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May 17, 2019
In April 2019, the Court of Appeal upheld an award of a total of £20,000 in damages for misuse of private information to a couple whose eviction was included in an episode of Channel 5’s Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away. While the Court of Appeal recognised that other judges might have reached a different… Read more »
May 14, 2019
In FBT Productions LLC v Let Them Eat Vinyl Distribution Ltd the High Court has found a record company liable for primary infringement of another label’s copyright in Eminem’s first album, Infinite. Yet the related distributor was not found liable for secondary infringement under section 23 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA),… Read more »
May 14, 2019
Welcome to the Spring Employment Newsletter May 2019. In this edition we look at: EMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION CHANGES SUSPENSION PENDING INVESTIGATION: A BREACH OF TRUST AND CONFIDENCE? SHOULD HOLIDAY PAY INCLUDE OVERTIME PAYMENTS? _________________________ If you would like to discuss any of the points raised, please get in touch with a member of the Employment department:… Read more »
May 1, 2019
Simkins LLP is delighted to announce the appointment of Ed Weidman as a partner with effect from today, 1 May 2019. Ed is a commercial lawyer specialising in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts and advising on the exploitation and protection of intellectual property rights. Ed’s areas of expertise include entertainment (including music, live events, publishing,… Read more »
April 23, 2019
On 15 April 2019 the European Council approved the final text of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (also known as the EU Copyright Directive),[1] which has been the subject of intense debate and lobbying since its initial proposal in 2016. The Directive will enter into force on the twentieth day following… Read more »
April 23, 2019
After securing a court order against viagogo in November 2018, the Competition and Markets Authority issued a reminder to viagogo, StubHub and Ticketmaster that, by midnight on 17 January 2019, they were each required to have overhauled their processes to improve information on tickets listed for resale. The CMA also published an open letter to secondary… Read more »
April 23, 2019
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that ads for a Tombola arcade game in an I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here app breached CAP Code rules on gambling, as they were likely to be used by under-18s. In its ruling,[1] the ASA said that, even though the app was neither directed nor targeted… Read more »
March 12, 2019
Advocate General Szpunar has provided a thought-provoking opinion in a case on sampling.[1] Sampling involves taking a sample of a sound recording for use as an element (which is often repeated as a hook or loop) in a new sound recording. The German Federal Court of Justice[2] referred several questions to the Court of Justice… Read more »
March 7, 2019
As a proud official partner of ReBalance, Simkins LLP is delighted to share the news that ReBalance have announced the programme’s first three finalists for 2019. The finalists are Lady Sanity, Luna, and Martha Hill. The ReBalance programme is developed by Festival Republic and the PRS Foundation to address gender imbalance within the music industry. … Read more »
