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...
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...
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...
19 Feb 2021 The Playlist: DLA Piper’s music law updates By Sam Churney #3 "On the Road Again?" Government responds to e-petition seeking visa free travel for musicians in the EU An e-petition which received...
12 Nov 2020 Hello festivals, my old friend: DCMS launches inquiry to examine the future of UK music festivals By Tom Fitzpatrick 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...
10 Nov 2020 The Playlist: DLA Piper’s music law updates By Tom Herbert #2: Dancing Stream - the impact of streaming on the music industryStreaming currently accounts for more than half of the global music...
21 Oct 2020 DLA Piper's Global Media and Sport Summit 2020 By Nicholas Fitzpatrick We are delighted to launch our 2020 Media and Sport Summit which will be held virtually across four dates in November and December.The...
14 Oct 2020 Preferential ‘zero tariffs’ violate net neutrality By Gabriele Engels Internet services providers should not give preferential treatment to certain applications and services by continuing to offer their...
01 Jun 2020 The Playlist: DLA Piper’s music law updates By Sam Churney #1: Stop! In the Name of Copyright! - Instagram’s new guidelines and features to protect against music copyright infringement As the...
17 Apr 2019 Copyright Directive - Appropriate and Proportionate Remuneration for Artists and Performers By Mark Kinsella After two years of intense debate and negotiations, the Council of the European Union finally approved the new Copyright Directive on 15...