M. Mariniello, here.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Vous allez pouvoir revendre vos livres numériques… mais pas librement
Lafeuille.blog.lemonde.fr, ici.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
México:Iniciativa de Reforma Constitucional en materia de Telecomunicaciones
Presidencia.gob.mx, aquì.
Privacy, technologie en de wet
J. Bloem, M. van Doorn, S. Duivestein, T. van Manen, E. van Ommeren, hier
Monday, March 11, 2013
Friday, March 08, 2013
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Television broadcasters may prohibit the retransmission of their programmes by another company via the internet
Judgment in Case C-607/11, ITV Broadcasting Ltd and Others v TVCatchup Ltd, Press Release here.
What Constitutes a Diligent Search Under Present and Proposed Orphan Work Regimes?
D. Hansen, G. Hinze, J.Urban, here.
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Standard Setting Organizations Can Help Solve the Standard Essential Patents Licensing Problem
K.-U. Kühn, F. Scott Morton, & H. Shelanski, here.
Monday, March 04, 2013
Les données culturelles, absentes de la feuille de route du gouvernement sur l’Open Data
Scinfolex.wordpress.com, here.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Statement of the Working Party on current discussions regarding the data protection reform package
Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, here.
Freier Zugang zu öffentlich finanzierten Forschungsergebnissen
Antrag der SPD, Deutscher Bundestag, hier.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Vertical Restraints for On-Line Sales
P. Buccirossi, here (Note submitted to the OECD Competition Committee).
Saisine d’office pour avis portant sur le secteur de la distribution pharmaceutique
Autorité de la concurrence, Décision n° 13-SOA-01 du 25 février 2013, ici.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Zur Verfassungswidrigkeit des Leistungsschutzrechts für Presseverleger
A. Blankenagel, W. Spoerr, hier.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Thomas Hoeren: Leistungsschutzrecht würde Notifizierungspflicht verletzen
Leistungsschutzrecht.info, hier.
Google News: “We made history in a very good way for the citizens of France.”
Kluwercopyrightblog.com, here.
Dutch Royal Library obtains license to provide access to cultural heritage
Futureofcopyright.com, here.
Google may reach antitrust settlement with E.U. in second half of the year
Washingtonpost.com, here.
Internet Competition and E-books: Challenging the Competition Policy Acquis?
S. Vezzoso (this blog's author), Presentation here (ppt file).
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Federal Trade Commission v. Phoebe Putney Health System
No. 11–1160. Argued November 26, 2012—Decided February 19, 2013, here.
Competition Law and Personal Data : Preliminary Thoughts on a Complex Issue
D. Geradin & M. Kuschewsky, here.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Malleable malls: Shopping centres are proving well-suited to the digital age
TheEconomist.com, here.
CHART OF THE DAY: How Much Money Amazon Is Making From The Kindle Ecosystem
BusinessInsider.com, here.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Licensing Controversy — Balancing Author Rights with Societal Good
Scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org, here.
Critical Cloud Computing
A Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) perspective on cloud computing, ENISA, here.
Macmillan to Pay $20 Million to Settle State, Class Action Price-Fixing Claims
Publishersweekly.com, here.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Proposed new EU General Data Protection Regulation: Article-by-article analysis paper
UK Information Commissioner's Office, here.
Vertical restraints in soccer: Financial Fair Play and the English Premier League
T. Peeters, S. Szymanski, here (pdf file).
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Dutch government will end protection of non-original works to modernise copyright law
Futureofcopyright.com, here.
BGH legt EuGH Frage zum technischen Schutz von Schutzmaßnahmen für Videospiele vor
Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht, hier.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
U.S. appeals judges quiz lawyers on rules for patenting software
Newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com, here.
Access and the Public Domain
R. Picker, here.
Of particular interest to me is how broad access issues are likely to shape the "scale and scope of competition in the provision of the public domain".
Of particular interest to me is how broad access issues are likely to shape the "scale and scope of competition in the provision of the public domain".
Efectos del carácter restrictivo de la normativa comercial sobre la competitividad de la economía catalana
Autoritat Catalana de la Competència, aquí.
Friday, February 08, 2013
Macmillan settles with DOJ, and Apple is last man standing in ebook pricing case
PaidContent.org, here.
Interesting to academia and beyond:
"Electronic versions of academic textbooks” are removed from the settlement’s “requirements and prohibitions” because the DOJ antitrust case focused only on trade books.
Interesting to academia and beyond:
"Electronic versions of academic textbooks” are removed from the settlement’s “requirements and prohibitions” because the DOJ antitrust case focused only on trade books.
The Digital Economy
OECD, Competition Committee, DAF/COMP(2012)22, here.
Coup de coeur: the French contribution to the October 2011 hearing, p. 75 ff.
Coup de coeur: the French contribution to the October 2011 hearing, p. 75 ff.
Thursday, February 07, 2013
Comparative Analysis on National Approaches to ISP Liability for Copyright Infringement
I. Garrote Fernandéz-Diez, here.
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Monday, February 04, 2013
Efforts to Update and Strengthen Privacy Law in Europe and the United States
Letter from prominent US consumer and civil liberties organizations to US government leaders, here.
Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverlage: Müsste Google wirklich zahlen? – eine kartellrechtliche Analyse
C. Kersting, S. Dworschak, hier.
Market Dominance and Quality of Search Results in the Search Engine Market
I. Lianos, E. Motchenkova, here.
Irish High Court Order following FitFlop investigation involving allegations of resale price maintenance
Competition Authority Press Release, here.
Sunday, February 03, 2013
Saturday, February 02, 2013
Friday, February 01, 2013
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
U.S. firms, officials resisting Europe’s push for stronger digital privacy rules
WashingtonPost.com, here.
Bundesgerichtshof erkennt Schadensersatz für den Ausfall eines Internetanschlusses
Bundesgerichtshof III ZR 98/12, Pressemitteilung hier.
Volltext hier.
Aus der Pressemitteilung:
"...Nach der Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichtshofs muss der Ersatz für den Ausfall der Nutzungsmöglichkeit eines Wirtschaftsguts grundsätzlich Fällen vorbehalten bleiben, in denen sich die Funktionsstörung typischerweise als solche auf die materiale Grundlage der Lebenshaltung signifikant auswirkt"...."Demgegenüber hat der Senat dem Kläger dem Grunde nach Schadensersatz für den Fortfall der Möglichkeit zuerkannt, seinen Internetzugang für weitere Zwecke als für den Telefon- und Telefaxverkehr zu nutzen. Die Nutzbarkeit des Internets ist ein Wirtschaftsgut, dessen ständige Verfügbarkeit seit längerer Zeit auch im privaten Bereich für die eigenwirtschaftliche Lebenshaltung typischerweise von zentraler Bedeutung ist. Das Internet stellt weltweit umfassende Informationen in Form von Text-, Bild-, Video- und Audiodateien zur Verfügung. Dabei werden thematisch nahezu alle Bereiche abgedeckt und verschiedenste qualitative Ansprüche befriedigt. So sind etwa Dateien mit leichter Unterhaltung ebenso abrufbar wie Informationen zu Alltagsfragen bis hin zu hochwissenschaftlichen Themen. Dabei ersetzt das Internet wegen der leichten Verfügbarkeit der Informationen immer mehr andere Medien, wie zum Beispiel Lexika, Zeitschriften oder Fernsehen. Darüber hinaus ermöglicht es den weltweiten Austausch zwischen seinen Nutzern, etwa über E-Mails, Foren, Blogs und soziale Netzwerke. Zudem wird es zunehmend zur Anbahnung und zum Abschluss von Verträgen, zur Abwicklung von Rechtsgeschäften und zur Erfüllung öffentlich-rechtlicher Pflichten genutzt. Der überwiegende Teil der Einwohner Deutschlands bedient sich täglich des Internets. Damit hat es sich zu einem die Lebensgestaltung eines Großteils der Bevölkerung entscheidend mitprägenden Medium entwickelt, dessen Ausfall sich signifikant im Alltag bemerkbar macht."Volltext hier.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Albrecht Draft Report on the Right to Data Portability: Blurring the Legal Contours?
A much debated element of the EU Personal Data Protection reform package is the proposal to introduce a right to data portability, as put forth in Article 18 of the draft Regulation.
Art. 8(2) of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights states that” everyone has the right of access to data which has been collected concerning him or her, and the right to have it rectified.” Pursuant to Article 12 of the currently applicable Data Protection Directive, individuals already have the right to access their personal data, and in particular to obtain from the data controller communication “in an intelligible form of the data undergoing processing,” but the form of the communication is not specified, and the way in which that right can be exercised varies considerably from country to country within the EU, and access has become particularly challenging especially in connection with the online environment.
Pursuant to the proposed Art.18 of the Regulation, data subjects could, first, obtain a copy of their personal data “processed by electronic means and in a structured and commonly used format.” The copy itself must be “an electronic and structured format which is commonly used and allows for further use by the data subject.” Further, individuals would be granted the explicit right to transfer “personal data and any other information provided by the data subject and retained by an automated processing system” into another automated processing system “where the data subject has provided the personal data and the processing is based on consent or on a contract.” The transfer should be “without hindrance by the controller”, and data should be “in an electronic format which is commonly used.”Article 18(3) gives the Commission the power to specify the electronic format and the "technical standards, modalities and procedures for the transmission of personal data.”
Art. 18 should be read against the background of Article 15 of the draft Regulation, that provides for the “general” right of access for the data subject. Article 15 states that the data subject has the right to obtain from the controller communication of the personal data undergoing processing, but the main difference is that Article 18 specifically deals with the condition for reuse of the data, by the data subject herself and/or by another automated processing system.
As seen above, Art. 18(2) introduces the right to export personal data and other information provided by data subject to another service “without hindrance” by the controller. It is not clear, however, if this would involve an affirmative obligation on the controller to transfer data directly to another service, i.e. to provide for some degree of interoperability between electronic processing systems. The data that the individual has the right to trasfer should be in electronic form. As mentioned before, the Regulation would give the Commission the power to specify the electronic format and the further technical requirements for allowing the transmission of personal data.
The contours of the data portability right as foreseen by Article 18 of the draft Regulation are not totally clear, though, in particular because most of the critical “technicalities” (i.e. electronic format and the technical standards, modalities and procedures for the transmission of personal data) are left to later clarifications by the Commission. In this highly sensitive area, however, negative implications on innovation processes should be carefully avoided by abstaining from imposing microregulation on technological solutions to ensure data portability. Moreover, in the rather remote event that the language of Article 18 remains largely unaffected by the various negotiation phases the reform package is currently going through, the effectiveness of the new right will critically depend on the interpretation of rather vague legal concepts like “without hindrance.”
Pursuant to the proposed Art.18 of the Regulation, data subjects could, first, obtain a copy of their personal data “processed by electronic means and in a structured and commonly used format.” The copy itself must be “an electronic and structured format which is commonly used and allows for further use by the data subject.” Further, individuals would be granted the explicit right to transfer “personal data and any other information provided by the data subject and retained by an automated processing system” into another automated processing system “where the data subject has provided the personal data and the processing is based on consent or on a contract.” The transfer should be “without hindrance by the controller”, and data should be “in an electronic format which is commonly used.”Article 18(3) gives the Commission the power to specify the electronic format and the "technical standards, modalities and procedures for the transmission of personal data.”
Art. 18 should be read against the background of Article 15 of the draft Regulation, that provides for the “general” right of access for the data subject. Article 15 states that the data subject has the right to obtain from the controller communication of the personal data undergoing processing, but the main difference is that Article 18 specifically deals with the condition for reuse of the data, by the data subject herself and/or by another automated processing system.
As seen above, Art. 18(2) introduces the right to export personal data and other information provided by data subject to another service “without hindrance” by the controller. It is not clear, however, if this would involve an affirmative obligation on the controller to transfer data directly to another service, i.e. to provide for some degree of interoperability between electronic processing systems. The data that the individual has the right to trasfer should be in electronic form. As mentioned before, the Regulation would give the Commission the power to specify the electronic format and the further technical requirements for allowing the transmission of personal data.
The contours of the data portability right as foreseen by Article 18 of the draft Regulation are not totally clear, though, in particular because most of the critical “technicalities” (i.e. electronic format and the technical standards, modalities and procedures for the transmission of personal data) are left to later clarifications by the Commission. In this highly sensitive area, however, negative implications on innovation processes should be carefully avoided by abstaining from imposing microregulation on technological solutions to ensure data portability. Moreover, in the rather remote event that the language of Article 18 remains largely unaffected by the various negotiation phases the reform package is currently going through, the effectiveness of the new right will critically depend on the interpretation of rather vague legal concepts like “without hindrance.”
Even more uncertainty could be the result of the negotiations surrounding the reform package, though. A good example of this is the amendment proposal put forth by the rapporteur for the European Parliament's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (“Albrecht Draft Report"). According to the proposal, Article 18 should be merged with Article 15. The Albrecht draft, however, blurrs the legal contours of the right to export personal data and other information to another service even further, in so far as it foresees that the right should be exercised “where technically feasible and appropriate”. The critical change in the text would appear to be at least partially in line with the amendments suggested by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and already contained in the Draft Opinion of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
US position paper regarding the proposed EU protection framework.
Made available by EDRI.org, here (pdf file).
Five Reasons Why U.S. Consumer NGOs Support a Strong EU Privacy Law
Center for Digital Democracy and Consumer Federation of America, here (Word file).
Monday, January 21, 2013
The coming Amazon smartphone. Expanded textbook rentals? Reports on the Digital Book World Conference
Kindleworld.blogspot.com, here.
The Significance of China’s First Fine on an International Cartel
Competitionpolicy.wordpress.com, here.
Opérateurs de réseaux mobiles virtuels (MVNO) sur les marchés de la téléphonie mobile en France
Autorité de la concurrence, Avis ici.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay: Is the Internet Driving Competition or Market Monopolization?
J. Haucap and U. Heimeshoff, here.
PaidContent, Data Protection reform and cross-border Insolvency law prioritised by EU Ministers
Irish EU Presidency, here.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Economic Research into Regulatory Restrictions in the Legal Profession
A Report for the Office of Fair Trading by Europe Economics, here.
Release of Confidential Cartel Information by European Commission to English High Court Suspended
McDermott Will & Emery, here.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Informe para promover la competencia en el sector del transporte público interurbano regular permanente de viajeros de uso general por carretera en Andalucía.
Consejo de Defensa de la Competencia de Andalucía, aquì.
Happy Birthday AAI: No ECI (European Competition Institute) in sight yet?
On AAI celebrations read commentary from AAI President Bert Foer, here.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
“Right to be forgotten” versus freedom of speech: Search engines in turmoil
Privacyassociation.org, here.
Monday, January 14, 2013
The Impact of the Internet on Advertising Markets for News Media
S. Athey, E. Calvano, J. Gans, here.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
Technology of Privacy
Silicon Flatirons Center, University of Colorado Law School, Friday, January 11, 2013; 9:15 AM - 6:00 PM (17:15 - 02:00 Trento time), live stream url here.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Albrecht Report on Personal Data Protection
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Draft Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individual with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, here.
Monday, January 07, 2013
Friday, January 04, 2013
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Diritto d'autore e ricerca scientifica: prove di dialogo per la crescita
S. Vezzoso (autrice di questo blog), qui.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Dead Poets’ Property- The Copyright Act of 1814 and the Price of Literature in the Romantic Period
X. Li, M. MacGarvie, P. Moser, here.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
DRAFT TEXT OF AN INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT/TREATY ON LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS/PERSONS WITH PRINT DISABILITIES
WIPO General Assembly - Forty-Second (22nd Extraordinary) Session, Geneva, December 17 to 18, 2012, here.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Report on a Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy
European Parliament, Rapporteur: M. Schaake, here.
Page 7: "Recognises the role of artistic freedom, and the freedom to imitate and reuse, as cornerstones for creativity and freedom of expression and ideas; is aware of the significant presence of exceptions and limitations in the copyright ecosystem, especially in the areas of journalism, quotation, satire, archives, libraries and ensuring access to and usability of the cultural heritage"
Page 7: "Recognises the role of artistic freedom, and the freedom to imitate and reuse, as cornerstones for creativity and freedom of expression and ideas; is aware of the significant presence of exceptions and limitations in the copyright ecosystem, especially in the areas of journalism, quotation, satire, archives, libraries and ensuring access to and usability of the cultural heritage"
GODZILLA vs MECHAGODZILLA - Antitrust and Intellectual Property Rights−the Ultimate Counterweapon?
F. Juckniess and S. Larimore Wahl, here.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Monday, December 10, 2012
Anwendungshinweise zur Erhebung, Verarbeitung und Nutzung von personenbezogenen Daten für werbliche Zwecke
Gremium der Datenschutzaufsichtsbehörden, hier.
From war to peace: a European tale (off-topic)
H. Van Rompuy, J. Barroso, Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize Award to the European Union/Oslo, here.
Sunday, December 09, 2012
Saturday, December 08, 2012
Friday, December 07, 2012
Thursday, December 06, 2012
It’s Not How Much data You Have, But How You Use It: Assessing Privacy in the Context of Consumer Data Integration
J. Polonetsky, O. Tene, White Paper here.
Standard Setting Organizations and Antitrust: Balancing IPRs and Competition
Giovanni Napolitano (World Intellectual Property Organization), December 13, 2012, 9.30 am, Economics and Management Department, Trento University (Room 3C).
EU Directive on Public Sector Information: a Quick Look at the Proposed Amendments
Copyright4education.blogspot.co.uk, here.
Taser Trademark: Company Fights To Keep Journalists From Using Term 'Tasered'
Huffingtonpost.com, here.
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
BEUC on EU Data Protection Reform Proposal
Analysis of consumer benefits versus administrative burden of key provisions, here.
Resolución de 29 de Noviembre de 2012, sobre uvas denominación origen Valdepeñas
Cncompetencia.es, aquì (fichero pdf).
Monday, December 03, 2012
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Saturday, December 01, 2012
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