Digital
Building on the firm’s leading position in music, film and television, Lee & Thompson provide legal expertise in the highly specialised area of digital media.
Our dedicated team of digital media experts covers all of the legal, commercial and strategic issues in exploiting content, brand and services through the internet, mobile and other digital platforms.
We advise a broad range of clients in this area including entrepreneurs and startups, record labels, book publishers, community sites, event organisers, app and games developers, streaming services, celebrities operating their own fan sites, content aggregators, digital retailers and of course content owners.
Our specialist advice includes the following:
- Legal compliance online (eg. e-commerce regulations, distance selling and data protection laws);
- Infringement on the internet and take-downs;
- Digital content licensing, in particular a thorough understanding of online music licensing;
- Webhosting and development agreements;
- Online community agreements;
- Webstore and premium access arrangements;
- Digital distribution of all forms of content;
- Online advertising revenue share arrangements;
- Technology licensing.
We pride ourselves on being fully conversant in digital business models and the commercial realities in which they operate, and so able to provide not just the legal guidelines but also tailor-made and practical solutions for our clients’ business models.