Jan 24, 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....
Sep 22, 2023 Making Privacy Paramount By Anna Morgan Anna Morgan, a partner in Bird & Bird’s new Dublin office, discusses children’s privacy online with Oran Kiazim, the Vice President of...
Apr 20, 2023 New rulings on the ‘strong appeal’ test for gambling ads featuring sports personalities By Elizabeth Dunn Callum Granger The ASA has published a further ruling to illustrate when sports personalities in gambling advertisements may have ‘strong appeal’ to...
Jan 06, 2023 A fake interview with a politician does not violate her personal rights; an update from the German Regional Court By Roman Brtka, LL.M. The Regional Court of Hamburg addressed the question in August last year as to whether a fake interview with a German politician violates...
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...
Apr 08, 2022 How Does the Ed Sheeran Case Shape UK Copyright Law? By William Wortley Following an 11-day trial in London, featuring Ed Sheeran briefly singing from the witness stand, the High Court on Wednesday handed down...
Apr 05, 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...
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...
Jul 06, 2021 New Spanish offensive against online piracy By David Fuentes Spain is aware of its opportunity to become one of the most important countries in the European audio-visual sector. For this reason, the...
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...
Dec 16, 2020 Aven & Others v Orbis: Defamation meets Data Protection By Bryony Hurst Bryony Hurst and Theo Rees-Bidder from our Dispute Resolution team look back at this summer’s judgment on the novel data protection...
Dec 08, 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...