Thursday, March 31, 2011

Zite iPad news app accused of copyright infringement

Here and here.

THE DISSENT: WHY ONE FTC COMMISSIONER THINKS DO NOT TRACK IS OFF-TRACK

T.Rosch, here

The Past and Future of Direct Effects Evidence

T.Rosch, here

Amazon, Apple et Google soumis au prix unique du livre numérique

Ici (LEXPRESS.fr).

Eckpunktepapier zu Fragen der digitalen Welt


Beschluss des DIHK-Vorstandes, hier.
Zum Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverleger:

Google Agrees to Implement Comprehensive Privacy Program to Protect Consumer Data

Smartphone-Apps – wo bleibt der Datenschutz?

A.Dix, der Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, Tätigkeitsbericht für das Jahr 2010, S. 67 ff.

IFPI - Recording Industry in Numbers 2011

Here

Android poised to take over as the leading smartphone operating system in 2011

IDC - Press Release

Microsoft to file antitrust complaint against Google

S.Musil, here (cnet). Read also Brad Smith's own remarks and the NYT's story with some Google' s first reactions. Also here.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Has Google learned Microsoft's antitrust lessons?

J.Greene, here.

J'aime l'info: plateforme de contributions volontaires pour les médias en ligne

Ici

It’s Time for the Recording Industry to Stop Blaming "Piracy" and Start Finding A New Way

EFF, here.

The clear role of public authorities in cloud computing

N.Kroes, here

Carburanti: Antitrust avvia indagine conoscitiva su meccanismo indice Platt's e su rete distributiva

Qui. Vedi anche il recente "INFORME DE SEGUIMIENTO DEL INFORME DE CARBURANTES PARA AUTOMOCIÓN" pubblicato dalla spagnola Comisión Nacional de la Competencia. 

Broader issues in applying UK merger regime and possible improvements

C.Maxwell, here

Citation Advantage of Open Access Legal Scholarship

J.Donovan, C.Watson, here

Hal Varian on Google's Value to US Users and Advertisers

A.Tsotsis (TechCrunch), here. See also Google's "Where we get our numbers"

Preemptive Action Seeks Ruling That Would Prohibit Monsanto From Suing Organic Farmers and Seed Growers If Contaminated By Roundup Ready Seed

Driving Innovation: A Case for Targeted Competition Policy in Dynamic Markets

J.Galloway, here

Refusal to Supply and Margin Squeeze: A Discussion of Why the 'Telefonica Exceptions' are Wrong

D.Geradin, here

Rome Tribunal's preliminary ruling on Yahoo's liability for contributory infringement

Here (in Italian).

Recent decisions of the Paris Court of Appeal involving Google: towards an extra duty of surveillance for hosting providers?

C.Jasserand, here

Trafficlieferanten der Medien: Facebook gewinnt, Google verliert

H.Schmidt, FAZ.net (hier)

GPL-Verletzung durch Android-Code?

S.Labesius, hier

EU Competition Commissioner on some hot issues

Interview with J.Almunia, here.
Some personal picks:

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Dynamic Competition in the Newspaper Industry

C.Varney, here.
Business review letters concerning the Global News Service and the AP's News Registry respectively are referred to in Varney's remarks. 

EU Competition law and Energy: Recent cases and issues

C.Gauer, J.Ratliff, here

MYTHS ABOUT THE MEDIA: AUDIENCE, BUSINESS, AND MONEY

March 24, 2011, George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs, in Association with the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ), livestreaming event at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (6:00 p.m. in Geneva, CH)

Rejection of the Google Books Amended Settlement Agreement: Nine Snippets

Judge Danny Chin: "Before the Court is plaintiffs' motion pursuant ,to Rule
23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for final approval of
the proposed settlement of this class action on the terms set
forth in the Amended Settlement Agreement (the "ASA"). The
question presented is whether the ASA is fair, adequate, and
reasonable. I conclude that it is not."
Nine significant snippets:

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Is Google a Monopolist?

Interview (Part 1, Part 2) with S.Vaidhyanathan, from TechCrunchTV. 

Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie? The Supply of New Recorded Music since Napster

J.Waldfogel, here

Canadian-backed report says music, movie, and software piracy is a market failure, not a legal one

M.Geist, here

Creative Destruction and Copyright Protection - Regulatory Responses to File-sharing

Z. Sujon, D.Tambini, here

SGEI reform and the application of competition rules to the financial sector: themes for dialogue with the European Parliament

J.Almunia, here.

Righthaven: fair use analysis of the republication of an entire news article by a nonprofit organization

From EFF, here. Read also J.Schultz's Amicus Curiae

Microsoft sues Barnes & Noble, Foxconn, Inventec over Android e-readers

ZDNet, here. Complaint here. Read also this Groklaw's post.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Les quatre affaires Google de contrefaçon

The Newsonomics of The New York Times’ pay fence

K.Doctor, here

Cooperation between the OFT and China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC)

From the OFT's Press release:
"In the context of China's new Anti-Monopoly Law, the OFT will exchange expertise on issues including abuse of dominance, the relationship between intellectual property and competition and market definitions. The MOU also facilitates co-operation with China in handling common and complex consumer protection issues such as cross-border purchasing and protecting consumers online."

In Search of a Competition Law Fit for Developing Countries

E.Fox, here

Trade Secrets and Antitrust Law

H.First, here.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the world wide web, to help protect ‘open internet’

FT.com, here

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law That Removes Works from the Public Domain

EFF, here

Urheberrechtliche Gestaltung von Open-Access-Repositorien

Dossier zum  IUWIS-Workshop am 02. März 2011.

Reconsidering Competition

M.Stucke, here.

Googles Think Tank stößt Debatte um neues Urheberrecht an




Heise online News, hier.

The State of Online Consumer Privacy

J.Leibowitz, here. More about the US Senate Hearing here. Read also V.Reding, Your data, your rights: Safeguarding your privacy in a connected world for a EU perspective. 

Geldbußen in Höhe von 38 Mio. € gegen drei Hersteller von Konsumgütern wegen des unzulässigen Austauschs über wettbewerbsrelevante Informationen

Aus der Pressemeldung des Bundeskartellamtes:" Die Kenntnis über die zu erwartenden Forderungen des Einzelhandels sowie die Reaktionen der maßgeblichen Wettbewerber auf diese Forderungen, konnten das eigene Marktverhalten ebenso entscheidend beeinflussen, wie die Information über beabsichtigte Preiserhöhungen der Konkurrenz. Informationen dieser Art werden von den Unternehmen normalerweise hoch vertraulich behandelt".

SPD will mit Zweitverwertungsrecht Open Access ermöglichen

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Commissioning and competition in the public sector

OFT, here.
From the Press Release: "The OFT's 'Commissioning and Competition in the Public Sector' study, published today, argues that having an open, transparent and competitive tender process is not enough on its own to ensure that public services markets are open and contestable, both over the short-term and long-term. Achieving effective competition in public services must also involve: reducing barriers to entry and exit, encouraging a diverse supplier base and ensuring suppliers have the right incentives to make efficiency savings, raise quality and innovate."

The Next Digital Decade: How Will the Internet Change by 2020?

Ideas in action, J.Glassman. Guests: L. Downes, G.Manne, here

The State of the News Media 2011

Pew Research Center, here

Friday, March 11, 2011

African Competition Forum launched in Nairobi

Here.
The launch was announced during a two days conference jointly hosted by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Kenya Monopolies and Price Commission, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance together with the UK Department for International Development (DFID) The newly appointed Chair, Mr Francis Kariuki said: “The ACF will raise awareness and provide support as widely as possible for the creation of strong competition regimes in Africa. The  Forum will share information on appropriate practices in competition law and enforcement and will collaborate in building institutional capacity throughout the continent.”

Sustaining Scholarly Publishing: New Business Models for University Presses


Association of American University Presses, here.

How-To for Sustainable Creativity in the Digital Era

Collective rights management bodies in Hungary and Romania take steps to improve competition

Here

US Government draft of the intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)

From KEI, here

Upon Further Review: Will The NFL's Trademark Licensing Practices Survive Full Antitrust Scrutiny? The Remand of American Needle v. National Football League

M.Edelman, here

Australian Internet Industry Association to Develop Code of Practice following iiNet

Conseil Constitutionnel Français au sujet de la loi LOPPSI

Ici

Thursday, March 10, 2011

NEXA sulle competenze dell'AGCOM in materia di diritto d'autore


Qui.

EU merger control has come of age

J.Almunia, here. From the speech, on international competition policy:.

The Readers' Bill of Rights for Digital Books

Myths and patent reform

R.Tiller, here (from opensource.com).

EU Commission and Russian Competition Authority: Cooperation Agreement

European Press Release. Russian Press Release here. US-Russia cooperation agreement here.

Neelie Kroes Addressing the Orphan Works Challenge

Here

EU Commission terminates the Stakeholders' Dialogue on Online Copyright Infringement

Here, from pc.impact.com

The Rise of European Competition Policy, 1950-1991: A Cross-Disciplinary Survey of a Contested Policy Sphere

L.Warlouzet, here

Road-testing UPP: the Zipcar/Streetcar merger

RBB Brief 36, here

U.S. digital project signals the rise of versatile e-textbooks

M.Geist, here.

Indian Draft Merger Regulation Open for Consultation

Draft here.