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...
Mar 15, 2024 Ofcom moves to restrict the advertising of unhealthy foods By Intisar Abdi In compliance with the UK Government’s crackdown on obesity, Ofcom acts to implement the new restrictions on advertising and sponsorship...
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...
Jan 18, 2024 UK: Game on – Valve’s geo-blocked games infringe EU competition law By Quinn Liang Dr Saskia King The EU’s General Court upheld the European Commission’s gaming-related decision that Valve had breached EU competition law. As a result,...
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...
May 03, 2023 High Stakes: Gambling White Paper By MediaWrites Editorial On 28 April 2023, the government published the long-awaited gambling white paper, titled ‘High Stakes: Gambling Reform for the Digital...
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,...
Aug 31, 2021 Video Games Tax Relief (“VGTR”) By Dean Rae Zoe Feller Video Games Tax Relief was introduced by the UK government in 2014, but what is it, who can claim it and how? Zoe Feller and Dean Rae...
Dec 03, 2020 Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney: What next in the war of the WAGs? By Bryony Gold Following the recent ruling in the first stage of Rebekah Vardy’s libel claim before the English High Court, a preliminary hearing on...
Jun 26, 2020 Supreme Court defamation decision rules on public interest and judicial bias By Alexander Grigg Alex Grigg reports on a recent UK Supreme Court decision with important commentary on the public interest defence's applicability to...
May 04, 2020 Gambling Act Review: Base it on the Evidence By Andy Danson Andy Danson discusses a planned review of the UK's Gambling Act and what this could mean for players and operators. t seems that barely a...
Apr 15, 2020 Gambling Commission ban on credit cards for gambling: What about e-wallets? By Harry Arnold New rules from the UK Gambling Commission extend a ban on credit card use to all forms of remote gambling. Harry Arnold reports for...
Feb 12, 2020 Online Harms: UK Government publishes response to consultation on proposals for internet regulation By Graham Smith MediaWrites reports on the Government's response to the Online Harms consultation, the first major development since the publication of...
Aug 08, 2019 What a future without social media ‘likes’ could mean for industry By Bryony Gold As Instagram announces that it is considering removing the platform's public 'like' counts, Bryony Gold considers the impact that a...
Jun 06, 2019 Blockchain, smart contracts and esports: a match-winning formula? By Will Deller Jonathan Emmanuel From relatively obscure origins, the advent of cryptocurrency has fuelled a blockchain (or, less catchy, “distributed ledger technology”)...
Feb 19, 2019 Final report published following the UK Government’s inquiry into disinformation and ‘fake news’ By Katrina Baxter Katrina Baxter summarises the headline points from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport's report on disinformation and...