Sports, Media and Entertainment Intelligence is the global monthly publication from DLA Piper's Sports, Media and Entertainment group.

Read the May 2013 issue of our newsletter

In this issue:

  • April's key gambling issues
  • Promotional games and contests in Belgium: look before you leap
  • Australia: "Free TV" proposes ban on the promotion of live odds
  • Proposed UK video games tax relief to undergo Commission investigation
  • Virtual advertising in Spain
  • Romania: Amendments to the mechanism for acquisition of TV advertising space
  • US: Court of Appeals rejects shutdown of retransmission service Aereo. Unsurprisingly, the broadcasters seek re-hearing
  • UK: BT makes official complaint to Ofcom over BSkyB's refusal to air ads
  • China: New data privacy standard signals change
  • UK Defamation Bill to become law
  • Europe: Public sector data to become real open data?
  • Monster in Paris caged by Italian court
  • NLA v Meltwater: UK Supreme Court seeks clarification from CJEU on the issue of temporary copies
  • UK: Revised cultural test for proposed creative sector tax reliefs
  • New York federal court says no to ReDigi's resale of digital used music
  • UK: Press regulation - Small blogs fall outside new regime
  • UK: Rival Royal Charter launched by the press

This new resource sits alongside the global team's new blog, Sports Media and Entertainment Online.

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