Technological advancement in media & sport
Our media & sport specialists are pairing up with our tech experts and clients to create insights on how tech developments are affecting media & sports organisations.
We're also delivering complimentary, tailored, workshops based around these key developments.
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Technological advancement in media & sport
Bird & Bird's media & sport specialists are pairing up with our tech experts and clients to create insights on how tech developments are affecting media & sports organisations.
We're also delivering complimentary, tailored, workshops based around these key developments.
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Making Privacy Paramount
https://soundcloud.com/twobirdslaw/making-privacy-paramount?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Fork in the road: Australian internet defamation law reform options released
If they become law, these reforms will significantly clarify the position in relation to the potential liability of the various participants in the internet....
Advertising “climate-neutral” production conditions
Environmental and climate-related advertising claims have increasingly been the subject of (not only) German courts for some time ("greenwashing"). After all, such claims -...
Social Media & Digital Content Providers
New content moderation rules in Germany: flexibility for community standards and justice by procedure
What has happened in both “hate speech” cases?
The German Federal Supreme Court has ruled on two cases governing the deletion of inappropriate yet lawful...
Justice by procedure – on platforms, best efforts and manifestly infringing content
The EU Commission has published its guidance document on what has probably been the most-controversial issue in copyright across Europe for years, if not...
Germany – The use of influencers in social media – The latest “hat trick”...
Influencer posts in favour of a third-party company for consideration
According to the BGH, influencers offering goods and services (e.g. fitness courses, online shops,...
Netherlands – Publication of Advertising Code for Online Games of Chance 2021
Relationship between ROK and RVK
The RVK, which came into force in 2015, partly covers the same subject matter as the ROK. For example, both...
Australian Government proposes to shift publication liability from social media page owners to providers...
Introduction
In September 2021, the High Court in Fairfax Media Publications v Voller HCA 27 (Voller) determined that the owners of public Facebook pages...
Music
How Does the Ed Sheeran Case Shape UK Copyright Law?
(Sheeran & Ors v Chokri & Ors EWHC 827 (Ch) (06 April 2022))
Deliberate/Subconscious Copying
The Defendants contended that Sheeran and co had either consciously...
