Entertainment Technology Briefing: January 2025
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Welcome to our round-up of our top selection of legal updates and technology news relevant to the media and entertainment industry in December.
If you are looking for advice in relation to any of the issues mentioned, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Legal updates
UK consults on proposals to give creative industries and AI developers clarity over copyright laws (gov.uk)
Commission opens formal proceedings against TikTok under Digital Services Act (European Commission)
Italy fines OpenAI over ChatGPT privacy rules breach (Reuters)
The Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2024 have been made (legislation.gov)
Online Supply Pathway of Age-restricted Ads (ASA)
Supreme Court to hear TikTok's last gasp bid to avoid US ban (BBC)
Google suggests fixes to search monopoly amid antitrust battle (BBC)
AI
OpenAI announces plan to transform into for-profit company (The Verge)
Google releases its own ‘reasoning’ AI model (TechCrunch)
MusicTech
Music industry voices concerns as UK government launches consultation on copyright and AI training (Music Week)
Spotify allegedly using ‘ghost artists’ to minimise royalty costs (MusicTech)
Web3
What next for Bitcoin after bursting $100k barrier? (BBC)
IT expert convicted for repeatedly lying about inventing Bitcoin (BBC)
FCA finds crypto ownership continues to rise as it delivers plans to regulate crypto (FCA)
Data
ICO publishes outcomes report to consultation series on generative AI (ICO)
UK data regulator criticises Google for ‘irresponsible’ ad tracking change (The Guardian)
EDPB opinion on AI models: GDPR principles support responsible AI (EDPB)
Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta €251 million (Irish Data Protection Commission)
