Arts, Media & Entertainment
In the limelight
When you are in the spotlight, you play by a slightly different set of rules. Whether it is a defamation, copyright or broadcasting rights matter, contract negotiations, artist management issue, media obligations, estate planning, or all of the above, ALTIUS can give you personalised and specialised advice via its dedicated Arts, & Media & Entertainment team or its dedicated sports legal agency, ATFIELD.
How we can help
Corporate & Finance
- Business set-up
- Art financing and lending
- M&A and disposals
IP & IT
- Copyright & neighbouring rights including moral rights and resale rights
- Trademarks
- Domain names
- Software & databases
- Technology patents
Privacy & Personality Rights
- GDPR compliance
- Publicity rights including image rights
- Conflict between art and freedom of speech
- Defamation
- Right to reply
Contracts
- Exhibition
- Consignment
- Sale and lending
- Licensing, distribution,franchising
- Artists and management
- Publishing
- Broadcasting
- Employment & volunteers
Media Law
- EU, national and Community law (Flemish, French & German-speaking Communities)
- Pre-publication and pre-broadcasting advice and clearance
- Notification & permit requirements
- Real estate including network infrastructure
Dispute Resolution
- Pre-litigation advice
- Litigation, mediation & arbitration
Tax
- All domains of (cross-border) taxation
- Tax Shelter
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Our latest art, media & entertainment news
Trademark protection in Web 3.0: Lessons from the Hermès vs. MetaBirkins case
On 8 February 2023, a New York jury delivered its long-awaited verdict in a case brought by the French luxury brand Hermès, against the artist Mason Rothschild.
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Copyright fit for the internet age? Belgium implements the DSM directive (Part 3: New rules governing copyright contracts)
On 1 August 2022, the Belgian law transposing the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (“DSM directive”) (EU Directive 2019/790) was published in the Belgian State Gazette (NL / FR). The new law enters into effect immediately (with the exception of a few provisions).
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Copyright fit for the internet age? Belgium implements the DSM directive (Part 2: New neighbouring right for press publishers & four new mandatory exceptions to copyright)
On 1 August 2022, the Belgian law transposing the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (“DSM directive”) (EU Directive 2019/790) was published in the Belgian State Gazette (NL / FR). The new law enters into effect immediately (with the exception of a few provisions).
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