Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) – cryptocurrency, fundraising and the media industry...
Throughout 2017 Initial Coin Offerings, or ICOs, have developed as a popular new form of fundraising. The ICO trend in the market place has snowballed...
Loot Boxes: What’s all the fuss about?
The gambling industry is no stranger to public scrutiny, but now the worlds of gambling and gaming are once again colliding as pressure increases...
Esports Sponsorship Deals: what to look out for
With viewing figures in the hundreds of millions, and increasing attention from brands looking to capitalise on the ever-growing profile of the industry, now...
VIDEO: Influencing Media – putting digital to work
Your web browser does not support iframes, which means that the video Influencing Media: Putting digital to work cannot play. The evening began with cocktails...
The esports revolution: recognising and protecting the workforce
With huge international audiences, wide commercial engagement and astonishing revenue levels, esports is nothing short of a global phenomenon. In fact, competitive video gaming should...
French government increases video game industry tax credits
Scope of application of the French tax credit scheme Created in 2007, the tax credit scheme for the video game industry applies to companies that are...
France is “stepping up its game” with the adoption of new...
Whilst France officially recognised esports as a national sport in 2016, two recent decrees (adopted on 9 May 2017) constitute a significant milestone in the materialisation of...
How could blockchain technology disrupt the music industry?
What is a blockchain? At its core, a blockchain is a distributed database (meaning a database that is not stored centrally, with duplicate copies on thousands of...
NEWSFLASH – Copyright infringement: The Pirate Bay does communicate to the...
The CJEU today handed down its judgment in the case of Ziggo which concerned the well-known peer-to-peer file sharing platform – The Pirate Bay....
