The Editor's Toolkit

Chapter 13

Editorial Responsibility

Modern editing techniques and the speed of the operation, as the sheer volume of the output on all channels increases, has made editorial responsibility issues much more important.

This chapter is divided as follows:

• 13.1 Editorial Responsibility—An Introduction
• 13.2 Taste and Decency
• 13.3 The Range of Compliance Categories
• 13.4 Other Compliance Issues
• 13.5 A Look at Copyright
• 13.6 Key Points—Editorial Responsibility

13.1 Editorial Responsibility—An Introduction

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