Thursday, July 27, 2017

Making Sense of Our Very Competitive, Super Monopolistic Economy

W. Frick, here.

What data does Facebook share with advertisers?

Quora, here. See also here.

Averting Robot Eyes

M. Kaminski, M. Reuben, C. Grimm, W. Smart, here.

Platform Monopolization by Narrow-PPC-BPG Combination: Booking et al.

F. Wals, M. Schinkel, here.

Das Problem der diskriminierenden Algorithmen

Technology Review, hier.

The Game of Thrones: librarians victorious in fight for the public in the Copyright Wars

M. Rimmer, here.

Your guide to the Google Shopping decision

P.Beneke, here.

Platformverbote: GA Wahl zur EuGH-Vorlage

S.Telle, hier.

MICROSOFT’S MONOPOLY HANGOVER

Stratechery, here.

Chemiekonzerne unter Kartellverdacht

FAZ, hier.

How Markets in Europe Opened Up as Guild Monopolies Declined in the Sixteenth Century

ProMarket, here.

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Biased AI is a threat to civil liberties. The ACLU has a plan to fix it

Co.Design, here

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Bußgelder wegen Preisbindungen bei Bekleidung in Höhe von insgesamt rund 10,9 Mio. Euro

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder

Gizmodo, here.

Open Data : les Archives Nationales optent pour un principe de gratuité

NextImpact, ici.

An assessment of the Commission’s Proposal on Privacy and Electronic Communications

IViR, here.

Roomba vacuum maker iRobot betting big on the 'smart' home

Reuters, here.

Netflix and Go: Expanding Access to Online Content Services when Travelling within the EU

Scl.org, here.

Madrid asks anti-trust watchdog to probe Uber's new airport service

Reuters, here.

Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2017 - Chapters 1 and 2

P. Menell, M. Lemley, R. Merges, here

The European Data Economy

M. Gabriel, here

Google’s payments to partners are the highest in 8 years and Wall Street is not happy

UK.businessinsider, here

The CJEU Pirate Bay Judgment and its Impact on the Liability of Online Platforms

E. Rosati, here

A Better Deal: Cracking Down on Corporate Monopolies and the Abuse of Economic and Political Power

US Democrats, here. See also here

Friday, July 21, 2017

Facebook Challenged by Activist Who Broke EU-U.S. Data Pact

Bloomberg, here.

U.S. House panel approves broad proposal on self-driving cars

Reuters, here.

POLICY CHOICES FOR A DIGITAL AGE

Friends of Europe, here.

FTC probing allegations of Amazon's deceptive discounting

Reuters, here.

How algorithms make important government decisions — and how that affects you

ABC, here.

Open markets must benefit consumers or distrust will grow

ACC, here.

WhatsApp is building out its business team to start bringing in revenue

Recode, here.

Algorithmen fallen nicht vom Himmel

FAZ, hier.

Amazon will pay full price to US retailers to boost its inventory

ArsTechnica, here.

Brexit: competition

House of  Lords, here

It’s time for our justice system to embrace artificial intelligence

Brookings, here

Report on innovative uses of consumer data by financial institutions

EBA, here

DONNÉES PERSONNELLES ET OBJETS CONNECTÉS EN EUROPE

B. Benhamou, ici

LIBE submits more than 800 amendments to ePrivacy Regulation

IAPP, here

Nondiscrimination and Neutrality

R. Picker, Slides (163!), here

Examination script and personal data

AG Kokott, Case C-434/16, here

Will Amazon Take Over the World?

F. Pasquale, here

China Artificial Intelligence Bid Seeks $59 Billion Industry

Bloomberg, here

Judge Rules Milwaukee Flouted U.S. Constitution in Response to 'Pokemon Go' Craze

HollywoodReporter, here

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Mastercard Enhances Artificial Intelligence Capability with the Acquisition of Brighterion, Inc..

Stockhouse, here.

Digital Single Market conference on the free movement of data: Closing Speech

A Ansip, here

ELON MUSK'S FREAK-OUT OVER KILLER ROBOTS DISTRACTS FROM OUR REAL AI PROBLEMS

Wired, here

The Rise of The Attribute Economy

Meeco, here

CONSUMER NOTICE: INTERNET-CONNECTED TOYS COULD PRESENT PRIVACY AND CONTACT CONCERNS FOR CHILDREN

FBI, here.

Hunting Unicorns? Experimental Evidence on Predatory Pricing Policies

A. Edlin, C. Roux, A. Schmutzler and C. Thöni, here

An AI Pattern Language

M. Elish and T. Hwang, here

Intermediaries Could Be Made Liable In EU Copyright Legislation

IP-watch, here.

Germany introduces law permitting automated vehicles

Out-Law.com, here

AI AND ‘ENORMOUS DATA’ COULD MAKE TECH GIANTS HARDER TO TOPPLE

Wired, here

Digital single market conference on the free movement of data

Agenda here. Video here.
The AU "Productivity Commission Draft Report: Data Availability and Use" mentioned by Katryna (Meeco) is here.

Alex 'Sandy' Pentland (37:57).

Making Europe a Data Economy: A New Framework for Free Movement of Data in the Digital Age

The Lisbon Council, here

Uber Releases Open Source Project for Differential Privacy

Medium, here

Amazon Antitrust Concerns Emerge in Washington and Wall Street

Bloomberg, here

EC sends Statement of Objections to Teva on 'pay for delay' pharma agreement

EC, Press Release, here

Elon Musk: regulate AI to combat 'existential threat' before it's too late

TheGuardian, here

Competition Authorities: Towards More Independence and Prioritisation?

W. Wils, here

Presumptions in EU Competition Law

C. Ritter, here

Horizontal Mergers and Product Innovation: An Economic Framework

G. Federico, G. Langus, T. Valletti, here

The world's libraries tell the W3C that DRM is bad for the web

BoiungBoing, here

Call for tender: Study to raise awareness about algorithms

EC, here

Maas kündigt Urheberrechtsreförmchen zugunsten von Blinden an

Heise.de, hier.

FTC Staff Comment on Net Neutrality

Here. Commissioner McSweeny's dissent here.

Artificial Intelligence and Economic Theories

T. Marwala, E. Hurwitz, here

Amazon may give developers your private Alexa transcripts

Engadget, here

Amazons „Alexa“ womöglich ein Problem

WiWo, hier

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Achieving Digital Maturity

Deloitte, here.

About the cartel screening tool

CMA, here.

The Economic Impact of Data: Why Data Is Not Like Oil

Progressive Policy, here.

Willkommen in der Numerokratie

FAZ, hier.

Private hire and hackney carriage licensing: open letter to local authorities

Gov.co.uk, here.

Droit d'auteur: la création est une chose trop importante pour être laissée à des algorithmes

EPPgroup, here.

Biased Algorithms Are Everywhere, and No One Seems to Care

MIT Technology Review, here.

Impact of OTA Bias and Consolidation on Consumers

B. Edelman, here.

The end of the internet startup

Vox, here.

How Google could win its fight with Brussels

Politico, here.

Groundbreaking study suggests trademark count, rather than patent count, is a better predictor of innovation

Worldtrademarkreview, here.

Nederlandse truckers eisen 250 miljoen euro van fabrikanten

NOS, hier

CORPORATE SURVEILLANCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE

W. Christl, here

Shooting-Star der künstlichen Intelligenz

FAZ, hier

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Google Academics Inc.

Googletransparencyproject.org, here

Australians urged to 're-wire' brains for saving

FinExtra, here

Kraftstoffpreise in Ferienzeiten: Preisvergleich lohnt sich

Bundeskartellamt, hier

Publicité sur Internet: consultation publique

ADLC, ici

Guidance on the use of Legitimate Interests under the EU General Data Protection Regulation

DPN, here

Philip Morris ordered to pay Australia millions in costs for plain packaging case

Smh.com.au, here

Open Data in Cities 2

European Data Portal, here

THE ELUSIVE ROLE OF COMPETITION IN THE STANDARD-SETTING ANTITRUST DEBATE

M. Ohlhausen, here. 

Weapons of Math Destruction: how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy

C. O'Neil, LSE Podcast here

Brummis gegen Laster-Kartell

FAZ, hier

The news industry is worried Facebook and Google have far too much power

The Verge, here

Leguide.com porte plainte contre Google

BFM.tv, ici

Tim Berners-Lee Sells Out His Creation: Officially Supports DRM In HTML

TechDirt, here

Human-Centered Machine Learning

Google Design, here

Setting prices on online travel agents: advice for hotels

CMA, here

Thursday, July 06, 2017

Googeln für die Wissenschaft

Spiegel.de, hier.

The Next Battle in Antitrust Will Be About Whether One Company Knows Everything About You

Hbr, here.

Antitrust as Disruptive Innovation in Health Care: Can Limiting State Action Immunity Help Save a Trillion Dollars?


W. Sage & D. Hyman, here.

Nothing Comes Of Nothing -- The New Loyalty Reality

MediaPost, here

The European Union votes on the implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty

IFLA, here

Les hôtels contre les tarifs imposés par Booking.com

Rtbf.be, ici

Promoting privacy with innovation within the law

E. Denham, here

Facebook beats privacy lawsuit in U.S. over user tracking

Reuters, here. 

Io sono cultura - 2017

Fondazione Symbola, qui

EC alleges Merck and Sigma-Aldrich, General Electric, and Canon breached EU merger procedural rules

Press Release, here

Communication, expectations, innovation: maintaining public support for new technology

UK National Data Guardian (WT..), here

Agents' Mutual Ltd v Gascoigne Halman Ltd (t/a Gascoigne Halman)

CAT, 1262/5/7/16 (T) , here

Monday, July 03, 2017

To tackle Google’s power, regulators have to go after its ownership of data

E. Morozov, here

Will Amazon-Whole Foods Survive Antitrust Scrutiny Under Trump?

Forbes, here

Europe’s Geo-Blocking Debate: Booksellers on the Ropes

PublishingPerspectives, here

Off-Topic: Bill Clinton at the Helmut Kohl Memorial in Strasbourg

Video, here.
"He loved being an European"

Jetzt will Maas an die Algorithmen

Spiegel.de, hier.

Royal Free - Google DeepMind trial failed to comply with data protection law

ICO, here.

A Way to Own Your Social-Media Data

L. Zingales, G. Rolnik, here

Yelp’s Six-Year Grudge Against Google

NYTimes, here

The EU’s Google Decision: Algorithms Are Hard

M. Patterson, here

EU considers tough new competition powers

FT, here

UK urged to clarify data rules from connected cars

FT, here

Korea’s FTC may look at Google antitrust practices

Koreajoongangdaily.joins.com, here.

Big Tech is cut off from the real world

FT, here