UK Government considers new measures in the fight against illegal streaming
What are illicit IPTV streaming devices?
Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) boxes are multimedia devices, such as Kodi boxes, with software installed which allows them to...
Victory for Google confirms US-style “opt-out” class actions are still beyond...
The claim
The representative action was brought by campaign group 'Google You Owe Us', led by Richard Lloyd, the former executive director of Which?...
Ad & Tech Giants step up to tackle the problem of...
The Code is a response to concerns about disinformation in the run-up to the European Parliament elections due to take place in May 2019....
CAP releases a new guide for social media influencers
CAP and the CMA have teamed up to create a new guide, "An Influencer’s Guide to making clear that ads are ads", which sets...
CJEU rules that re-posting a photograph without explicit consent may infringe...
The CJEU in its decision did not follow the opinion of the Attorney General, who came to the recommendation not to consider the specific...
New decision on German influencer marketing: Courts in Berlin require disclosure...
While the courts in Munich recently took a more liberal approach and indicated that non-sponsored social media posts do not need to be tagged...
Do social media accounts pass to heirs?
In 2012, a teenager, who was 15 years old at that time, died in an underground train accident. It was suspected that the teenager...
Influencing the UAE – the implications of the new National Media...
World-class brands have recently been resorting to marketing their goods and services on social media platforms through the pages of “followed” and “trending” bloggers...
German influencer fights back against the German competition watchdog on the...
As previously reported by MediaWrites, the rules on influencer advertising in Germany are strict – something that influencers don’t like much. Recently, the German competition...
