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BBC World News (BBCWN) is a 24 hour international news and information channel owned by BBC Global News Limited (BBCGTV), a commercial subsidiary of the BBC, and funded through advertising and subscription. BBCGTV holds an Ofcom Licence. Ofcom investigated BBCWN for possible breaches of funding rules resulting from broadcasting documentaries without cost or at a nominal cost, as low as £1. Ofcom initially investigated 75 programmes broadcast on BBCWN, narrowing it to 14 programmes. Each programme lasted around 30 minutes and was funded by not-for-profit organisations operating largely in the areas...

Following the judgment of the European Court of Justicein Google Spain (Case C-131/12) (see IRIS 2014-6/3), many people sought to take advantage of the so-called “right to be forgotten”. Google, in processing these claims, developed the practice of notifying the news sources of the decision to de-list that story in response to a search on an individual’s name. As a result, a number of news outlets then ran stories about the de-listing which included a re-iteration of the data thatin the circumstances have been accepted as out-of-date. In this regard, an individual who had successfully requested...

Agreement has been reached by the UK Government, the British Board of Film Classification and Vevo and YouTube to make permanent a trial scheme for the rating of all music videos by artists signed to Sony Music UK, Universal Music UK and Warner Music UK. Independent music labels will also take part in a further six month phase of the project. The governing Conservative Party had included in its manifesto a commitment to introduce age rating for all music videos online. This development is part of the implementation of the commitment; the Government will also seek to extend it internationally by...

On 23 July 2015, the European Commission sent a Statement of Objections to Sky UK and a number of film studios, setting out the Commission’s preliminary view that the parties have anti-competitive agreements in place, in violation of EU competition law. A statement of objections is a formal step in an investigation into possible violations of EU law, and while the statement does not prejudge the outcome of an investigation, it contains the Commission’s preliminary position. The film studios involved include Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. The...

In a judgment dated the 19 June 2015, the High Court set aside section 28B of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, introduced with effect from 1 October 2014 by Copyright and rights in Performance (Personal Copies for Private Use) Regulations 2014, which allowed an exception to copyright laws based upon private use (see IRIS 2014-10/19). Section 28B allowed for any person who had legitimately acquired copyrighted material to copy that work, including onto other formats, provided it was for legitimate non-commercial use. Section 28B arose from the government using a discretion under Directive...