22.01.2025
FILM, MEDIA & GAMING
Playing in the same key – the cooperation between a musician and a manager
One of the key aspects of building a musician’s career in the artistic field is their relationship with the manager. The manager does not only support the artist in organization and promotion but often takes responsibility for financial issues, contracts, negotiations with partners or even manages the artist’s copyrights. This collaboration should be based not [...]
14.01.2025
FASHION, CULTURE & ART
When movie magic plays off-screen
Film music has a significant role in creating atmosphere and emotion on screen. Not only does it provide a backdrop to the plot and evoke emotions, but it also affects our imagination. Until recently, film producers, when thinking about creating music for a film, focused mainly on the authorial aspect of making music for a [...]
13.12.2024
ADVERTISING & EVENTS
The Regulation on general product safety – new obligations for the e-commerce industry
Sale of products purchased on Asian markets, especially Chinese, is a common way of earning money, particularly in the e-commerce sector. This is not surprising, as a broad product range and competitive prices are only some of the elements that can encourage this way of running a business. Unfortunately, not all products bought on foreign [...]
20.11.2024
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
The Electronic Communications Law or the ‘Constitution of the Telecommunications Market’
On Sunday, 10 November this year, the long-awaited Polish regulation - the Electronic Communications Law (‘ECL Act’) came into force. ECL Act implements the provisions of two directives into the Polish legal system: Directive 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code and [...]
11.11.2024
FILM, MEDIA & GAMING
R&D relief not only for scientists and inventors, or how to take advantage of relief in the creative industry
The essence of R&D relief At the beginning we will explain what really the R&D relief is. To put it as simply as possible, R&D relief is a relief for research and development, which consists of the possibility to recognize a given cost as a tax-deductible expense twice. In other words, it is a double [...]
31.10.2024
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
#Taxes
‘In this world, only death and taxes are certain’ - so it is no surprise that taxes also affect and concern intellectual property law in the broadest sense and the business that deals with it daily. Starting today, we will be writing about this on our Blog. We will try to introduce you in an [...]
10.10.2024
FILM, MEDIA & GAMING
The new rules for the processing of personal data by online pharmacies
On 4 October 2024, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled in Case C-21/23, which will significantly impact e-commerce businesses, particularly pharmacies selling online. The Court decided that the information entered in ordering medicines online, such as name, delivery address and elements necessary for the individualisation of medicinal products, constitutes 'health data' within the [...]
29.08.2024
FASHION, CULTURE & ART
Is the artist limited by anything other than his imagination? Duchamp's Urinal and Andi Warhol's Invisible Sculptures which is about the legal framework of artistic creation in contemporary art.
As we know, art does not stay still. No thought was likely given during the creation of the law to the problem of protecting the display of an ordinary urinal as a work of art[1], an installation consisting of a banana stuck to the wall with duct tape[2] or the placement of an artificial palm [...]
13.08.2024
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
Criminal liability for publishing and disseminating deepfake material
Despite its undeniable benefits, developing new technologies also has its dark side. The widespread access to advanced software using artificial intelligence and the simplicity of its use means that these tools are increasingly being used to commit crimes. Audiovisual material created using the deepfake technique, which uses the image and voice of a real person [...]
25.06.2024
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
Scarlett Johansson v. OpenAI - does the actress have a right to her voice?
Actors have many attributes, such as their voice or image. These contribute not only to market value but are also their personal assets. So what should an actress do when she learns that the latest artificial intelligence speaks with her voice? Several months back, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, asked Scarlett Johansson if she would [...]
19.06.2024
FILM, MEDIA & GAMING
New frames for protection and regulation of media in European Union – European Media Freedom Act
Regulation (EU) 2024/1083 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market and amending Directive 2010/13/EU (European Media Freedom Act) came into force in May. What does it bring with itself? During her speech to the European Parliament, Ursula von der [...]
13.06.2024
PERSONAL RIGHTS AND MEDIA CRISES
Will the "anti-SLAPP" directive bring expected change to the public debate protection standard?
On May 6, 2024, Directive 2024/1069 on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded claims or abusive court proceedings, referred to in the media as the "anti-SLAPP Directive," went into effect. Will the new EU regulation bring the expected change in the standard of protection of public debate? As the directive's preamble [...]
