Thursday, December 03, 2015
Wednesday, December 02, 2015
Tuesday, December 01, 2015
Competition Advocacy and Disruptive Innovation: The CMA Writes to the FT
Here.
"...the proposed rules would undo much of what is novel about these businesses.New taxi business models have the potential to increase choice and deliver what passengers want: shorter waiting times, lower prices and increased responsiveness...
Of course there is a role for regulation, especially where safety is an issue. But technologies, such as satellite navigation, cashless payment systems and user ratings platforms, have the potential to overtake the role of regulation, and safeguard consumers by empowering them with information.The guiding principle of a competitive market is that the consumer is in the driving seat. The job of a competition authority, therefore, is to consider the potential benefit to customers from innovations that enable them to exercise choice — and allow businesses, both new and established, to decide how best to meet demand.
"...the proposed rules would undo much of what is novel about these businesses.New taxi business models have the potential to increase choice and deliver what passengers want: shorter waiting times, lower prices and increased responsiveness...
Of course there is a role for regulation, especially where safety is an issue. But technologies, such as satellite navigation, cashless payment systems and user ratings platforms, have the potential to overtake the role of regulation, and safeguard consumers by empowering them with information.The guiding principle of a competitive market is that the consumer is in the driving seat. The job of a competition authority, therefore, is to consider the potential benefit to customers from innovations that enable them to exercise choice — and allow businesses, both new and established, to decide how best to meet demand.
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Consumers, who often benefit from technological disruption, can struggle to make their voices heard. But watch what they do, and their actions speak loud and clear.
By March this year, 25,000 people in Liverpool had reportedly downloaded the Uber app. The fact that the service had to wait until August to gain the local authority approval that it needed to begin operating might lead you to question how closely consumers’ preferences had been listened to.
This is not just about one company, one technology or one sector of the economy. New companies in every market will stand or fall on their ability to meet consumer demand — and those that succeed will, in turn, eventually be challenged by new business models.
This is how innovation leads to progress. We do not serve the interests of the public or the wider economy if we slam on the brakes."
Monday, November 30, 2015
Using geolocated Twitter traces to infer residence and mobility
UK Office for National Statistics, here.
The Court of Justice Judgment in Post Danmark II: Endgame for the Econ v Forms Controversy in Article 102 TFEU ?
BSC Morning Briefing, Presentations here.
Friday, November 27, 2015
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Bundesgerichtshof zur Haftung von Access-Providern für Urheberrechtsverletzungen Dritter
Urteile vom 26. November 2015 - I ZR 3/14 und I ZR 174/14, hier.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Reflections on the use of big data and its implications
Essex University, Submission to the 'Big Data Dilemma Inquiry', here.
Monday, November 23, 2015
Superintendência-Geral do Cade instaura processo administrativo contra taxistas no caso Uber
Rebecaslima.jusbrasil.com.br, aqui.
Friday, November 20, 2015
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception
Phishing ("an attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details - and sometimes, indirectly, money- often for malicious reasons, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication").
Phools: not in the Indian sense (flowers in Urdu پھول) - just idiots.
Chinese Anti-Monopoly Guide on Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights: A Comment
K. Wong-Ervin, J. Wright, D. Ginsburg, B. Kobayashi, here.
Examen, au regard des règles de concurrence, des activités de normalisation et de certification
Autorité de la concurrence, Avis du 17 novembre 2015, ici.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Bundeskartellamt leitet Verfahren gegen Audible/Amazon und Apple ein
Bundeskartellamt.de, hier.
ACX marketplace, FAQs, Distribution: "Exclusive to ACX means your finished audiobook will be sold only through Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. Any audiobook made using ACX will be distributed through these online retailers. Note that Audible has an exclusive relationship with iTunes (i.e. to get your product into iTunes' audiobook store, you have to go through Audible)."
ACX marketplace, FAQs, Distribution: "Exclusive to ACX means your finished audiobook will be sold only through Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. Any audiobook made using ACX will be distributed through these online retailers. Note that Audible has an exclusive relationship with iTunes (i.e. to get your product into iTunes' audiobook store, you have to go through Audible)."
Sunday, November 15, 2015
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Centre for a Digital Society , Video here . These are my very rough talking points on pay or okay in full length (more than I actually had...
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On 24 March 2004 the European Commission fined Microsoft for abuse of dominant position (H/T Lewis Crofts). 18 years (age of maturity) l... -
Report to the California Law Review Commission Antitrust Law: Study B-750, here .
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A. Blankertz, hier .
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CMA, here .
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Organized Money, here .
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InternetLab, here .
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Chalmermagne, here .