14 Apr, 2023 Premier League Clubs agree to withdraw front of shirt gambling sponsorship By Elizabeth Dunn Elizabeth Dunn considers the impact of the Premier League's announcement on football clubs and gambling companies. The long-anticipated...
27 Apr, 2022 The CJEU judgment in the “Polish challenge” case (C-401/19) By MediaWrites Editorial Prof. Dr. Eleonora Rosati Pawel Lipski In the judgment delivered on 26 April 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed the action of the Republic of Poland to...
18 Mar, 2022 Online Safety Bill presented to Parliament By Bryony Hurst Yesterday the UK government presented the long-awaited Online Safety Bill (OSB) to Parliament. The OSB will now make its way through...
08 Dec, 2021 “This is serious, Mum”: Serious harm considered in Rader v Haines By MediaWrites Editorial Julie Cheeseman Sophie Dawson A recent decision of the District Court of New South Wales is one of the first cases where an Australian Court has considered the...
25 Oct, 2021 Australian privacy overhaul on the horizon with the release of online privacy draft legislation and reform discussion paper By Sophie Dawson Emma Croft Changes to Australian laws proposed on 25 October 2021 will have a significant effect on media, social media and online businesses who...
13 May, 2021 Draft Online Safety Bill published: landmark legislation set to be considered by MPs By Bryony Hurst Yesterday the UK government published its eagerly anticipated draft Online Safety Bill. The Bill must go through MP scrutiny before it...
17 Dec, 2020 Government announces plans for new Digital Markets Unit By Lucy Turner Bryony Gold On Friday 27 November, the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and the Department for Digital Culture,...
08 Dec, 2020 Australian legislative update: digital platforms proposed to pay news media for content By Sophie Dawson Sophie Dawson and Jarrad Parker provide a legislative update on the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code in...
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*...
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...
08 Apr, 2019 UK Government releases new proposals to regulate internet safety in Online Harms White Paper By Katrina Baxter The Home Office and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) released today the Online Harms White Paper proposing a new...
26 Mar, 2019 News in Today: EU Copyright Directive given final approval By Francine Cunningham The European Parliament has voted to adopt the controversial new Copyright Directive. The European Parliament has today voted to formally...
01 Mar, 2019 How much information is enough information? CJEU asked to rule on the extent of online platforms’ responsibility to copyright holders By Franz Gernhardt, LL.M. Last week the German Federal Court of Justice made a referral to the CJEU concerning the scope of information which platform operators...
19 Feb, 2019 EU Copyright Directive: Consolidated text now available By Phil Sherrell Head of the Media, Entertainment and Sport Group, Phil Sherrell, and Senior Public Affairs Manager Francine Cunningham provide the latest...