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...
May 22, 2023 How to successfully plan for post-merger integration within the media & entertainment sector By Euan Scott You are invited to our panel discussion where our experts will share insights on how to avoid such failures, and successfully overcome...
Apr 12, 2023 The Internet Is Ruined. The Metaverse Can Still Be Saved | WIRED By Ryan Black I’m delighted to be featured in this WIRED article on the opportunities for virtual worlds to avoid the mistakes of the past, and to be...
Feb 28, 2023 The Playlist: #2 'Want you to make me feel like I'm the only [brand] in the world' By Alex Lowe Ally Clark Rihanna 'slays' product placement and may have 'ambush marketed' her own performance at Super Bowl LVII We won't pretend to know the...
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...
Feb 07, 2023 Sexual imagery in advertising: where do you draw the line? By Alex Lowe Hannah Potter John Wilks It is generally accepted that “sex sells”. It has also been claimed that “no publicity is bad publicity”, an idea floating around at...
Jan 25, 2023 The Playlist: #1 "Power" By Ally Clark Kanye West’s “Power” at the centre of a High Court dispute over royalties payable on the sample of King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid...
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 29, 2022 All I want for Christmas is the exclusive right to use... By Alex Lowe Hang on, those aren’t the lyrics. Correct. It’s not even December, but I’d assumed people would be sick of hearing the real ones by now...
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 24, 2022 Metall auf Metall X: The Sampling Odyssey continues By Gabriele Engels The legendary German band Kraftwerk is still in dispute with a music producer over a two-second sample of their 1977 song "Metall auf...
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...
Apr 14, 2022 Music to Ed's ears: Judge rejects copyright claim By Duncan Calow Emily Judge Shefali Pandhi Last Wednesday, Ed Sheeran successfully challenged the copyright infringement case brought against him by the grime artist Sami Chokri...