Is the ‘Net’ Finally Closing in on the Online Robber Barons
Is the ‘Net’ Finally Closing in on the Online Robber Barons October 28, 2024 – Matthew Higdon, Partner at M LAW LLP Over the past three decades, with a few exceptions, Big Tech has been left alone to carve out significant monopolies, largely untroubled by effective sanction. But, a breeze of change is gathering, with
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Striking the Right Chord: Navigating Music Rights for Brands on TikTok and Instagram Reels
Billy Jenks, consultant solicitor to M LAW Introduction In the ever-evolving realm of sports and entertainment, the intersection of football and video games has become an important space, offering fans an immersive and dynamic experience. As the popularity of football video games continues to soar, the image rights of football players featured has garnered increased attention.
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The Evolving Landscape of Football Player Image Rights in Video Games
Billy Jenks, consultant solicitor to M LAW Introduction In the ever-evolving realm of sports and entertainment, the intersection of football and video games has become an important space, offering fans an immersive and dynamic experience. As the popularity of football video games continues to soar, the image rights of football players featured has garnered increased attention.
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More Musings on AI
Oliver Fetiveau, Partner M LAW LLP Despite the widespread discussion of its perils, which depending on who you ask range from ‘it may increase unemployment to’ to ‘it will kill us all’, AI is not going anywhere. The role of AI within the creative industry, and what its impact may be on the world of
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Will AI First Kill All the Lawyers?
Matthew Higdon, Partner M LAW LLP Tony Blair said last week (Sept ’23): “Never mind geopolitics, the big real-world event is generative AI – it will change the way we live, we work – it’s going to change everything…” Blair’s “greatest challenge to lawmakers” is, by extension, also the greatest challenge to lawyers. Certainly, Ed Felton at Princeton[1]
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All We Can Eat – Football a la Cartel
Author – Oliver Fetiveau, April 21, 2021
News of the breakaway Super League has rocked the world of football. It has already claimed its first casualty, with Jose Mourinho destined, ironically given the empty trophy cabinet, to leave Spurs a hero apparently
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Three Legal Conundrums in the Press This Week
Dated : Jul 4, 2019
Three little stories in the press this week have posed what we believe are some interesting legal issues. Whilst the stories are all international, we approach them from a UK law perspective
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Physician Heal Thyself…
Dated : Jul 4, 2019
What at first may have appeared as a familiar attempt from Jose Mourinho to deflect focus from Chelsea’s opening
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One Artist’s Rubbish Is Another Person’s Treasure
Dated : Aug 22, 2015
Our attention has been caught by the recent story of a legal row between an artist and her former studio & workshop. In a nutshell Gypsy Hill Workshop (the ‘Workshop’’) have allegedly sold items which they claim are the ‘work’ of artist Angelique Hartigan.
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Uber and Out ? A look at the regulatory implications of the current spat.
Dated : 2015
On 22 September, Transport for London issued a statement. It had decided, pending its expiry on 30 September, that Uber’s ‘private hire operator licence’ would not be renewed.
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