A Computer Scientist Makes the Case for Speculative Fiction

LAreviewofbooks, here. 

Spotify’s Discover Weekly: How machine learning finds your new music

HackerMoon, here. 

Wer verlinkt, muss nicht immer prüfen: Neue Urteile zur Linkhaftung

Heise.de, hier. 

European General Court rules (again) on Mandatory Access and Interoperability in Software Industry (T-751/15)

Competitionlawblog.kluwercompetitionlaw, here. 

State aid: Commission opens in-depth investigation into UK tax scheme for multinationals

EC, here. 

Platforms: Guardians of the Digital Economy

J. Tirole, here. 

A New Banking Paradigm: The State of Open Banking in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States

D. Milanesi, here.

Enforcing EU competition law – recent developments and a glance to the future

J.Laitenberger, here.

Article 29 Working Party Guidelines on Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

Twobirds, here.

European Banks Forced to Open the (Data) Vault

Bloomberg, here.

Teure Trucks

Sueddeutsche, hier.

Gab Legal Update

Gab, here..

The Judge’s Code

S. Jeong, here.

WHY FACEBOOK SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO BUY TBH

Stratechery,  here.

You can get an Apple Watch for only $25 ... with one small catch

CNBC, here.

EU cartel probe into carmakers expands to Daimler and VW

FT,here.

EC confirms inspections in the car sector in Germany

Press Release, here.

Report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the right to privacy

Here.

Processing personal data in the context of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS)

Article 29 WP, here.

Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens

Wired, here.

BMW raided in cartel investigation as Daimler claims immunity

Reuters, here.

RETOUR SUR MYDATA 2017 : LA NAISSANCE D’UN RÉSEAU DURABLE

MesInfos, ici, 

Who owns the Machine Generated Data in IoT – Men or Machine?

IIot-world.com, here. 

Pourriez-vous régler vos achats en données personnelles ? Un magasin teste le concept

Numérama, ici, 

The New Age of Corporate Monopolies

A. Vestager, TEDTalk here. 

Le Parlement européen échoue à protéger notre vie privée

La Quadrature du Net, ici.

Songkick To Shut Down, Continue Legal Battle With Ticketmaster/Live Nation

Liveformusic, here.

One simple chart shows why Facebook just bought an anonymous chat app for teens

BusinessInsider, here.

Compromise ePrivacy Regulation text as adopted today in EU Parliament LIBe committee.

Here.

ePrivacy – An Outlook on a New Framework

M. Lauristin, here. 

AI​ ​Now​ ​2017​ ​Report

Here. 

Kemira reached a settlement with CDC in the damage claim litigation in Dortmund related to hydrogen peroxide business in 1994-2000

Kemira, here. 

The Recommendation on Measures to Safeguard Fundamental Rights and the Open Internet in the Framework of the EU Copyright Reform

Martin Senftleben,a Christina Angelopoulos,b Gianfranco Frosio,c Valentina Moscon,d Miquel Peguera,e Ole-Andreas Rognstad, here. 

Why Surge Prices Make Us So Mad: What Springsteen, Home Depot and a Nobel Winner Know

NYTimes, here. 

EU-Copyright-Reform: Einschränkung von Text- und Data-Mining droht

Heise, hier. 

Enslaving the Algorithm: From a ‘Right to an Explanation’ to a ‘Right to Better Decisions’?

L. Edwards, M. Veale, here. 

ACCC welcomes new era in competition law

ACCC, here. 

Competition through interoperability

C. Riley, here. 

Hollywood Confronts a Copyright Argument With Potential for Mass Disruption

HollywoodReporter, here. 

EU-Urheberrechtsreform: Streit über Upload-Filter und Grundrechte

iRights, hier. 

Trump Picks Joseph Simons, Corporate Antitrust Lawyer, to Lead F.T.C

NYTimes, here. 

Intelligence artificielle : toujours plus puissant, AlphaGo apprend désormais sans données humaines

Le Monde, ici. 

Like Uber, for socialism: Chinese leader calls for more use of AI, big data and sharing economy

TheRegister, here. 

Der Bundeskartellamt-Chef erklärt, wie er sich gegen Amazon, Facebook & Co. durchsetzen will

BusinessInsider, hier.

Tapetenkartell: Gericht erhöht Bußgelder für Mandanten von Hengeler und Gibson Dunn

Juve, hier.

Competition, Innovation, and Competition Law: Dissecting the Interplay

W. Kerber, here.

Véhicules connectés : un pack de conformité pour une utilisation responsable des données

CNIL, ici. 

Taiwan targets Google on Android

GCR, here. 

Qualcomm hit with $773 million fine in Taiwan for antitrust violations

AndroidAuthority, here. 

Growing the artificial intelligence industry in the UK

W. Hall and Jérôme Pesenti for the UK  Business Secretary and Culture Secretary, here. 

Guidelines on Personal data breach notification under Regulation 2016/679

WP29, here. 

Guidelines on automated individual decision-making and profiling for the purposes of Regulation 2016/679

WP29, here. 

How Can We Reveal Bias in Computer Algorithms?

Theregreview, here. 

Spotify launches an app for artists with real-time streaming data, audience demographics

TechCrunch, here. 

Big Data and Canadian Competition Policy

D. Sokol, here. 

IMPLEMENTING THE MARRAKESH TREATY IN EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES: A GUIDE FOR LIBRARIES

IFLA, EBLIDA here.

Droits d'auteur, une directive contre productive?

France Culture, ici. 

Dow/Dupont

EU CASE M.7932, here. 

Major Studios, Streamers Declare Legal War on TickBox

Hollywood Reporter, here. 

German researchers resign from Elsevier journals in push for nationwide open access

ScienceMag, here. 

Vermeer was brilliant, but he was not without influences

The Economist, here (and here). 

Qualcomm Seeks China iPhone Ban, Expanding Apple Legal Fight

Bloomberg, here. 

American Express Fee Accusations Get U.S.Supreme Court Hearing

Bloomberg, here. 

Supreme Court entscheidet über die Zukunft der Cloud

Zeit.de, hier. 

Privacy is a competitive advantage

FT, here. 

Facebook just acquired TBH, the anonymous app popular with high school kids

Recode, here. 

Disney Fights Unlicensed 'Star Wars,' 'Frozen' Characters at Children's Birthday Parties

HollywoodReporter, here. 

Dear Google, You Could Start Fixing Content ID By Taking Down Dozens Of YouTube Videos On How To Defeat It

Hypebot.com, here. 

Access to In-vehicle Data and Resources

EC, here.

Automatic image retouching on your phone

MIT, here, 

Setting innovation free

M. Vestager, here. 

Google ditches Home Mini's top-touch panel feature after privacy blunder

ZDNet, here. 

Gericht verurteilt Tapetenhersteller zu Millionenbußen

Zeit.de, hier. . 

CMA provisionally clears Just Eat / Hungryhouse merger

CMA, here. 

Democratic Rep. Seeks Google Info From FTC

Broadcastingcable, here. 

Kartell-Bedenken gegen Fusion von T-Mobile US und Sprint

FAZ, hier.

Death and taxes

The Bookseller, here.

Slovenia signs the European declaration on high-performance computing

EC, here.

Concerns raised about privacy, GDPR as Lords peer over Data Protection Bill

The Register, here.

OTAs dominate the Chinese travel market with over 70% digital bookings

ChinaTravelNews, here.

Data Governance Regimes in the Digital Economy: The Example of Connected Cars

W. Kerber and J. Severin Frank, here.

For internet gatekeepers, consumer protection laws are better than utility-style regulation

Brookings, here. 

How Companies Use Personal Data Against People

W. Christl, here. 

Richard Thaler is a controversial Nobel prize winner – but a deserving one

R. Shiller, here. 

Exploring Copyright: History, Culture, Industry

FutureLearn, here. 

As Netflix raises prices, Hulu drops them—and acquires all its old favorites

Quartz, here. 

UK Lords Artificial Intelligence Committee

Submitted written evidence, here. 

Amazons größter Konkurrent investiert 15 Milliarden Dollar in Forschung

FAZ, hier. 

Google’s Home Mini needed a software patch to stop some of them from recording everything

TheVerge, here. 

What the proposed new EU rules on free flow of non-personal data could mean for businesses

ComputerWorld, here. 

Law, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality

M. Lemley, E. Volokh, here. 

Was Handydaten über die Psyche sagen

MorgenPost, hier. 

The Dynamics of Online Hotel Prices and the EU Booking.Com Case

A. Mantovani, C. Piga, C. Reggiani, here. 

Real Talk About Fake News: Towards a Better Theory for Platform Governance

N. Syed, here. 

Competencia estudia si las editoriales se repartieron el mercado de los libros de texto

ElDiario, aquì.

Celebrating Wavesblog!

Nike t. Action Sport

RECHTBANK AMSTERDAM, C/13/615474 / HA ZA 16-959, hier.

Yandex introduces Alice, a Alexa-like assistant that speaks Russian

TechCrunch, here.

Strengthening the Position of Press Publishers and Authors and Performers in the Copyright Directive

L. Bently, M. Kretschmer, T. Dudenbostel ,M. del Carmen Calatrava Moreno, A. Radauer for the EP, here.

Merger effects on innovation: A rationale for stricter merger control?

J. Haucap, here.