Mar 01, 2023 Unfolding the Metaverse: From hype to reality By Sarah Jayne Scott Understand what the metaverse has to offer your business, and how to manage its uncertainties, at our Middle East Technology Summit.Fares...
Feb 27, 2023 Real World Meets Virtual World: Emergent Metaverse Use Cases and Attendant Legal Considerations By Tom Ara For the second year in a row, our Web3 team has published an insightful and informative article with Chambers and Partners on the Metaverse.
Feb 13, 2023 The audiovisual sector in Belgium has been subject to some major changes… And here is why By Emma Stockman Alexis Fierens Alexandra Levi Introduction In November 2018, the European Parliament adopted Directive 2018/1808 amending Directive 2010/13 concerning audiovisual...
Jan 23, 2023 What do John Cage, Zippy and Mr Humphries have in common? By Alex Lowe Ally Clark Sam Churney Here's wishing you a belated Happy New Year from three of DLA Piper’s copyright enthusiasts. As many readers of this blog will know, 1...
Nov 15, 2022 Media, Sport and Entertainment Summit - On demand By Sarah Jayne Scott We held our Media, Sport and Entertainment Summit virtually across a number of dates in September and October. Topics in the programme...
Aug 01, 2022 Can the law handle emojis and social media? By Duncan Calow Emily Judge At noon on Friday, it was announced that Rebecca Vardy had lost her defamation case against Coleen Rooney, with the ruling by Mrs Justice...
Jul 05, 2022 Business Guide to Climate Disputes By Jeremy Sher Media, Sport & Entertainment (MSE) has traditionally been seen as a sector that is less impacted by climate change, with challenges...
Jun 21, 2022 The meteoric rise of the data centre: Key drivers behind global demand By Anthony Day Alanna Hasek Data centre dealmaking shot to new heights in 2021. The global boom has continued so far in 2022 and looks set to continue this year and...
Mar 09, 2022 GDPR Fines and Data Breach Survey 2022 By Duncan Calow Data protection was once an overlooked area of the law, certainly in the media, sport and entertainment sector. Several years ago, during...
Mar 03, 2022 Hungarian Tax Rebate for Film Productions – Maximum amount of NFI’s deposit account increases to 44 billion HUF By Mónika Horváth Mariann Rajnai Elisabeth Daem Film productions may be eligible for a tax rebate equal to 30% of the direct film production expenses incurred relating to Hungarian...
Feb 23, 2022 Exploring the metaverse: What laws will apply? By Tom Ara Mark Radcliffe Michael Fluhr Katherine Imp +1 more... Show less During the last decade, virtual interactions have become an increasingly important part of life for consumers and businesses. This trend...
May 28, 2021 Scottish Court of Session Grants Injunction, Finding Communication to the Public on Reddit By Tony Holloran Decision of the Outer House of the Court of Session in ScotlandIn a landmark decision, the Court of Session in Scotland have for the...
Jan 07, 2021 ‘Made in Europe?’ The obligation on minimum share and visibility of European works in the catalogues of on-demand audiovisual media service providers By Alexis Fierens Emma Stockman As many Member States are (belatedly) in the process of transposing EU Directive 2018/1808 amending the Audiovisual Media Services...
Dec 10, 2020 Looking outside the window(s): How streaming services have affected cinemas’ monopoly on movie releases By Alexis Fierens Emma Stockman Simon Verschaeve Streaming services have seen an enormous rise in popularity over the past few years. In 2019, in addition to Netflix and other similar...
Dec 10, 2020 Historical dramas must be historically accurate (down to the hair) By Yue Lin Lee There has been some drama in Chinese television recently. A show, “Leiting Zhanjiang,” or “Warrior of Thunder,” has been pulled from the...
Dec 08, 2020 Where Netflix goes, the world follows - BBFC suggests that all streaming sites should introduce age-ratings in the UK By Samantha Bradley The Chief Executive of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has suggested that all streaming sites should have standardised...