Big Tech is cut off from the real world

FT, here. 

Protecting IP in the Blockchain Sector

S. Jalfin, here.

Die höchste Strafe in der Geschichte des EU Kartellrechts: Was bedeutet der Fall...

T. Duso und H. Ullrich, hier. 

Urheberrecht für Wissenschaft und Bildung: Bundestag beschließt Reformen

iRightsInfo, hier. 

How we’re using behavioural insights to give better energy advice

Citizens Advice, here. 

Germany approves plans to fine social media firms up to €50m

TheGuardian, here. 

Internet of Humans - How we would like the internet of the future to be

R. Viola, here. 

Some reactions to the European Commission’s decision on Google Shopping

CEPIC, here. 

Was Sie über das Gesetz gegen Hass im Internet wissen müssen

FAZ, hier. 

Wer zahlt für das Schienenkartell?

FAZ, hier. 

Google v. Equustek: Unnecessarily Hard Cases Make Unnecessarily Bad Law

A. Katz, here. 

How AI will make smartphones much smarter

VentureBeat, here. 

What Amazon really wants from Whole Foods is data about you

DallasNews, here. 

India and the Visible Hand of the Market

K. Basu, here. 

What's wrong with the Copyright Office's DRM study?

BoingBoing, here. 

Quand Heineken achète tes data pour personnaliser ta bière

L'ADN, ici. 

Recent Trends in International Antitrust Enforcement

Judiciary Committee, here (live streaming).

Google ein „Leuchtturmfall“

Welt.de, hier.

Windows 10 : clôture de la procédure de mise en demeure à l’encontre de MICROSOFT CORPORATION

CNIL, ici.

GDPR : les actions indispensables de conformité

T. Devergranne, ici.

Connected Cars

M. Ohlhausen, here.

Worldwide de-indexing order against Google upheld by Supreme Court of Canada

B. Sookman, here.

The Google Case: First Comments by Haucap, Kersting, Podszun

D-Kart.de, here.

CMA accepts commitments offered to address online auction concerns

CMA, here.

Preisvorgaben: Kartellamt weist Beschwerde gegen McDonald’s zurück

Mobil.cafe-future, hier.

Antitrust Worries? Amazon Hires Former Justice Department Experts For Whole Foods Deal

IBTimes, here. 

Data, algorithms, and EU competition law

C. Ritter, Presentation here. 

OMINOUS: CANADIAN COURT ORDERS GOOGLE TO REMOVE SEARCH RESULTS GLOBALLY

D. Keller, here. 

How Margrethe Vestager went after Google

Politico.eu, here. 

Google Faces Record Fine for Monopolistic Search Practices

EPIC, here. 

Merkel - Digitalwirtschaft erfordert neues Kartellrecht

Reuters.de, hier. 

Learning Analytics : quelles sont les données du problème ?

LINC, ici. 

Google case shows how Europe is still playing catch-up

FT, here. 

Amazon Starts Charm Offensive as Merchants Defect to Wal-Mart

Bloomberg, here.

Three Thoughts On EU's $2.7 Billion Antitrust Google Fine

M. Masnick, here.

Google must block websites of company accused of stealing another business’s trade secrets: Supreme Court

TorontoStar, here.

Channel 4 on Google Shopping

Video here.

The internet of things: industry’s digital revolution

FT, here (and here).

Why Europe got tough on Google but the U.S. couldn’t

Washington Post, here. 

State aid and fair competition worldwide

M. Vestager, here. 

Competition Commission finds that online shopping platform violates Competition Act (Pakistan)

Vellani&Vellani, here. 

Consumer Watchdog Calls on U.S. Antitrust Authorities to Act Against Google’s Anti-Competitive Practices After European Commission Hits Internet Giant with Record $2.7 Billion Antitrust Fine

ConsumerWatchdog, here. 

Regulation of Big Data: Perspectives on Strategy, Policy, Law and Privacy

P. Casanova, L. de Koker, D. Mendelson, D. Watts, here. 

Facebook’s Secret Censorship Rules Protect White Men from Hate Speech But Not Black Children

ProPublica, here. 

European authorities fine Google for search tactics

Freedom to Tinker, here. 

CCI dismisses allegation of abuse of dominance against WhatsApp

ILO, here. 

Ends, Means, and Antitrust

Stratechery, here.

Datenschutzgrundverordnung: Böses Erwachen der Domainverwaltung ICANN

Heise.de, hier. 

How Weak Mobile Health App Privacy, Security Affects Patients

Healthitsecurity.com, here. 

U.S. antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm to proceed, judge rules

Reuters, here. 

Initial Reactions to the Infringement Decision in Google Search

P. Akman, here. 

These are the next industries that will go the way of taxis and hotels

MarketWatch, here. 

How data is set to replace people behind the wheel in driverless cars

TheHill, here. 

The EU isn't splitting up Google. But it is sending a message

Wired, here. 

Google Shopping Decision- First Urgent Comments

A. La Madrid, here. 

AI and the Law: Setting the Stage

U. Gasser, here.

Law for the Platform Economy

J. Cohen, here.

Margrethe Vestager’s Google decision risks messy endgame

Politico.eu, here.

IBM is telling Congress not to fear the rise of an AI ‘overlord’

Recode, here.

L’obsolescence programmée, l’autre virus du secteur IT

GreenPeace, here.

Washington lobbyists pushed anti-EU letter ahead of Google decision

Politico.eu, here.

Amtsgericht: Weitergabe von Kontaktdaten an WhatsApp unzulässig

FAZ, hier.

Canadian Supreme Court Doesn't Like Facebook Clickwrap in Big Privacy Suit

Hollywood.com, here.

The European Commission decision on online shopping: the other side of the story

Google, here.

Commission fines Google €2.42 billion for abusing dominance as search engine by giving illegal advantage to own comparison shopping service

Press release, here.
Commissioner Vestager's statement here. 

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Bußgelder gegen Hersteller von Industriebatterien in Höhe von insgesamt rd. 28 Mio. Euro

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

Amazon Robots Poised to Revamp How Whole Foods Runs Warehouses

Bloomberg, here.

Yelp, Oracle and News Corp have signed a letter supporting EU action against Google

Recode, here.

Algorithms and Collusion – the debate by the OECD Competition Committee

Cms-lawnow.com, here. 

Autodesk Generative Design takes in constraints and makes its own 3D models

TechCrunch, here. 

South Korea: KFTC reviews Google and Facebook’s market dominance

CPI, here. 

Google to Face EU Antitrust Fine as Soon as Tuesday

Bloomberg, here.
Press conference at 12 pm CET: confirmed. Watch it live, here.

From @WavesBlog's archive:
Brussels, 30 November 2010
Commission probes allegations of antitrust violations by Google, here.

On likely mood beyond the pond here.

EU tests limits of drug pricing freedom in landmark probe

Reuters, here.

The Massive Data Collection by Facebook – Visualized

DataEthics, here.

"Wurstlücke“ – Weitere Bußgelder in Höhe von rund 110 Mio. Euro entfallen in Folge von unternehmensinternen Umstrukturierungen

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

Mydex, data protection, privacy online and, of course, social enterprise.

Kibble, Podcast here. 

PRIVACY, PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AND REPUTATION RIGHTS

UNICEF, here. 

The great intellectual property trade-off

T. Harford, here. 

German Law Paves Way for Self-Driving Cars

Bloomberg BNA, here. 

Between a Rock and Two Hard Places: Whatsapp at the Crossroad of Competition, Data Protection and Consumer Law

N. Zingales, here. 

With Whole Foods Purchase, Amazon Just Bought a Playground for Big Data

Entrepreneur, here. 

Raising good robots

Aeon, here. 

AUTOMATISIERTES UND VERNETZTES FAHREN

Ethik-Kommission (eingesetzt durch den Bundesminister für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur), hier.

Vergleichsportale müssen transparenter werden

VZBV, hier. 

Should Uber’s next CEO be a robot?

RoughType, here. 

Expedia loses hotel rate parity case in France

TravelWeekly, here. 

GOOGLE UNVEILS AN AI INVESTMENT FUND. IT'S BETTING ON AN APP STORE FOR ALGORITHMS.

Wired, here. 

Warnungen vor Freihandelsabkommen mit Japan

FAZ, hier. 

To Survive Amazon, Supermarkets Need to Get to Know You

Bloomberg, here. 

Media Companies Are Getting Sick of Facebook

Bloomberg, here. 

The Real Threat of Artificial Intelligence

NYTimes, here. 

Booking.com bleibt im Streit über Bestpreisklauseln hart

Welt.de, hier. 

Why Wall Street still needs human traders

Axios, here. 

The information age is over, welcome to the machine learning age

VentureBeat, here. 

Ordnungspolitik in der digitalen Welt

J. Haucap, U. Heimeshoff, hier. 

Google now has all the data it needs, will stop scanning Gmail inboxes for ad personalization

TechCrunch, here.

Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads

Bloomberg, here.

Amazon’s Nike deal takes a billion dollar bite out of competing retailers

Recode, here.

Three Ways the Internet of Things Is Shaping Consumer Behavior

BehavioralEconomics.com, here.

Copyright Law Shouldn’t Pick Winners

EFF, here.