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Impact of Brexit on the Media, Sport and Entertainment industries
European Union, United Kingdom - January 21 2021 On 1 January 2021, the Brexit transition period came to an end and the UK is now no longer subject to the rules of the EU. In this article, we take a…
Duncan Calow, Sam Churney, Tom Fitzpatrick, Lisa Roberts, Emma Stockman, Sam Szlezinger, John Wilks
Filmspeler - Sale of “fully-loaded” IPTV boxes and “unlawful use”
European Union - May 11 2017 In another welcome decision for content owners and broadcasters, the CJEU has dealt a significant blow to the business models of those individuals…
Filmspeler - Advocate General applies linking case law to Internet media players
European Union - December 14 2016 Hot on the coattails of the CJEU's ruling in GS Media (see here), the court's Advocate General has come down hard on the seller of pre-configured…
Think before you link - CJEU confirms that linking to freely available but unauthorised content can infringe copyright
European Union - September 9 2016 Following the string of cases on hyperlinking the CJEU has dealt with in recent years, the court has emphatically confirmed in its judgment in GS…
TV Catchup and section 73 – (nearly) the end of the road?
European Union - May 22 2015 The Court of Appeal in England has recently made a second reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the case brought by UK…
