Value and Potential
The Resolution highlights the size of the video games industry within the EU, but also that it is dominated by principally non-EU developers and publishers. Meanwhile, it states that esports is still at an embryonic stage of
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Private Equity Enters the Field: new key players shaking up the world of sport
The annual total revenue of the global sports market is expected to reach $600 billion per annum by 2025. Earlier this year, Forbes released a list of the world’s most valuable sports empires, citing a number of reasons…
The EU Digital Services Act (DSA) has finally been published in the EU Official Journal
The EU Digital Services Act (DSA) was finally published in the EU Official Journal on 27 October 2022, which marks the end of its adoption process.
‘Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022…
Black History Month – music and education join forces to celebrate Black history
The Massive Attack on lack of diversity in the school curriculum
Bristol’s Massive Attack have recently collaborated on Cargo Classroom; an educational programme aimed at increasing the diversity of the English school curriculum. With Stormzy’s Scholarship for Black UK Students…
The Iberia Festival case: The Spanish Supreme Court finds infringement of a deceased artist’s image rights
The law
Image rights are personality rights that allow anyone to authorise or prohibit certain uses of or activities on their image in which the individual is recognisable (e.g. name and physical appearance). In this sense, image rights concern several…
Sports Data Rights: Genius v Sportradar settles – what does this mean for sports data rights holders and the industries they supply?
We wrote about this case at the start of 2021, wide eyed and eager to see how exclusive data rights arrangements would fare in the face of the competition claims, and whether rightsholders would continue to be able to…
The Australian anti-siphoning scheme – will the latest Government review lead to the long-overdue reform?
During a busy phase of the NBN rollout, it was with a wry smile that a former Communications Minister told a meeting of Australian sport CEOs that his Department did not have the ‘bandwidth’ to address the issues with the…
Gambling Laws in Ireland: Appointment of a CEO Designate of the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland
There have long been promises of reform of gambling laws in Ireland, which is why the latest announcement in respect of the long-anticipated Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland is particularly interesting. The appointment of Ms Anne Marie Caulfield as the…
“New movies coming soon to the Metaverse near you” – Copyright issues with films in the metaverse
Why should people watch movies in the metaverse at all?
At first glance, it is surprising that people would choose to watch films in the metaverse. The cinema or streaming services seem more natural choices. The answer lies in the…
Making Privacy Paramount
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