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In the curious case of Fiona Harvey versus the streaming giant Netflix, the plot thickens. Netflix’s latest hit series 'Baby Reindeer' has set tongues wagging across the board. It charts comedian Richard Gadd (playing himself) and his real‑life ordeal with a stalker. Yet from the moment it aired earlier this year, weighty legal and ethical questions have hovered over privacy, commercial exploitation, and whether Netflix owed Ms Harvey a duty of care. Those debates centre on privacy, commercial exploitation, and the platform’s putative duty of care to Ms Harvey. Ms Harvey, reportedly the unwilling inspiration for 'Martha' in the programme, is not merely seeking the price of a subscription back; she is pursuing a $170m lawsuit. She alleges the show’s supposed failure to shield her identity caused defamation, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and infringements of the right of publicity. Now, cue the legal theatrics about what, exactly, turns a defamation battle into a finale‑worthy cliffhanger — or not. It is worth noting that, for the time being,...

Trustees of AFM and SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund and others v The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology [2025] EWHC 1944 (Ch) What are the practical implications of this case? This ruling may pave the way for substantial cross-border disputes in the music royalties arena. It brings several practical consequences: ongoing relevance of EU-derived substantive rights post-Brexit: the decision shows that claims for equitable remuneration grounded in EU standards can still be advanced, particularly where domestic law departed from those obligations (namely, Francovich damages). In this matter, UK law meant that a performer’s status as a US national yielded only a limited right to equitable remuneration (broadly aligned with protection in the US). By contrast, the EU stance is more generous representative proceedings: the court’s readiness to allow four performers (claimants 9–12) to act as representative claimants under CPR 19.8 indicates greater openness to class-style actions in intellectual property disputes, provided procedural thresholds are met audiovisual coverage persists: the...