24 Jan, 2024 EU Parliament Votes Against Geo-Blocking of Audio-Visual Sports and Film Content (for now) By Craig Giles On 13 December 2023, the European Parliament voted on whether to extend the scope of the Geo-blocking Regulation to audio-visual content....
10 Jan, 2024 Women’s Sport Series: The F1 Academy and the Future of Women in Motorsport By Intisar Abdi The inaugural season of F1 Academy ended in October 2023, with Spanish driver Marta Garcia lifting the first ever championship at Circuit...
20 Oct, 2023 European Commission Consults on Payments for Recorded Music Played in the EU By Naji Tilley najiThe European Union (“EU”) has announced that it is consulting stakeholders in the recorded music industry on how best to apply the...
21 Jul, 2023 Don’t get played – consumers can claim refunds for games and in-game purchases where pre-purchase information is missing By Sophie Stoneham If you’re a business selling video games and in-game content to UK and EU consumers, it’s important that you understand how 14-day...
19 May, 2023 Communication to the transporting public? CJEU rules in Blue Air and UPFR By Naji Tilley The CJEU’s judgment in joined cases C‑775/21 and C‑826/21, Blue Air and UPFR (20 April 2023) provides the latest instalment to a...
25 Nov, 2022 European Parliament passes resolution providing recommendations for enhancing the European video game and esports industries By Will Deller Nick Cowen On 10 November 2022, the European Parliament passed a Resolution recognising the potential and value of esports and the video games...
02 Nov, 2022 The EU Digital Services Act (DSA) has finally been published in the EU Official Journal By Francine Cunningham The EU Digital Services Act (DSA) was finally published in the EU Official Journal on 27 October 2022, which marks the end of its...
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...
05 Apr, 2022 From cartridges to games on demand: is the video game industry following Netflix’s example? By Jaime Delgado A series of recent IP and studio acquisitions by videogame giants Sony and Microsoft appear to herald the beginning of a new way to...
10 Jan, 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...
30 Jun, 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...
22 Feb, 2021 Safeguarding copyright online in Spain – using administrative proceedings By David Fuentes In Spain, copyright holders can take advantage of a streamlined administrative procedure to challenge and resolve online infringements,...
22 Jan, 2021 CJEU and German Federal Court of Justice rule what information platform owners have to provide about uploaders to copyright holders By Franz Gernhardt, LL.M. In 2019 the German Federal Court of Justice asked the CJEU to rule on the extent of the information that a copyright holder has the right...
16 Dec, 2020 European Commission publishes sweeping new rulebook for online platforms offering services in Europe By Francine Cunningham In a bid to achieve "technological sovereignty", the European Commission has unveiled a wide-ranging package of proposals that will...
27 Nov, 2020 Circumventing technological protection measures and website blocking orders: An EU perspective By Prof. Dr. Eleonora Rosati In this article for MediaWrites, Eleonora Rosati considers an interesting recent development concerning website blocking orders in...
08 Oct, 2020 Assessment of the Code of Practice on Disinformation By Maisie Briggs On the 10th September 2020, the EU Commission published its assessment on how the Code of Practice on Disinformation has been...