Image format meaning

What is FRT and which laws presently govern it in the UK? Are there any plans for regulation? FRT is a type of biometric identification that relies on facial characteristics, typically matching them with images in a database, to confirm someone’s identity (for example, ePassport gates at airports, spotting ‘persons of interest’ on a busy street, or identifying recipients of football banning orders at a football match). While implementations vary, the usual workflow starts by detecting and capturing a face, often from CCTV footage. A recognition algorithm then normalises the captured image—adjusting size, rotation and similar factors—so it aligns with the format of images stored on a database or ‘watchlist’ of known individuals. The normalised image is statistically compared with entries on the watchlist. If the similarity score set by the FRT operator meets the required threshold, a ‘match’ is registered between the captured face and a watchlist image, and the individual is identified. Ordinarily, a human operator reviews the match before any step is taken. At present,...

This Practice Note sets out the definitions adopted by the Business and Property Courts’ (B&PCs) Disclosure Scheme under CPR PD 57AD. It also summarises the scheme’s fundamental principles, encompassing the obligations on all parties to proceedings and their legal representatives, and clarifies what constitutes control of documents. In the majority of cases before the B&PCs, disclosure proceeds in accordance with the Disclosure Scheme contained in CPR PD 57AD. The Scheme took effect on 1 October 2022, following the disclosure pilot. Decisions handed down during the pilot continue to carry weight and are noted below. For help on when the Scheme applies (and any exceptions), see: Practice Note: Disclosure Scheme—when and where it applies Which disclosure rules apply to my claim—flowchart? Definitions used in the Disclosure Scheme CPR PD 57AD, Appendix 1, supplies a range of defined terms. These include: Control, Copy, Data Sampling, Disclose, Disclosure Certificate, Disclosure Review Document, Electronic Image, Keyword Search, Less Complex Claim, List of Documents, Metadata, Narrative Document,...

For copyright purposes, the term ‘film’ denotes a recording, on any medium, from which a moving image may by any method be generated. A television programme is protected as a film for these purposes, and the definition is intended to be technology-neutral. This Practice Note examines the copyright protection conferred on films and television programmes themselves as copyright works, and Practice Note: Copyright in film and television: making a new film explores certain matters concerning the types of works (dramatic, literary, musical and artistic works) known as the ‘underlying rights’ that a producer may need to create or be required to licence during the course of making a new film or television production. The legal issues relating to television formats are not dealt with in this Practice Note; instead, see Practice Note: Television format rights. Copyright in films The general position is that the subsistence of copyright in existing films depends on the date of their creation and is determined by the law in force when the film...