Always ask about the business model

Softwarefreedom.org, here. 

ICN CWG: Past Achievements and Future Challenges – European Commission's Perspective

E. Van Ginderachter, here. 

A Supreme Court Case Over Textbooks Could Make Copyright Law Even More Restrictive

Slate.com, here. 

L’alliance de Google avec les éditeurs (2) : en France, après les procès, les accords

Acrimed.org, ici. 

Minimum standards for UK collecting societies

Hargreaves implementation: Copyright, here. 

Apple's Licensing Offer To Samsung Raises Questions About FRAND Rates and What's Behind the Attacks on Google

Groklaw.net, here.

October 2012 WIPO negotiations on copyright exceptions for disabilities

Keionline.org, here.

The Unitary Patent Package: Twelve Reasons for Concern

Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, here. 

EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on the Proposed Data Protection Regulation

Here. 

Off-Topic: European Council on EU's Nobel Prize for Peace

"The European Council is grateful that the European Union was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. The Prize is an honour for all European citizens and for all EU Member States and institutions. The Nobel Committee rightly reminds how "the Union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in
Europe". At a time of uncertainty, this tribute to past achievements is a strong appeal to safeguard and strengthen Europe for the next generation. Aware that advancing this community of peaceful interests requires constant care and an unwavering will, the members of the European Council regard it as their personal responsibility  to ensure Europe remains a continent of progress and prosperity", here.

Proyecto de Ley de creación de la Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia

Congreso.es, aquì. 

Private Recoveries in International Cartel Cases Worldwide: What do the Data Show?

J. Connor, here. 

Unfair methods of competition under FTC § 5: Beyond the Sherman Act and an ex post model of enforcement

R. Peritz, here. 

Google News faces mass newspaper boycott in Brazil

PaidContent.org, here. 

Beyond the integration of Markets: The citizen at the heart of EU law

J. Almunia, here. 

Poland and Hungary Adapted PSI Directive Transpositions (Infringement procedures closed)

Epsiplatform.eu, here. 

Google se paie la presse

Owni.fr, ici.

Availability of Injunctive Relief for Standard Essential Patent Holders

B. Yeh, here. 

Larry Page Defends Google’s Privacy Policy

Bits.blogs.nytimes.com, here. 

AU Government launches review of pharmaceutical patents

Ipaustralia.gov.au, here. 

Why the Right to Data Portability Likely Reduces Consumer Welfare: Antitrust and Privacy Critique

P. Swire, P. Lagos, here. 

FTC Official Skeptical of Privacy Legislation

Techdailydose.nationaljournal.com, here. 

A Penny for Your Privacy?

C. Taylor and R. Webb, here. 

Good practices for university open-access policies

Harvard Open Access Project, here. 

Privacy: FTC declines to join European criticism of Google

Washingtonpost.com, here. 

Behavioural problem, behavioural solution: the case of extended warranties

Oxera, here. 

Datenschutz: Deutschland auf Google-Facebook-Kuschelkurs

Spiegel.de, hier. 

Market Definition

OECD Competition Policy Roundtable, here. 

Unilateral Disclosure of Information with Anticompetitive Effects

OECD Competition Policy Roundtable, here. 

Senator wants to bring copyright law to the runway, but scholar argues fashion is like free software.

Arstechnica.com, here. 

The WIPO „Internet Treaties” and Copyright in the „Cloud”

M. Ficsor, here (Word file).

Licensing the Cloud

D. Gervais, here. 

Opinion of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights on the proposed data protection reform package

Opinion here. 

CJEU: Austrian Data Protection Authority not Independent

Case C-614/10, 16.10.2012, here. 

Open data : l'Etat cherche à monétiser les données publiques

Lesechos.fr, ici. 

Patent Trolls Be Gone

R. Posner, here. 

Fair and Effective Competition Policy in the EU: Which Role for Authorities and Which Role for the Courts after Menarini

M. Bronckers, A. Vallery, here. 

E-Books and Libraries: An Economic Perspective

S. Besen, S. Nataraj Kirby, here.

Google antitrust suit may have similar impact to Microsoft case in the 1990s

Guardian.co.uk, here. 

CNIL : Google devra revoir son utilisation des données personnelles des internautes

Lemonde.fr, ici. 

Règles de confidentialité de Google: principales conclusions et recommandations

Groupe de l'Article 29, ici. A voir aussi la lettre adressée à Google, ici. En anglais ici. 

Unauthorized File Sharing: Is It Wrong?

Piracy.americanassembly.org, here. 

SBB und Apple schliessen Lizenzvereinbarung ab

Sbb.ch, hier. 

Congressman warns FTC: Leave Google alone

Arstechnica.com, here. 

Datenschutz: Peter Schaar sieht Nachholbedarf bei EU-Entwurf

Heise.de, hier. 

Fostering Internet Competition

Brookings Institution's event (Oct. 10, 2012), podcast here, uncorrected transcript here (Spencer Weber Waller starting at 10:22, again at 22:45, 33:00, 37:03, Q&A at 43:00, mentioning waves - ;-) - of creative destruction at 51:50;  see his recent paper on Facebook and antitrust here).

E-Books in France: Shunned or Just Getting Started?

Publishingperspectives.com, here. 

Apple reportedly reduces Samsung's role in A6 chip production, decreases dependency on its biggest rival

Theverge.com, here. 

Licensing music works and transaction costs in Europe

KEA, here. 

Network Neutrality and Privacy According to Art. 8 ECHR

B.-J. Koops, J. Sluijs, here. 

Copyright, Interfaces, and a Possible Atlantic Divide

S. Vezzoso (this blog's author), here.
Abstract: "Recent copyright cases on both sides of the Atlantic focused on important interoperability issues. While the decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union in SAS Institute, Inc. v. World Programming Ltd. assessed data formats under the EU Software Directive, the ruling by the Northern District of California Court in Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc. dealt with application programming interfaces. The European decision is rightly celebrated as a further important step in the promotion of interoperability in the EU. This article argues that, despite appreciable signs of convergence across the Atlantic, the assessment of application programming interfaces under EU law could still turn out to be quite different, and arguably much less pro-interoperability, than under U.S. law."

HathiTrust: A Landmark Copyright Ruling

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

ACTA Has Changed the European IP Climate

A. Metzger, here. 

Spanish Supreme Court Rules in Favour of Google Search Engine…and a Flexible Reading of Copyright Statutes?

R. Xalabarder, here. 

Mobile Device Location Data - Additional Federal Actions Could Help Protect Consumer Privacy

US GAO, here. 

The French Laws "Hadopi # 1&2 "

A.-S. Vassenaix-Paxton, Presentation here. 

Internet Classified Ads Become Antitrust Battleground

Antitrusttoday.com, here. 

List of Submitted Amendments to the PSI Directive

EP ITRE Committee, here. 

Why Google is right and the Authors Guild is wrong on book scanning

Gigaom.com, here. 

Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy in the Information Technology Sector – a Searle Center Conference Recap

Techpolicy.com, here. 

When Internet Traffic and Peering Agreement meet French Competition Law

Berkeleyantitrust.blogspot.com, here. 

HathiTrust Wins on Fair Use, and just about everything else

M. Sag, here.

Court Rules on HathiTrust and Fair Use

K. Crews, here. 

The America Invents Act 500: Effects of Patent Monetization Entities on US Litigation

R. Feldman, S. Jeruss, J. Walker, here

Authors Guild v. Hathitrust

US District Court Southern District of New York, 11 CV 6351 (HB), Opinion and Order here.

SDO IP Policies in Dynamic Industries

D. Teece, P. Grindley,  E. Sherry, written contribution to the ITU Patent Roundtable, here (Word file).

The Federal Trade Commission’s Investigation of Google

D. Oliver, D. Racheter, here.

Deezer's streaming music service now available in 160 countries, US market 'not ready'

TheVerge.com, here. 

Widening Scrutiny of Google’s Smartphone Patents

NYTimes.com, here. 

WIPO's Contribution to ITU Patent Roundtable

Here (Word file). Full list of written contributions here. 

Open Access is the Default in Europe

Dw.de, here. 

Canada Copyright Board on the tariffs of online music services

Decision, here..

Opinion 08/2012 providing further input on the data protection reform discussions

Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, here.

FTC Submits Amicus Brief Explaining that Drug Companies Use “No-Authorized Generic” Agreements to Delay Generic Competition

Ftc.gov, here.

Privacy and Modern Advertising: Most US Internet Users Want “Do Not Track” to Stop Collection of Data About their Online Activities

C. Hoofnagle, J. Urban, S. Li, here. 

Google's privacy policy: EU data protection chiefs 'to act within days'

Guardian.co.uk, here. 

Privacy Regulation and Market Structure

J. Campbell, A. Goldfarb, C. Tucker, here. 

The Shadow of Steve Jobs in Apple’s Maps Push

Nytimes.com, here. 

Privacy by Design: A Counterfactual Analysis of Google and Facebook Privacy Incidents

I. Rubinstein, N. Good, here. 

A private celebration: Waves turns five!

DSRI-Vorträge u.a. zu aktuellen Datenschutzthemen

Legalmemory.blogspot.com, here. 

International Survey on Private Copying

Stichting de Thuiskopie, WIPO, here.

The Patent, Used as a Sword

Nytimes.com, here. 

The New Google-AAP Settlement: Some Questions and Antitrust Speculations

A. Katz, here. 

A Google book deal is good for everyone — except maybe Amazon

Gigaom.com, here. 

What Does the Chicago School Teach About Internet Search and the Antitrust Treatment of Google?

R. Bork, J. Sidak, here. 

French Rules Governing Post Mortem Transmission of Droit de Suite Held Constitutional

The1709blog.blogspot.fr, here. 

The Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Digitization and Preservation

Vancouver Declaration (draft recommendations), here. 

Europeanization of EU member-state competition policy: The commission’s leadership role

P. Barros, J. Clougherty and J. Seldeslachts, here. 

FTC Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review in AndroGel "Pay-for-Delay" Case

 Federal Trade Commission v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc, petition for certiorari, here. 

Oracle and Google File Appeals

Groklaw, here. 

Do-Not-Track Standards Discussion Heats Up

Privacyassociation.org, here. 

Google, Publishers Settle Lawsuit over Book Scanning

Publishersweekly.com, here. See also AAP's statement here. 

Datenschutz versus Technologie?

Computerwoche.de, hier. 

Aktuelles zum Urheberrecht aus Deutschland

C. Sprang, Audio hier. 

Digital archives: Don't let copyright block data mining

M. Jockers, M. Sag & J. Schultz, Nature.com, here. 

Microsoft Faces $7.4B Euro Fine for “Error” of Missing Browser Ballots

Redherring.com, here. 

Patent Wars: EU’s Top Regulator Takes Front Line Position

McDermott Will & Emery, here. 

Statistical, Ecosystems and Competitiveness Analysis of the Media and Content Industries: The Newspaper Publishing Industry

A. Leurdijk, M. Slot, O. Nieuwenhu, here. 

Charging for PSI re-use

EPSI Platform, here.