Sep 26, 2023 Latest proposals from the UK Parliament to protect creative industries against the risks posed by AI By Harry Jefferies At the end of August, the Culture, Media and Sport Committee ("Committee") published a report called "Connected tech: AI and creative...
Sep 22, 2023 AI. Who owns what. By Alex Lowe A strange thing happened to me recently: a whole table of my friends wanted me to talk about case law and legislation. Maybe it was the...
Sep 21, 2023 Online Safety Bill approved by Parliament and ready for Royal Assent By Ally Clark Duncan Calow On 19 September 2023, the Online Safety Bill (the Bill) passed its final parliamentary debate and is now ready to receive Royal Assent....
Sep 13, 2023 Online Safety Bill passed by the House of Lords By Ally Clark Duncan Calow On 6 September 2023 the Online Safety Bill (Bill) had its third reading in the House of Lords. The Bill is the Government’s flagship...
Sep 12, 2023 Gamescom 2023 – A taster By Saskia Lais-Jansen I had the pleasure of attending this year’s gamescom as 320,000 other visitors from more than 100 countries. Visiting the different...
Sep 07, 2023 Women in esports – Current landscape and ways to enhance their successful participation By Saskia Lais-Jansen Fabian Schraa At this year’s gamescom from 23-27 August, 320,000 video gaming enthusiasts flocked to the exhibition halls of Cologne, Germany. For...
Aug 17, 2023 A re-valuation of media, digital and sponsorship rights for women’s sport By Elizabeth Bingham Claire Sng As all eyes turn to Australia for the FIFA Women’s World Cup final, Australia’s Victoria State Government has released a timely report on...
Aug 08, 2023 Meta to be fined USD98,500 a day over advertising practices - Norway puts the heat on By Harry Jefferies I wrote last week about Meta's planned switch to obtain "consent" from users in order to display targeted advertisements to them. It was...
Aug 04, 2023 Blurring the lines: The ethics of host-read advertising on podcasts By Harry Jefferies The FT published an interesting article yesterday on the issues raised by host-read advertising on podcasts. It poses the question as to...
Aug 02, 2023 Meta to switch to "consent" mechanism in Europe for ad targeting purposes By Harry Jefferies Meta has agreed to obtain "consent" from users in Europe in order to display targeted ads to them, according to The Wall Street Journal....
Jul 24, 2023 Celebrity Ownership of Football Clubs – Why fans should revel in football being Hollywood’s ‘flavour of the month' By Cameron Turner Zoë Stainton In 2020, Hollywood duo Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney were announced as the owners of National League side Wrexham and they’re not the...
Jul 21, 2023 SINGAPORE: New obligations for social media services under the Code of Practice on Online Safety By Yue Lin Lee Further to the passing of the Online Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (“Act”) earlier in February this year, the Infocomm Media...
Jul 19, 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike: The strike rules, and the exceptions By Tom Ara Katherine Imp David Markman Cory Bettel Sergio Ingato +2 more... Show less As of July 14, 2023, the leadership of SAG-AFTRA (the actors’ guild) has enacted a strike of its 160,000 members, after failing to agree...
Jul 11, 2023 Sporting brands: About the sport or the athlete? By Claire Sng Grace Pigott A new report published this month from the Women’s Sport Trust shows the positive impact and significant awareness being generated by...
Jul 03, 2023 Online Safety Bill: Progress through Parliament & Ofcom Implementation By Elizabeth Bingham Duncan Calow Alex Lowe Following detailed line by line examinations from April to June, the Online Safety Bill has passed through the committee stage of the...
Jun 30, 2023 Digital Services Act: Zalando challenges VLOP designation By Emer McEntaggart Gavin Woods Darach Connolly Heidi Waem +1 more... Show less In this post, we look at what constitutes a very large online platform (VLOP) or very large online search engine (VLOSE), who has been...