On 28 May 2021, the German Copyright Reform Law (“Law on the Adaptation of Copyright Law to the Requirements of the Digital Single...

On 26 May, Ofcom issued a proposed draft guidance on how video-sharing platforms (VSPs) should behave in order to meet their regulatory...

Decision of the Outer House of the Court of Session in Scotland

In a landmark decision, the Court of Session in Scotland have for the...

I was pleased to speak with Caty from Dapper Labs as part of GDF's NFT Conference yesterday. The event brought together 30 prominent...

7 years ago I wrote an article for Computing magazine entitled "Bitcoin - what is it for?". Back then I wasn't sure what the problem was...

As many Member States are (belatedly) in the process of transposing EU Directive 2018/1808 amending the Audiovisual Media Services...

Streaming services have seen an enormous rise in popularity over the past few years. In 2019, in addition to Netflix and other similar...

There has been some drama in Chinese television recently. 

A show, “Leiting Zhanjiang,” or “Warrior of Thunder,” has been pulled from...

With the vast majority of UK music festivals having been cancelled in light of COVID-19, and the industry having seen a 90% reduction in...

The new State Media Treaty (MStV) has come into force on November 7th, 2020. It replaces the State Treaty on Broadcasting....

We are delighted to launch our 2020 Media and Sport Summit which will be held virtually across four dates in November and December.

The...

Internet services providers should not give preferential treatment to certain applications and services by continuing to offer their...

Platform operators can take a breath after the Advocate General published his opinion in two related proceedings before the CJEU (opinion...

We recently obtained two landmark decisions on central broadcasting law issues for ProSiebenSat.1 TV Deutschland GmbH and Sat.1...

I had the pleasure of attending (remotely) the 44th UCLA Entertainment Symposium last week. 

Of particular interest was the...

Esports has seen a surge in popularity in recent years. This steady growth looks set to continue, given the coronavirus pandemic which...