May 31, 2024 Supporting Responsible Influencer Content: EU’s New Recommendations By Intisar Abdi Craig Giles On May 14, 2024, the Council of the European Union issued recommendations to enhance the legal and social responsibility of influencers...
Jan 19, 2024 ASA’s Consultation on the Restriction of Less Healthy Foods and Drinks By Craig Giles Intisar Abdi On 13 December 2023, following the outcome of Ofcom’s consultation, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) launched its consultation...
Jun 08, 2023 Plot twist: Rebekah Vardy registers trade mark ”WAGATHA CHRISTIE” after losing libel case By Freddie Eastwell The phrase “Wagatha Christie”, claimed to have been coined by Dan Atkinson in a viral tweet sent back in 2019, has been a buzzword in the...
Dec 12, 2022 MediaWrites Party 2022, Panel discussion recording By MediaWrites Editorial Fad or future: which innovations are here to stay? Virtual events, NFTs, the Metaverse, Web3, Crypto… Everyone is talking about these...
Oct 05, 2022 “New movies coming soon to the Metaverse near you” – Copyright issues with films in the metaverse By Dr. Niels Lutzhöft, LL.M. Dr. Simon Hembt Will we slip into avatars to see new movie releases in the metaverse in future? Film events have already made their way into today's...
Mar 31, 2022 New content moderation rules in Germany: flexibility for community standards and justice by procedure By Dr. Simon Hembt The German Federal Supreme Court confirms in its latest “hate speech”-judgements that platforms have the right to set their own...
Feb 17, 2022 Justice by procedure – on platforms, best efforts and manifestly infringing content By Rebecca O'Kelley-Gillard Dr. Niels Lutzhöft, LL.M. The Commission Guidance on Article 17 of the “Directive 2019 (790/EC on Copyright in the Digital Single Market”) provides much-sought...
Jan 13, 2022 Germany – The use of influencers in social media – The latest “hat trick” of the BGH By Markus Witzmann, LL.M. Roman Brtka, LL.M. The traditional advertising industry is changing. For quite some time now, companies have increasingly been using so-called influencers...
Jan 10, 2022 Netherlands – Publication of Advertising Code for Online Games of Chance 2021 By Roelien van Neck Manuela Cox The Advertising Code Online for Games of Chance (Reclamecode Online Kansspelen, ROK) was adopted and published by the Advertising Code...
Dec 07, 2021 Australian Government proposes to shift publication liability from social media page owners to providers with the draft Social Media Bill 2021 By MediaWrites Editorial Sophie Dawson Julie Cheeseman The Australian Government has released draft defamation legislation in response to the recent High Court decision of Fairfax Media...
Nov 30, 2021 Better late than never: Spain transposes Directives on copyright and related rights By David Fuentes In order to comply with the transposition obligation – yet with 5 months of delay and with a result that seems to be (at least)...
Sep 09, 2021 Case Update: Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; Nationwide News Pty Limited; Australian News Channel Pty Ltd v Voller [2021] HCA 27 By Sophie Dawson Julie Cheeseman On 8 September 2021, Australia’s High Court dismissed an appeal by three Australian media organisations, finding that they were the...
Aug 05, 2021 Tackling IP Infringements in Social Media: EUIPO releases its Social Media Discussion Paper By Katrina Baxter The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) released its Social Media Discussion Paper in June of this year, forming part of...
Jul 22, 2021 The launch of the Digital Scholarship Institute By Maisie Briggs In mid-May The Digital Scholarship Institute (the “Institute”) was launched. The Institute aims to research and provide guidance on...
Jun 30, 2021 New Copyright Legislation in the EU – Towards a New Media and Tech Landscape? By MediaWrites Editorial 7 June 2021 was the date by which Member States were required to implement the EU’s DSM Directive, an ambitious effort aimed at...
Apr 28, 2021 Advertising influencers and social media in Spain By Antonio Cueto On 5 March 2021, a resolution was handed down in Spain confirming that an advertisement owned by Samsung Electronics Iberia, S.A., which...