introduction
Copyright and ethics are essential topics for all digital media designers.
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