30.06.2026
ADVERTISING & EVENTS
When those who are absent take the floor. On the legal risks of holographic speakers
Holographic concerts are no longer a novelty straddling the worlds of technology and show business. Today, they can take the form of both large-scale, long-running spectacles attracting international audiences – as exemplified by the ABBA concert project in London – and a regular feature of cultural institutions’ programmes in Poland, as demonstrated by the concerts [...]
14.05.2026
FILM, MEDIA & GAMING
Europe United on Series – Council of Europe Convention on Co-production
Poland has signed the Council of Europe Convention on the Co-production of Television Series (the “Convention”), but it has not yet been ratified. The signing took place in Lille; alongside the Polish Secretary of State at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the document was signed by eight representatives of other countries. This is [...]
01.04.2026
FILM, MEDIA & GAMING
Television formats – between copyright and know-how
The concept of a television format is well known to viewers, the creative industry and lawyers alike. However, each of these groups understands it in its own way. In general terms, a ‘television format’ is the method of producing a given television programme (series, game show, reality show, etc.), particularly in terms of certain standards: [...]
14.11.2025
FASHION, CULTURE & ART
Music Publishing – What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Works
Music publishing is an essential part of the music industry, supporting creators and helping them generate revenue from their work. Although still a developing segment of the Polish music market, it plays a significant role in the circulation of musical works, especially in the digital environment. Publishing companies are often mistaken for record labels, particularly [...]
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 [...]
14.12.2022
FILM, MEDIA & GAMING
Supreme Court ruling on Chomikuj.pl. What does this mean for service providers?
The Supreme Court has recently drafted a justification of the judgment in the famous case against Chomikuj.pl. What does this judgment mean for the service itself as well as other service providers? What can we learn about the obligations of service providers from the justification? In May 2022 The Supreme Court issued a verdict in [...]
26.07.2021
FILM, MEDIA & GAMING
Legal aspects of using music in films
For the first time, the sound appeared in film in 1927 in The Jazz Band Singer, which is considered the first sound film in the history of cinema. Since then, music has become an essential element of every audiovisual work, creating a background for the images that appear. Today it is hard to imagine the [...]
28.04.2021
BRAND & DESIGN
What is "El Clasico"? All about a failed attempt to register a trademark
El Clasico, or the skirmishes between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, is more than a match. It is a clash of Catalan independence aspirations with Spanish centralism. It is a symbol of rivalry, an occasion for meetings, a source of (not only sporting) emotions. But not a trademark. This was the conclusion reached by the [...]
29.10.2020
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
Google v. Oracle, the copyright dispute of the decade
This month saw the long-awaited hearing before the US Supreme Court between two tech giants - Google and Oracle. This copyright dispute of the decade, as it is often referred to by the media, began in 2010, following the acquisition of Java creators Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation. The outcome of the dispute could have [...]
14.08.2019
FASHION, CULTURE & ART
20 years of court battle for two seconds of music - or how to legally sample?
After exactly two decades of dispute between the classics of the German electronic music scene, Kraftwerk and hip-hop producers, M. Pelham and M. Haas, the Court of Justice of the European Union answered the question on the legality of the use of samples. To be exact, on one of the threads important in answering such [...]
06.05.2019
BRAND & DESIGN
Starbucks mug on the Winterfell table - how did it happen?
The Internet rumbles about the "slip-up" of the creators of the latest episode of the eighth season of the famous series "Game of Thrones". What is it about this time? Well, in one of the scenes set at Starks Castle, Queen Daenerys is ‘accompanied’ by a paper cup from a well-known chain of Starbucks cafés. [...]
21.05.2018
FILM, MEDIA & GAMING
A clash of two giants, the storm around the chronology of film distribution in France
The program for this year’s Cannes festival announced on 12 April at an official press conference is the subject of heated discussion. The controversy concerns not so much what it contains, as what has not been included. Netflix withdrew the entries of its film productions due to the regulations applicable in France pertaining to the [...]
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