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

Commercial

  • Advertising
  • Marketing, promotion & sponsoring
  • Social media

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

For more information

Our experts in Arts, Media, and Entertainment law

  • Olivier Vrins

    Partner

  • Alexander De Bleeckere

    Managing Associate

Our latest art, media & entertainment news

March 14, 2023

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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August 05, 2022

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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August 04, 2022

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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