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AI and the impact it will have on the future of the music industry - Cliff Fluet writes for UK Music’s 2023 Economic report
Press
14 November 2023Cliff Fluet contributes a piece on AI and the impact it will have on the future of the music industry. The piece highlights the importance of understanding the benefits and tackling the downsides of AI, as well as ensuring that laws look to protect image, personality and other economic rights that attach to creatives.
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Lewis Silkin has advised NME Networks on the sale of Uncut magazine to Kelsey Media
Deal
26 May 2023The deal, which includes the brand’s print publications and social and digital assets, completed earlier today. All Uncut’s staff also transferred with the sale.
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Lewis Silkin LLP shortlisted for The Lawyer Awards 2023
Press Release
27 April 2023Lewis Silkin LLP and Farrer & Co have been shortlisted in the Real Estate Team of the Year category in The Lawyer Awards 2023.
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Lewis Silkin announces partner promotions for 2023
Press Release
03 April 2023Four promoted from across the firm’s specialist practice groups.
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Company’s register of people with significant control (PSCs)
Inbrief
22 March 2023Most UK companies and LLPs are required to find out and record details of the individuals or legal entities that have significant beneficial ownership or control over them. The information must be recorded in the company’s register of people with significant control (PSC register) as part of its statutory books.
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Lewis Silkin recognised with top rankings in Chambers UK 2023 for Employment, Media and Entertainment: Advertising and Marketing, Information Technology, and Intellectual Property
Press Release
20 October 202219 of our practices are ranked, and all our existing Band 1 practice rankings have been maintained. In addition we have 56 ranked individuals, six of whom are new entries. This strong performance follows similarly robust results in the Legal 500 UK earlier this month.
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Lewis Silkin receives Tier 1 ranking in Legal 500 UK 2023 for Employment, M&A and Media and Entertainment
Press Release
29 September 2022Lewis Silkin continues to receive strong recognition in the latest edition of the Legal 500 UK released yesterday, earning 82 individual lawyer and practice rankings. In this edition we have seven top tier practice rankings, one new entry and three improved rankings.
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Lewis Silkin's new Northern Ireland office to reflect rapidly expanding offering
Press Release
15 August 202235-strong team consolidating into a single location in the heart of Belfast city centre.
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Lewis Silkin oversees construction contracts and construction aspects of major new UK film studio
18 July 2022Shinfield Studios development set to bring Hollywood to the Thames Valley.
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Lewis Silkin has advised ustwo studios in its transition to employee ownership
24 June 2022Lewis Silkin has advised ustwo in its transition to an EOT. As of April 2022, founders Mills and Sinx, and shareholder Marcus Woxneryd reduced their equity in ustwo studios and transferred the majority ownership of the business to all current and future employees.
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Shipwrecking online pirates: we can’t wait for a change in the wind, we need to adjust their sails to force a change of course
20 April 2022As life begins to return to some sort of normality after the huge disruption caused by COVID, we have been reflecting on how the swift imposition of lockdowns and other restrictions escalated what was likely to be a greater shift to the consumption of digital entertainment content via the internet and streaming services; both the legitimate and illegal kinds.
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Online Safety Bill introduced in Parliament: Geraint Lloyd-Taylor comments for Computer Weekly
17 March 2022The UK government has brought its long-awaited Online Safety Bill (OSB) before Parliament, introducing new criminal sanctions for tech company executives and senior managers alongside further criminal offences.
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Nick Allan comments for the BBC: Wordle code could be copied to play for seven years
Press
03 February 2022The code that powers the website of the viral puzzle game Wordle can be copied and saved to continue playing it for the next seven years, it has been revealed.
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UK Online Safety Bill a "missed opportunity", MPs claim: Geraint comments for ITPro
25 January 2022A DCMS report says the "unclear" draft legislation doesn't do enough to tackle child abuse and violence against women and girls.
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Lewis Silkin levels up games practice with new legal director
20 October 2021LONDON – Lewis Silkin today announces the appointment of Nick Allan as a legal director to lead the firm’s growing practice in interactive entertainment.
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Lewis Silkin receives tier 1 ranking in Legal 500 UK 2022 for Employment, M&A and Media and Entertainment
Press
01 October 2021Lewis Silkin continues to receive strong recognition in the latest Legal 500 UK guide released yesterday, earning 67 individual lawyer and practice rankings – of which 7 are top tier practice rankings, 3 were new entries and 7 were improvements on last year.
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On-demand programme services – who is now subject to Ofcom’s ODPS Rules?
15 September 2021On-demand programme services (ODPS) have been regulated for many years now, but since November 2020 the definition of an ODPS has been significantly extended. Guidance issued by Ofcom in September 2021 clarifies who has to notify, and who, therefore, will be regulated as an ODPS. No longer is it just “TV-like” services that are regulated.
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COVID-19 advice for corporate occupiers
16 June 2021Commercial tenants – whether occupying offices, retail premises, industrial units or other property - face potentially existential questions arising out of their landlord and tenant relations, how to manage cashflow and outgoings as revenues dry up, premises shut down and uncertainty reigns.
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Counsel to step up anti-piracy efforts after copyright win: Neil Parkes comments for Managing IP
Press
12 March 2021In-house lawyers in the music industry say two court rulings that ordered internet service providers to block access to stream-ripping websites will encourage them to target other services that have slipped through the net, and will add weight to their demands for legislative changes.
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Sports Q&A - How are esports regulated?
28 January 2021It’s impossible to answer this question without taking a closer look at the esports ecosystem. Although there are certain parallels to draw with traditional sports (with professional players, teams, leagues and championships) there are also significant differences. In particular, the international and national federation structure as seen in traditional sports is generally absent in esports.