EU’s proposed link tax would [still] harm Creative Commons licensors

Creative Commons, here. 

Qualcomm Dealt Setback in FTC Case Alleging Monopoly Abuse

Bloomberg, here. 

On inferred data

Video, 94:40-98:00.

Building a fairer digital world

M. Vestager, here. Video here. 

Threat of Platform-Owner Entry and Complementor Responses: Evidence from the Mobile App Market

W. Wen, F. Zhu, here. 

Big Tech Sets Up a ‘Kill Zone’ for Industry Upstarts

Bloomberg, here. 

Flickr says it won’t delete Creative Commons photos

Flickr, here. 

Solutions for a responsible use of the blockchain in the context of personal data

CNIL, here. 

Europe’s AI ethics chief: No rules yet, please

Politico, here. 

Android developers can now force users to update their apps

TechCrunch, here. 

YouTube-Stars verbreiten gerade massenhaft Panik ums 'Ende von YouTube'

Motherboard, hier, 

Qualcomm must license technology to its rivals, U.S. court rules

Reuters, here. 

MAPPING REGULATORY PROPOSALS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EUROPE

AccessNow, here. 

Our Approach to Competition

FCA, here. 

Smartphone Privacy: How Your Smartphone Tracks Your Entire Life

ElcomSoft, here. 

Schwedischer ISP blockt Elsevier nach Blockieraufforderung

Golem.de, hier. 

Mastercard Protests Payments ‘Nationalism’ In India

Pymnts, here. 

COFECE investiga posibles barreras a la competencia y/o presencia de insumos esenciales en el sistema de pagos con tarjeta

COFEDE, aquì.

GitHub is now officially a part of Microsoft

ArsTechnica, here. 

Commission approves acquisition of sole control over EMI Music Publishing by Sony

EC, here. 

THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION FIVE MONTHS ON

K. Lenaerts, Video here (from 15:55:40).

Platforms and the Sharing Economy

K. Stanoevska-Slabeva, here.

Copyright Office introduces proposal to give consumers right to hack electronics for repairs

The Hill, here. 

Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?

The Atlantic, here. 

Who owns this AI-generated painting?

TechnoLlama, here. 

Richemont s'allie à Alibaba pour doper ses ventes en ligne en Chine

Les Echos, ici.

Financial Technology: Opportunities and Challenges to Law and Regulation

P. Hodge, here. 

Researchers complain to Brussels over ‘dominant position’ of RELX Group in scientific publishing

ScienceBusiness.net, here. 

Cryptoassets Taskforce: final report

HM Treasury, FCA, Bank of England, here. 

GM’s data mining is just the beginning of the in-car advertising blitz

The Verge, here. 

AI and the Global Economy

Bank of England, here.

Verbrauchergerechtes Scoring

Gutachten des Sachverständigenrats für Verbraucherfragen, hier. 

„Volkswagen hat betrogen und schuldet Schadenersatz“

FAZ, hier. 

Swedes grumbling about Apple Store in their park are lucky – in Toronto, Google eats all your data

The Register, here. 

Vestager on the intersection of data and competition

iapp, here. 

Recent Developments at DG Competition: 2017/2018

A. Amelio et al., here. 

Essential Principles for the Design of Antitrust Analysis for Multisided Platforms

D. Evans, here. 

Federal Circuit: Conference Distribution Still a Printed Publication even if No PHOSITA Attend

Patentlyo, here. 

Dish-HBO Standoff Shows How Trump's Justice Dept. Choked in the AT&T Merger Fight

The Hollywood Reporter, here. 

Competition, Market Power and Third-Party Tracking

A. Ezrachi, V. Robertson, here. 

WHY THE GOOGLE WALKOUT COULD BE A TURNING POINT FOR TECH

Vanity Fair, here.

In FTC Hearings, a Few Bright Spots Amid a Pro-Monopoly Status Quo

ILSR, here.

Goldman Sachs has asked one of its most prominent tech bankers to help infuse itself with that same tech

Recode, here. 

ComparetheMarket home insurance deals could deny people better prices

CMA, here. 

Apple Pay in Deutschland: Apple nennt Banken und Geschäfte

Heise.de, hier.

Our car-free future will be blocked by Comcast tactics

Transit, here. 

Soft ethics, the governance of the digital and the General Data Protection Regulation

L. Floridi, here. 

Google Chrome’s Users Take a Back Seat to Its Bottom Line

EFF, here. 

CMA’s new DaTA unit: exciting opportunities for data scientists

CMA, here. 

Google sets Android security updates rules but enforcement is unclear

Search Security, here. 

Google seemingly preparing Assistant for Europe Android app unbundling w/ Voice Action Services

9to5Google, here and here. 

INOVAÇÕES NO MERCADO DE SERVIÇOS FINANCEIROS: COMO A REGULAÇÃO DAS FINTECHS MODIFICA A COMPETIÇÃO NO MERCADO?

F. Tito, aqui. 

How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’

NYTimes, here.

HOW THREE FRENCH STUDENTS USED BORROWED CODE TO PUT THE FIRST AI PORTRAIT IN CHRISTIE’S

The Verge, here.
Sold for...here

Digital Platforms and Competition (in Mexico 2018)

OECD, here.

Individual and Collective Private Enforcement of Competition Law: Insights for Mexico

OECD, here.

We have to rewrite antitrust law to deal with tech monopolies, says ‘Positive Populism’ author Steve Hilton

Recode, here. 

Shaping Competition Policy in the Era of Digitisation

EC, Conference, Thursday 17 January 2019, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM CET, here.

Data superpowers in the age of AI: A research agenda

C. Biancotti, P. Ciocca, here. 

TOWARD MORE COMPETITION IN HIGH-TECH MARKETS? EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES

Interview with A. Walckiers, here. 

Obsolescenza programmata: Apple a Samsung sanzionate

AGCM, qui. 

Vente en ligne de matériel de motoculture interdite: l'après Coty

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Apple und die Banken brauchen sich gegenseitig

IT Finanzmagazin, hier. 

Uber’s Secret Restaurant Empire

Bloomberg, here.

It Might Get Loud: Inside Silicon Valley’s Battle to Own Voice Tech

Fortune, here. 

What Can U.S. v. Microsoft Teach About Antitrust and Multi-Sided Platforms?

FTC Hearings, Video here. 

Mobile app data sharing 'out of control'

BBC News, here. 

Google could finally face serious competition for Android

The Verge, here. 

The Opportunity Costs of Socialism

US Council of Economic Advisers, here.
Don't ask.

Uber to appeal Singaporean competition watchdog decision on Grab merger

Cityam.com, here. 

How Senator Mark Werner Wants to Rein In Big Tech

Slate Podcast, here (from 00:13:20).

Google tax on Android makers in the EU: Fee offset if Search and Chrome included alongside Play Store, of course

The Register, here. 

Avec ses « skills », Amazon veut créer l'App Store des assistants vocaux

LesEchos.fr, ici. 

IBM introduces Open Banking platform

FinExtra, hier. 

DSGVO: ICANN debattiert zentrales Whois und schon den Zugriff darauf

Heise.de, hier. 

Is a Cashless Society Problematic?

Bank of Canada, Staff Discussion Paper here. 

How smartphone apps track users and share data

FT, here. 

From local impact to European added value: Digital Innovation Hubs

R. Viola, here. 

Leading academics reveal: what are we getting wrong about AI?

Researchers at Oxford University, here. 

The Dynamics of Technology Adoption and Vertical Restraints: An Empirical Analysis

A. Eizenberg, A. Pechy and M. Sovinsky, here. 

RETHINKING PRIVACY IN THE AGE OF AI

Intel, here. 

Third Party Tracking in the Mobile Ecosystem

R. Binns et al., here. 

AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF SILICON VALLEY DISRUPTION

Wired, here. 

A look at the Android Market (aka Google Play) on its 10th Anniversary

TechCrunch, here. 

Portugal's Aptoide says wins first court ruling against Google

Reuters, here.
Aptoide's statement here. Also aqui.

Don’t Break Up The Tech Oligarchs. Force Them To Share Instead

Shift.newco.co, here.

BWB veröffentlicht Fairnesskatalog für Unternehmen

BWB, hier. 

After Taking Berlin, Germany's Uber for Buses Targets Manhattan

Bloomberg, here. 

Android and that Google's Blog Post on Proposed Remedies

VergeCast, here (from 40:32)

JPMorgan to open fintech campus in Silicon Valley

FinExtra, here. 

CMA sends tough message to business cheats with cartel campaign

CMA, here. 

Sony makes no concessions to EU regulators in EMI music bid

Reuters, here. 

Acquisitions in the third party tracking industry: competition and data protection aspects

E. Bietti, R. Binns, here. 

Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World: A Talk at Google

A. Giridharadas, here ("this is going to be like therapy").

US banks and fintechs form group to tackle customer data-sharing

FinExtra, here. 

Calculating art

Aeon, here. 

Weaponizing the Digital Influence Machine: The Political Perils of Online Ad Tech

Data & Society, here. 

PERSONALISED PRICING IN ESSENTIAL MARKETS

Frontier Economics for Citizens Advice, here. 

The Prophets of Cryptocurrency Survey the Boom and Bust

The New Yorker, here. 

Google app suite costs as much as $40 per phone under new EU Android deal

The Verge, here.