11 May 2022 The Digital Services Act – Ground rules for online platforms By Gabriele Engels On 23 April 2022 another important step was taken towards realizing the EU’s ambitious goal to make Europe “Fit for the Digital Age”; the...
10 May 2022 Employment law trends in the Media, Sport and Entertainment sector | Events | DLA Piper Global Law Firm By Sarah Jayne Scott Join our employment lawyers on Thursday 26 May as they discuss litigation trends in the Media, Sport and Entertainment space. Our team...
28 Apr 2022 Up next - the one about the PSBs and the on-demand platform providers By Siona Spillett The UK government published its long awaited policy paper on the broadcasting sector yesterday – including plans to regulate the...
14 Apr 2022 Music to Ed's ears: Judge rejects copyright claim By Duncan Calow Last Wednesday, Ed Sheeran successfully challenged the copyright infringement case brought against him by the grime artist Sami Chokri...
09 Mar 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...
08 Mar 2022 The Winning Formula? Promotion of Sports through OTT Content By Matt Rozario, Valiant Warzecha How did you get into Formula 1?Well there’s this Netflix show…In 2018, Formula 1 entered into an arrangement with Netflix that allowed...
03 Mar 2022 Towards new remuneration rights for authors and performers in the EU: contractual counterparts better watch out By Alexis Fierens, Elisabeth Daem, Emma Stockman Although Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the digital single market (“DSM Directive”) had to be implemented...
03 Mar 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...
23 Feb 2022 Exploring the metaverse: What laws will apply? By Tom Ara, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Fluhr, Katherine Imp During the last decade, virtual interactions have become an increasingly important part of life for consumers and businesses. This trend...
26 Jan 2022 That’s a wrap: A summary of the Australian sports broadcasting market in 2021 By Matt Rozario 2021 marked a year of significant movement and development in the Australian sports broadcasting market, with many of the nation’s major...
25 Jan 2022 The rise of virtual influencers By Elinor Cavil In the latest version of The Economist’s annual “The World Ahead” feature, virtual influencers are identified as one of the key emerging...
07 Jan 2022 Germany: Update on Copyright Reform and challenges of Article 17 DSM By Gabriele Engels Five months ago, the face of German Copyright law was altered, when the legislative changes necessitated by two EU Directives (the...
17 Dec 2021 A new protocol hits content creators, influencers and vloggers (This is not a sponsored post) By Alexis Fierens, Elisabeth Daem, Emma Stockman On 14 December 2021, the Vlaamse Media Regulator (Flemish Media Regulator, “FMR”) published its so-called Content Creator Protocol...
07 Dec 2021 Nigeria - Media, Sport and Entertainment Market Insights 2021 By Sandra Oyewole In our Media Sports Entertainment and Technology Market Insights 2021, industry leaders, stakeholders, regulators and subject matter...
04 Nov 2021 An unreal issue: managing IP in the metaverse By Anthony Lloyd, Jessie Buchan, Edmond Lau What is the metaverse and why is it important?The metaverse: the next generation successor to the mobile internet. Made up of shared,...
04 Jun 2021 Germany: DSM Copyright Reform Law enters into force on 7 June 2021 By Gabriele Engels On 28 May 2021, the German Copyright Reform Law (“Law on the Adaptation of Copyright Law to the Requirements of the Digital Single...