29 Nov, 2019 Wondergoal: Australian women’s football team score in securing equal pay By Rich Hawkins Mark Galli reports on a landmark deal securing the Australian women's football team equal pay to their male counterparts, as well as the...
20 Nov, 2019 Twitter’s ban on paid political advertisement comes into effect By Katrina Baxter Harry Arnold From 22 November 2019 Twitter will no longer allow political advertising on its platform: Katrina Baxter and Harry Arnold look at the...
19 Nov, 2019 Can easier customer identification balance higher gambling taxes in the Czech Republic? By Vojtěch Chloupek Vojtěch Chloupek and Jiří Švejda provide an update on Czech gambling regulation – a more practical approach to KYC requirements for...
05 Nov, 2019 Influencer Marketing: Danish influencers in trouble with Danish Marketing Practices Act By Mikkel Taanum The Danish Consumer Ombudsman (DCO) recently finalized a review of Danish Influencers and their sponsored content. Katja Djurhuus and...
01 Nov, 2019 When does hyperlinking infringe copyright? UK High Court addresses linking to internet radio stations By Phil Sherrell The UK High Court has this morning handed down its judgment in a hyperlinking test case in which Sony Music and Warner Music sued TuneIn*...
25 Oct, 2019 New EU Digital Czar aims to apply ‘fairness’ to regulation of the platform economy By Francine Cunningham Bird & Bird's Senior Public Affairs Manager, Francine Cunningham, explains what the new EU digital Czar could mean for the digital...
17 Oct, 2019 Czech Supreme Court finds that statements that create a wrongful impression can be unlawful By Vojtěch Chloupek The Czech Supreme Court recently issued an interesting ruling concerning defamation (Ref. 25 Cdo 3423/2018). In its decision from 29...
10 Oct, 2019 #Advertisement must come first – Influencer Marketing in Hungary By Sophie Dawson Jarrad Parker and Sophie Dawson explain four major areas of proposed reform across the Australian media law landscape, and look ahead to...
01 Oct, 2019 Secondary ticketing website Viagogo now compliant with UK law following pressure from the CMA By Harry Arnold As the Competition and Markets Authority unexpectedly abandoned its court action against Viagogo, what is the state of play for the UK's...
26 Sep, 2019 Australian Digital Platforms Inquiry makes major legislative recommendations By Sophie Dawson Thomas Jones Katrina Dang As national governments around the globe turn up the pressure on digital platforms, we look at the findings of a major inquiry in...
17 Sep, 2019 MediaBytes – the last month on MediaWrites: Instagram, Airbnb, and an employment law update By Katrina Baxter In our third instalment of our new video series MediaBytes, Katrina Baxter talks to the authors of some recent posts which have been...
12 Sep, 2019 News in today: DCMS wants lootboxes regulated as gambling By Robert Rose MediaWrites reports on the release of the Government's long-awaited report on immersive and addictive technologies. The Select Committee...
27 Aug, 2019 Four lessons from the ASA’s first bans on sexist ads By Matthew Vance The banning of two ads by the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), in the first ever rulings to rely on a new code against...
16 Aug, 2019 How to catch lightning in a bottle: EU draws up plans to regulate Big Tech By Francine Cunningham One of the greatest conundrums facing the incoming President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who takes office in...
08 Aug, 2019 What a future without social media ‘likes’ could mean for industry By Bryony Gold As Instagram announces that it is considering removing the platform's public 'like' counts, Bryony Gold considers the impact that a...
19 Jul, 2019 Update on Renckhoff: Re-posting a photograph without the explicit consent of the copyright holder may constitute copyright infringement By Franz Gernhardt, LL.M. Franz Gernhardt discusses the final decision in the Renckhoff case, as the German Court applies the CJEU's judgment – what does this mean...