Practice Areas

The need for competent legal services and assistance is rapidly increasing within all areas of the media and entertainment industry worldwide.

The development of the Internet and the distribution of television programmes, music, text, and games on the Internet is creating great opportunities for the media and entertainment industry, but is also causing huge challenges when it comes to clearing and protecting the copyrights that are involved. This also applies to new television services such as Video-on-Demand. The gaming industry is developing across borders, which creates legal challenges, for example, when the industry is met with rather strict legislation in the Scandinavian countries.

At the same time, the interest for traditional art, such as literature, theatre, opera, paintings, and other works of art is increasing, and sponsorships of cultural events have become widely adopted.

In sports, the monetary sums involved are constantly increasing. Enormous amounts of money are used to buy television rights and sponsorships, and the income from commercials and merchandise sales can be surprisingly high. Sports stars themselves are among the best paid people in the world.

NORDIA provides assistance to all of the relevant market players, such as

• Television networks and radio stations
• Film companies, film producers, and distributors
• Record companies and producers
• Theatres
• All kinds of artists, including actors, authors, opera singers, composers, and bands
• Publishers and distributors
• Sponsors
• Gaming firms
• Athletes, sports agents, sports clubs, and national and international sports organisations

NORDIA assists its clients in all project phases, from idea to implementation.

NORDIA’s competencies include

The preparation, negotiation, and drafting of agreements for

• Production
• Distribution
• Publishing
• Financing
• Management
• Merchandising
• Licensing
• Sponsorship
• Transfers
• Players
• Clearance of copyrights, including broadcasting and transmission rights
• Media liability cases
• Invasion of privacy issues