Jul 01, 2024 Rachel’s Song – Part II: Neighbouring rights in music created by or with artificial intelligence under German copyright law By Dr. Christoph Hendel In one of the many iconic scenes of Ridley Scott’s movie Blade Runner (1982), an artificial “replicant” called Rachel plays piano for the...
Jun 28, 2024 Rachel’s Song – Part I: Rights of authors to music created by or with artificial intelligence under German copyright law By Dr. Christoph Hendel In one of the many iconic scenes of Ridley Scott’s movie Blade Runner (1982), an artificial “replicant” called Rachel plays piano for the...
May 14, 2024 A Step Towards Fairness? The UK Voluntary Code of Good Practice on Transparency in Music Streaming explained By Josh Gallichan As part of its work on transparency in the music industry, the UK Intellectual Property Office (“UKIPO”) published its UK Voluntary Code...
Apr 02, 2024 Creating Harmony: The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music Launch an Inquiry into AI and the Music Industry By Josh Gallichan Ayo Adebajo yoOn 25 January 2024, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music (APPG) launched its inquiry into artificial intelligence (AI) and the...
Feb 13, 2024 Economics of music streaming: has there been a ‘reset’? By Laura Gray On 12 December 2023, the UK Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee held its second non-inquiry session into creator...
Oct 20, 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...
Jul 21, 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...
Jul 12, 2023 Better data from metadata in the UK music industry? A look behind the streams By Naji Tilley On 31 May 2023, the UK Intellectual Property office (UK IPO) published the “UK Industry Agreement on Music Streaming Metadata”. The...
Jun 13, 2023 Hand Built by Robots: AI-generated music is on the rise By Dan Breen Toby Bond The rapid development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is causing concern among various music industry stakeholders. In the...
May 19, 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...
Mar 15, 2023 The economics of music streaming inquiry By Laura Gray Jason White The CMA’s analysis of the competition law question On 29 November 2022, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), published its final...
Oct 31, 2022 Black History Month – music and education join forces to celebrate Black history By Intisar Abdi With Bristol band Massive Attack getting involved in Cargo Classroom, a project launched to diversify the English school curriculum,...
Oct 28, 2022 The Iberia Festival case: The Spanish Supreme Court finds infringement of a deceased artist’s image rights By David Fuentes The Supreme Court declares that the use of the deceased artist's image to advertise a music festival was an infringement of their image...
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...
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...
Nov 08, 2021 CMA to investigate the music streaming market By Aneesah Kabba Kamara Amy Cole The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) – the UK’s competition regulator – recently announced its intention to launch a market study...