Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial was of substantial public interest in Australia late last year, with thousands of viewers accessing the livestream of the trial and widespread reporting of the parties’ arguments and evidence each day. In this series of articles, we reflect on some of the civil procedure takeaways from the hearing. This first article…

A press of the past
Well over a decade has passed since the ‘News International’ scandal, which saw allegations of police bribery, phone hacking and the exercise of improper influence to obtain stories. The scandal saw the News of the World shuttered, newspaper editors in the dock, and the resignation of high-ranking police officials.
What…

Facts of the case
Kukuxumusu Ideas S.L. (hereinafter, “Claimant”) filed a copyright infringement action with the Commercial Court of Pamplona No. 1 against its former creative director, Mikel Urmeneta, several other former illustrators (collectively referred to as the “Authors”) and the entity Hombre de Paja, S.L (hereinafter, along with the Authors, collectively referred to as…

Most provisions of the Online Safety Act (“OSA“) are now in force. As such we expect Ofcom has begun to request information from certain companies, including information about their revenues to help determine fees, and they have begun to carry out consultations on draft Codes of Conduct and guidance. However, the first general compliance deadline…

Where are we since the Economics of Streaming Report?
It has been over two years since the Select Committee called for a ‘complete reset’ of the digital music business. The IPO responded by setting up three industry led work streams into metadata, transparency and remuneration.
Metadata
On metadata, we have seen the United Kingdom Industry…

What’s new?
2023 was a relatively quiet year in Danish online gambling. The year saw the introduction of the requirement to identify yourself when placing bets in brick and mortar betting shops(!) and a couple of other interesting decisions. However, we are now looking at a big change to the Danish Gambling Act in 2024,…

The B2B software gambling licence
A significant development in 2023 was the eagerly awaited implementation of the new B2B software licensing regulation that came into effect on 1 July 2023. This regulation mandates that entities involved in manufacturing, supplying, installing, or adapting gambling software for online games must hold a licence. The primary aim of…