More PerfectUnion, here.
Tuesday, December 09, 2025
EU Probes Google Over Use of Online Content to Power AI
WSJ, here.
Laid-back piece by Edith. Exercise in gauging in which way the breeze (gale?) is blowing?
The DMA Lab #1: DMA Review | DMA & Geopolitics | Goals, Cases: with René Repasi & Niklas Brüggemann
Here.
We've been playing ourselves with the idea of a DMA Lab for more than a year...Competition!
[We didn't hear about Panelists/Hosts' conflicts of interest - no professional involvement, such as representing clients, at all?]
Commission opens investigation into possible anticompetitive conduct by Google in the use of online content for AI purposes
EC, here.
[NotebookLM's own DeepDive here, just for fun]
In our Article 19 Report we discussed this and how it could eventually translate into a DMA obligation here.
I'd add another aspect, if I may 😉: downstream products like NotebookLM having exclusive access to YouTube videos to produce content? Perhaps not a copyright infringement (derivative?) but what about competition in downstream markets for AI-related products?
AI Antitrust Amnesty in the US - What about in the EU?
In the US, here.
I posed the question this morning and received an answer within 30 minutes. That was efficient, thank you!
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The Decoder, here. It is not that German judges invariably get it right — the dreadful Meta decision rather proves the point. Yet, as I re...
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C. Radsch, here.
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European.Social, here .
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EuroStack, here .
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D. Chisnall, here .
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Apple, here. Relax and comply, says the EC here.
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Google's own words about the opacity of the ecosystem, here.
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Jon Stewart's Weekly Show, here.
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OMI, here .
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