Entertainment Technology Briefing: October 2024

Legal updates

Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill introduced into Parliament to clarify crypto’s legal status (Gov.uk)

Public Authority Algorithmic and Automated Decision-Making Systems Bill due to receive its second reading (UK Parliament)

Disney sued over use of dead actor’s pictures in Star Wars spin-off (Telegraph)

Samsung accused of obstructing Fortnite downloads on certain mobile devices (BBC)

Google scores rare legal win as 1.49bn euro fine for blocking rival online search advertisers scrapped (BBC) – Judgment of General Court here

Spotify wins case over 'billions' of Eminem streams (BBC)

EU court rules Google must pay €2.4bn fine (BBC) – Judgment of the Court of Justice here

US accuses Google of dominating ad tech market as antitrust trial begins (FT)

MusicTech

CMA launches investigation into Ticketmaster over Oasis concert sales (CMA) Simkins analysis by Naoise Tan: Looking back in anger? Investigation launched into the use of dynamic ticket pricing for Oasis Live ‘25

GEMA proposes licensing model for AI-generated music (Music Business Worldwide)

TikTok Music subscription service to close as platform aligns with partner DSPs globally (Music Week)

AI

Meta, Google, and Other Tech Giants Warn That EU Might Be Falling behind in the AI Race (TechReport)

Apple launches iPhone 16 as it bets on AI future (FT)

UK signs first international treaty addressing risks of artificial intelligence (Gov.uk)

£10bn investment by Blackstone in Northumberland AI data centre confirmed (BBC)

LinkedIn suspends AI training using UK user data after regulator concerns (BBC)

Data

ICO reprimands Sky Betting and Gaming for using cookies without consent (ICO)

Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta Ireland €91 million (Data Protection Commission)

ICO issues statement in response to Meta's announcement on user data to train AI (ICO)

ICO issues statement in response to Meta’s announcement to introduce teen accounts (ICO)