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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Germany – The use of influencers in social media – The...
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,...
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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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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...
“This is serious, Mum”: Serious harm considered in Rader v Haines
INTRODUCTION
On 1 July 2021, new defamation laws came into effect which enacted the Model Defamation Amendment Provisions 2020 (“MDAPs” – for more information on...
Social Media & Digital Content Providers
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...
Better late than never: Spain transposes Directives on copyright and related rights
Although most of the amendments introduced in the field of intellectual property (Book Four of the Royal Decree-Law) came into force on 4 November,...
Case Update: Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; Nationwide News Pty Limited; Australian News Channel...
The finding is significant because it means that the threshold for potential defamation liability is met by the hosts of social media pages in...
Music
CMA to investigate the music streaming market
The announcement comes from the CMA’s newly launched Digital Markets Unit (DMU) which has been tasked with overseeing a new “regulatory regime for the...
