Thursday, March 25, 2021

Facebook’s purchase of Giphy raises competition concerns

 CMA, here. 

Artificial intelligence and intellectual property: Consultation Results

UK Gov, here. 

Commission clears acquisition of GrandVision by EssilorLuxottica, subject to conditions

 EC, here. 

European competitiveness in the digital future

 M. Vestager, here. 

The Case for Data Portability as a Privacy Protection in the Digital Age

IWGDPT, here. 

Lego-Bausteine sind für das Europäische Gericht schützenswert

 Heise.de, hier. 

FACEBOOK: NEXT STOP EUROPE

 R. Podszun, here. 

A Proposal for an International Agreement: The International Instrument on Permitted Uses in Copyright Law

 R. Hilty, V. Moscon, here. 

French data protection watchdog casts doubt on Apple’s privacy compliance

 Politico.eu, here. 

The Justice Department is worried about an anime monopoly after the Sony deal

 The Verge, here. 

And now for something totally different: Friedrich von Hayek and Robert Bork

 Part I, Part II, Part III.

Islands in the Stream: Musicians are in peril, at the mercy of giant monopolies that profit off their work.

 D. Dayen, here. 

The EU, Competition Law and Workers’ Rights

 N. Countouris, V. De Stefano, I. Lianos, here. 

On the governance of privacy-preserving systems

 L. Olejnik, here. 

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Italian Section 19a GWB on AGCM's wishlist

SEGNALAZIONE ai sensi degli artt. 21 e 22 della legge 10 ottobre 1990, n. 287
in merito a: Proposte di riforma concorrenziale, ai fini della Legge Annuale per il Mercato e la Concorrenza anno 2021, qui.

Decent DeepL translation of the proposed provision here. 

Monday, March 08, 2021

Uncovering blindspots in the policy debate on platform power

 Expert Group for the Observatory on the Online Platform Economy, here. 

EU proposals to shape the digital landscape, a step forward for consumers

 BEUC, here. 

Andrea Coscelli, the watchdog taking on the tech giants

 BBC 4, here. 

Jack Ma’s Ant defies pressure from Beijing to share more customer data

 FT, here. 

Commission publishes study on geographical indications (GI) and traditional specialities guaranteed (TSG) protected in the EU

 EC, here. 

Music Streaming: Is It a Level Playing Field?

 D. Antal et al., here. 

“The Digital Markets Act - how to break the market dominance of Big Tech”

 Panel, here. 

CMA investigates Apple over suspected anti-competitive behaviour

 CMA, here. 

RELATIF AUX TRAITEMENTS DE DONNÉES A CARACTÈRE PERSONNEL MIS EN ŒUVRE A DES FINS DE CRÉATION D’ENTREPÔTS DANS LE DOMAINE DE LA SANTÉ

 CNIL, ici. 

Critical notes on ‘platformised’ education: untangling privacy and data protection in postpandemic universities

A. Giannopoulou et al., here.  

Arizona House passes bill that threatens Apple and Google’s app stores

 CNBC, here. 

Exploring legal mechanisms for data stewardship

 Ada Lovelace Institute, here. 

Commission invites stakeholders to provide comments on the application of EU competition law to collective bargaining agreements for self-employed

 EC, here.

OECD Competition Open Day

 Here.

The Draft Digital Markets Act: a legal and institutional analysis

 P. Ibáñez Colomo, here.