28 May, 2024 New edition of guide to Prize Promotions Around the World launched By John Wilks Benjamin Mulcahy The fifth edition of DLA Piper’s guide to Prize Promotions Around the World is now available. As social media, ecommerce and other online...
18 Mar, 2024 The Future of Dealmaking in Entertainment By Stephen Carter-Mcleod Join DLA Piper's Robert Sherman for "The Future of Dealmaking in Entertainment 2024" - A FT Live Webinar on March 21. This webinar will...
29 Feb, 2024 LGBTQ+ History Month: LGBTQ+ representation and visibility in media By Cai Cherry As LGBTQ+ History month comes to a close, we would like to take this moment to highlight a movie night and panel discussion we hosted...
26 Feb, 2024 Tools & Products - Guiding you through an ever-evolving landscape By Frank Valentin Stephen Carter-Mcleod Forward thinking and client-centric, we advise all types of media, sport and entertainment companies. They count on us to guide them...
31 Jan, 2024 LGBTQ+ History Month 2024 - An Iris x Pride Movie Night By Stephen Carter-Mcleod DLA Piper and ITV are delighted to invite you to an event honouring LGBTQ+ History Month on Wednesday, 14 February 2024. In collaboration...
17 Jan, 2024 Global Film Incentives Guide - our new guide to financial support for production across the globe By Mónika Horváth Daniel Reis Sandra Oyewole We are pleased to announce the launch of our Global Film Incentives Guide – an easy to digest overview of the available financial support...
15 Jan, 2024 “How far that little candle throws its beam" - EUR 1m test of EU's DSM Directive may massively impact the creative industry By Alex Lowe Nick Fitzpatrick In this post, we look at recent action in Sweden relating to a popular snowball candle holder and the principle of ‘fair adjustment’...
21 Dec, 2023 Training AI models: Content, copyright and the EU and UK TDM exceptions By Ally Clark Duncan Calow DLA Piper’s media, sport and entertainment team hosted a webinar on ‘The Impact of AI on the Media & Entertainment Industry’ on 14...
21 Dec, 2023 Technology Outlook for 2024 By Stephen Carter-Mcleod Join colleagues in our Technology sector for a fascinating look at what the future holds for 2024, covering topics such as Metaverse 2.0,...
23 Nov, 2023 Webinar: The Impact of AI on the Media & Entertainment Industry with Lord Clement-Jones By Duncan Calow Ally Clark Artificial intelligence and automation are changing the way we do business. While the use of AI offers many benefits, it also raises a...
24 Jul, 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...
19 Jul, 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...
05 Apr, 2023 Key features of the draft Media Bill By Alex Lowe Akshay Ruparelia Key take-aways The draft Media Bill contains significant changes to the regulation of on-demand programme services (“ODPSs” - as defined...
27 Feb, 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.
13 Feb, 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...
25 Jan, 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...