The Online Privacy Bill and Privacy Discussion Paper
On 25 October 2021, the federal Attorney-General’s department released an exposure draft of the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Online Privacy and Other Measures) Bill 2021 (the Online Privacy Bill), seeking submissions by
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Podcast: esports, the metaverse and more – a conversation with Andrew Cooke, General Counsel at Fnatic (Part 1)
By Will Deller
Andrew Cooke is the General Counsel at Fnatic, the leading team in esports and a pioneer in the pro gaming space. He is joined by Will Deller, a senior associate in Bird & Bird’s Commercial Sport group, to discuss all…
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Credits Due: the music industry’s new royalty and metadata campaign
What is metadata?
In the context of the music industry, metadata is a set of data attached to an audio file, which identifies, and gives key information about, a song or other audio content. This information can range from the…
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Netherlands – geo-blocking requirement for non-licensed gambling operators
The geo-blocking obligation will now become a firm part of the regulator’s enforcement criteria, in addition to the previously defined criteria. The intended start date for this obligation is 1 October 2021 (the opening of the market), noting that there…
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Case Update: Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; Nationwide News Pty Limited; Australian News Channel Pty Ltd v Voller [2021] HCA 27
The finding is significant because it means that the threshold for potential defamation liability is met by the hosts of social media pages in relation to third party comments on those pages even if they have not seen those comments. …
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Video Games Tax Relief (“VGTR”)
By Dean Rae
The Covid-19 pandemic has fuelled a boom in the UK’s video game industry. A report by The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (“UKIE”) published in March 2021 valued the industry at a record £7 billion in 2020, making it the…
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Ransom-where is your money going? Introduction of the Ransomware Payments Bill 2021 (Cth)
The Australian Cyber Security Centre has labelled ransomware the ‘highest cyber threat’ facing Australian businesses. A 2020 Crowdstrike Report has found that over two-thirds (67%) of Australian organisations have suffered a ransomware attack in the last 12 months. The global…
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Case Update: Epic Games, Inc v Apple Inc: choice of forum clauses and public policy grounds – Epic Games, Inc v Apple Inc [2021] FCAFC 122
On 9 April 2021, the Federal Court of Australia stayed proceedings brought by Epic Games (Epic) against Apple for various breaches of the CCA on the basis of a clause in the underlying agreement between the parties requiring that all…
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Jonathan Taylor QC Q&A for Duke Law School’s Center for Sports Law & Policy
In the interview, Jonathan covers a wide range of topics, including litigating in CAS’s Ad Hoc Division, his involvement with the action taken by WADA in relation to Russian doping, “hot tubbing” of experts and how to become a sports…
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Tackling IP Infringements in Social Media: EUIPO releases its Social Media Discussion Paper
Focusing specifically on new and existing trends in using social media for IP infringement activities and good practices to address them, the discussion paper supplements EUIPO’s earlier report on monitoring and analysing social media in relation to IP infringement, and…
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