Online platforms and data protection

EDPS, here.

"Despite the essential role cloud services play for the deployment of online services, EU consumers still do not seem to fully trust cloud-based services...As a result, finding privacy-friendly solutions for cloud computing services represents one of the main challenges for online platforms... Boosting research and marketing of solutions increasing transparency and user's control over their data (such as “personal data management systems”) is essential to offer a higher level of protection and thus increasing users' trust.

After Spending A Day As The Internet's Punching Bag, Philips Walks Back Firmware Update That Locked Out Third-Party Products

TechDirt, here. 

General Court annuls airfreight cartel decision

Press release here.

The Human Condition and The Black Box Society

N. Dewandre, here.

Mergers in the Dutch grocery sector: an ex-post evaluation

Lear for the ACM, here. 

Agreement on Commission's EU data protection reform will boost Digital Single Market

EC, Press Release, here. 

Personal Data Management Systems

R. Oostrum, here. 

Auto Distribution: Current Issues and Future Trends

FTC, here. 

Internet of Things: Another Industry Patent War?

K. Ho, here. 

Einheitliche Glühweinpreise: Kartellamt ermittelt

MDR.de, hier. 

Web Privacy Census 2015

I. Altaweel, N. Good, and C. Hoofnagle, here. 

Software-Enabled Consumer Products Study: Notice and Request for Public Comment

U.S. Copyright Office, here. 

Competition Tribunal Gives Go Ahead for Price Maintenance Claim Against Music Industry Giants

M. Geist, here. 

Is Privacy The Future of Online Marketing?

 S. Milyaeva and D. Neyland, here. 

Your Algorithmic Self Meets Super-Intelligent AI

TechCrunch, here. 

Web Scraping: Applications and Tools

EPSI, here. 

The European hospitality industry launches a campaign: ‘Book Direct’

Hotrec.eu, here. 

'Internetstandards' sollen nicht für internetbasierte Vermittlungsportale gelten

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Le partenariat entre la SNCF et Airbnb ulcère les hôteliers

Numérama, ici. 

How to Explore Consumers’ Privacy Choices with Behavioral Economics

S. Preibusch, here. 

BCS Challenges: Personal data

BCS.org, here. 

Hotel pricing in a post-parity world

TNooz, Webinar Video here. 

Price signalling and information exchange

Allen & Overy, Video here. 

Bahn einigt sich in Kartellstreit mit drei Fluggesellschaften

FAZ, hier.

Google Continuing To Test 4 Text Ads In Search Results

SearchEngineLand, here.

Intellectual Property and Innovation in Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

EC Joint Research Centre, here.

Silicon Valley Kingpins Commit $1 Billion to Create Artificial Intelligence Without Profit Motive

WSJ, here.

Government Ministers give evidence on online platforms

House of Lords, Press Release here. Video here. 

A frenzy of deals is awakening America’s antitrust regulators

TheEconomist, here..

Netzneutralität: Europas lange Leitung

Das Netz, hier. 

Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Field Experiment

B. Edelman,  M. Luca, D. Svirsky, here.

Our Data, Our Rules?

F. Pasquale, Audio here. 

Big data ethics

UK Cross-Government Data Programme, here. 

Options to strengthen the misuse of market power law

AU Treasury, here. 

Italy's antitrust watchdog opens probe into Enel's smart meters

Reuters, here.

Disruptive innovation and competition

A. Tonazzi, Presentation here. 

Data protection will become the new antitrust

G. Buttarelli, here. 

Successful Technology Licensing

WIPO, here. 

What if we could demand something in return for our personal data?

Computing.co.uk, here. 

The Next Frontier For Wearables: Bendable Batteries, Healthy Tattoos And More

TechCrunch, here. 

When Your Boss Is an Uber Algorithm

Technologyreview.com, here. 

Der Bürger als Datenproduzent

Faz,  morgen:

"Warum soll Persönlichkeit, die in einem Lichtbild(werk) verkörpert ist, mit Blick auf die Verwertung auch schutzbedürftiger sein als reine persönliche Daten, wie der Pulsschlag ?"

Digital Content Next Research Indicates 33% of Consumers Likely to Try Ad Blocking Software in Next Three Months

DigitalContentNext, here.

“The more bits you use, the more you pay”: Comcast CEO justifies data caps

ArsTechnica, here. 

This is why Microsoft cuddled up to Cyanogen, the startup trying to take Android 'away from' Google

Uk.businessinsider.com, here. 

Le "cartel de l'endive" renvoyé devant la justice européenne

Ouest-france.fr, ici. 

Guarding and growing personal data value

Accenture, here. 

Uber, Airbnb and Amazon

House of Lords, Video here. 

The vision of a digital Europe: challenges and opportunities

M.Vestager, here.

Digital Regulation

B. Lasserre, Video here.

Growth Through Trust

The CMA, the slave trade and the commercial use of consumer data

MyDex, here.

"At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, let us draw an analogy. Imagine an 18th century Competition and Markets Authority calling for information about the slave trade. If this 18th century CMA accepted the status quo – that the ‘market’ in question is people being traded rather than people being able to trade in the market in their own right – it might have asked how slaves may generate benefit for their owners, how slaves are collected, bought and sold, what contractual arrangements apply to the trading of slaves (including pricing), what restrictions firms have in acquiring slaves, and so on. In other words, it might have asked the sorts of questions that the CMA is currently asking about personal data – assuming that individuals have no right or ability to use/trade their own data for their own purposes in their own right."

Watch also MyDex's testimony to the House of Lords' EU Internal Market Sub-Committee (Online Platforms and the EU Digital Single Market Inquiry), Video here (from 17:35:15).

Uitgeverijen willen verkoop tweedehands e-book tegengaan

NOS, hier. 

Uber is still blocked on WeChat in China — and the situation is getting worse

VentureBeat, here. 

The Internet of Me: An infographic

TheMedium, here. 

The Data Driven Economy: Toward Sustainable Growth

Ctrl-shift, here. 

EC sends two Statements of Objections on exclusivity payments and predatory pricing to Qualcomm

Press Release, here.

And Qualcomm's comment, here. 

Algorithms rule our lives, so who should rule them?

QZ.com, here. 

The Business Case For Augmented Reality

TechCrunch, here. 

Uber est condamné à 150 000 euros d’amende pour UberPop

Numerama, ici. 

Hotel support has been ‘overwhelming’, says TripTease ‘chief tease’

Eyefortravel.com, here. 

FTC Files Lawsuit Seeking to Block Staples-Office Depot Merger

WSJ, here. 

Give Us Back Our Data

Video, here. 

Beer Drinkers Are Suing to Stop the AB InBev-SABMiller Merger

Fortune.com, here. 

Data to become new profit centre for car makers

Telegraph.co.uk, here. 

Evans and Ezrachi answering questions on online platforms and competition

Video, here.

Data, data protection and online platforms

House of Lords, Audio (from 1:12) here.

(David Alexander is just amazing).

Skyscanner, Yelp, hotels and booksellers giving evidence on online platforms

House of Lords, Audio here.

E-Commerce Exec and Online Retailer Charged with Price Fixing Wall Posters

DoJ, here.

Yen Interest Rate Derivatives Decision

EC, Case AT.39861, here.

Meet the Russian Company That Got Its Antitrust Watchdog to Bite Google

Recode.net, here.

Standard Essential Patents: The End of IP Rights Enforcement? - Seminar

Disruptive Innovation and Competition - Seminar

Legal reviews for the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with print disabilities in Asia and the Pacific

UN Development Programme, here. 

Privacy Bridges

CSAIL, Ivir, here. 

Intellectual Property and Competition Law

ACCC, here. 

Is Uber disruptive?

Bookforum.com, here. 

How behavioral factors influence us to sugarcoat or avoid negative messages

Deloitte, Podcast here. 

Are Paid & Organic Distinct Channels? Not So Fast.

Searchengineland.com, here. 

New standard for smart appliances in the smart home

EC, here. 

Facebook’s least favourite Austrian takes further action

TechCrunch,  here.

Authors side with Apple in e-book price-fixing Supreme Court appeal

ArsTechnica, here. 

Is Amazon The Next Google?

O. Budzinski & K. Köhler, here. 

Copyright Principles and Priorities to Foster a Creative Digital Marketplace

S. Aistars, D. Hartline, & M. Schultz, here. 

6th Report on the Monitoring of Patent Settlements

EC, here. 

Accusations Fly in Response to NX1 3D Printer Kickstarter

3printingindustry.com, here.

Qualcomm Inks Critical Licensing Deal with China's Xiaomi

Fortune.com, here. 

Facebook bows to Belgian privacy ruling over cookies

BBC, here.

Decision here. 

Google on Online Platforms and the EU Digital Single Market

House of Lords, transcript of evidence taken, here; Video, here. 

The mobile adblocking apocalypse hasn’t arrived (at least not yet)

NiemanLab, here. 

Patent Troll Sues Everyone For Infringing On Encryption-Related Patent By Encrypting Their Websites

Techdirt.com, here. 

New Proposal At WIPO SCCR To Explore Use Of Copyrighted Works In Digital Environment

IP-watch.org, here. 

Freedom to Innovate (and the Internet of Cranes)

J. Zittrain, Video here. 

ICLE and leading antitrust scholars urge Supreme Court to review 2nd Circuit ruling in Apple e-books case

Truthonthemarket.com, here. 

Qualcomm Said to Face EU Antitrust Complaint on Predatory Pricing

Gadgets.ndtv.com, here. 

Is it the end for ‘rate parity’ in hotels?

Buyingbusinesstravel.com, here. 

Heineken challenges EUR31.5m fine over unfair practices

Just-drinks, here. 

E-Commerce in Singapore - How it affects the nature of competition and what it means for competition policy

CCS, here. 

A comparison between US and EU data protection legislation for law enforcement purposes

EP study, here. 

Booking.com rate widget threat worked (a little bit)

TNooz, here. 

Patent trolls filed hundreds of lawsuits to beat Dec. 1 deadline

ArsTechnica, here. 

Why FRAND is bad for Free Software

FSFE, here.

CMA’s response to TfL’s private hire regulations proposals

Here.

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.

...

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."

WhatsApp Is Blocking Links To Rival App Telegram On Android

Techcrunch.com, here.
See also here. 

Allergan and New York settle suit over Alzheimer’s drug switching

Statnews.com, here. 

Amazon shows new Prime Air drone design

FT, here. 

Using geolocated Twitter traces to infer residence and mobility

UK Office for National Statistics, here. 

Online Manipulation: Ways You’re Currently Being Deceived

Business2Community, here. 

Bring Back Antitrust

D. Dayen, here. 

Future patent wars

Out-law.com, 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. 

The Sharing Economy, Competition and Regulation

J. Gata, here. 

Google, Google Shopping and Amazon: The Importance of Competing Business Models and Two-Sided Intermediaries in Defining Relevant Markets.

S. Broos, J. Marcos Ramos, here. 

Google remporte une manche face au français Bottin

Lesechos.fr, ici.

Avis de l'Autorité de la concurrence ici. Décision par la Cour d'Appel de Paris ici.

It’s illegal to make private copies of music in the UK—again

G. Moody, here. 

Ad blockers as industry-wide wake-up call

WSJ.com, here. 

Modernizing Regulation in the Canadian Taxi Industry

Canada Competition Bureau, here.

Consumer Actions after the Adoption of the EU Directive on Damage Claims for Competition Law Infringements

J. Drexl, here. 

'Exhaustion' in the Digital Age

R. Hilty, here. 

What is your car saying about you?

Fiaregion1, here.
Video here, 

Uber and the Rule of Law: Should Spontaneous Liberalization be Applauded or Criticized?

D. Geradin, here. 

Green Light or No, Nest Cam Never Stops Running

Securityledger.com, here. 

Microsoft settles suit tied to compliance with EU antitrust case

Seattletimes.com, here. 

Mozilla: We’re not getting money from Google any more, but we’re doing fine

ArsTechnica, here. 

Bundesgerichtshof zur Haftung von Access-Providern für Urheberrechtsverletzungen Dritter

Urteile vom 26. November 2015 - I ZR 3/14 und I ZR 174/14, hier. 

Financial benchmarks: Commission welcomes agreement on new rules to prevent manipulation

Press Release, here.

BYD suit against Apple in Shenzhen shows why China is a business risk and a patent assertion opportunity

Iam-media.com, here. 

Vers des plateformes réellement coopératives

Internetactu.net, here. 

3 Google Patents You Need To Know About In 2016

SearchEngineLand, here. 

FCC Makes It Clear It Thinks Some Net Neutrality Abuses Are 'Innovative' And 'Pro Competition'

TechDirt, here. 

Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland urge Reiss Engelhorn Museum to reconsider suit over public domain works of art

Wikipedia, here. 

Open Sourcing AI and the Triumph of Data

Wired, here.

On the IP/Antitrust Interface

A Conversation, Video here.

Whither Uber?: Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks

B. Edelman, here.

Google’s investments, acquisitions, and strategy

CB Insights, here. 

Call for Inputs: Big Data in retail general insurance

FCA, here. 

Algorithm Predicts Relationship Success Through Couples’ Tone Of Voice

TechCrunch, here. 

Regulating platforms? A competition law perspective

Chillingcompetition, here. 

A Car Dealers Won’t Sell: It’s Electric

NYTimes, here. 

Google Says Local Search Result That Buried Rivals Yelp, TripAdvisor Is Just a Bug

Recode.net, here. 

Reflections on the use of big data and its implications

Essex University, Submission to the 'Big Data Dilemma Inquiry', here.

Competition Law and the Pharmaceutical Sector in India

S. Mondal and V. Pingali, here. 

European Data Market

IDC and Open Evidence for the European Commission, DG CONNECT, here.

Consumer groups expose manufacturers for collecting data from connected cars

Euractiv.com, here. 

Government Response to the Harper Review

Treasury.gov.au, here. 

Developments in Antitrust Cases Against Sports Leagues

Panel, AAI, Audio  here.

Perspectives on Europe

M. Vestager, Text here. Podcast here.

Superintendência-Geral do Cade instaura processo administrativo contra taxistas no caso Uber

Rebecaslima.jusbrasil.com.br, aqui.

The Big Data Dilemma

UK Parliament, Science and Technology Committee, here.

ABA Head Rings Alarm About Amazon Books and Antitrust Laws

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

New international conventions are needed to govern the Internet

DW.com, here. 

FOIA'd lobby documents that Dutch Government received regarding Data Protection Regulation

BOF.nl, here. 

The open-data revolution is only getting started

TheEconomist, here. 

A third of the economy is at stake — and patent trolls are to blame

J. Bessen and M. Meurer, here.

Meeting the Challenges of Big Data

EDPS, here.

Happy 8th Birthday Kindle!

Ebookevangelist.com, here. 

A Step Toward Protecting Fair Use on YouTube

Google, here. 

New Industry Coalition To Promote Fair Standards In Licensing

IP-watch.org, here. 

The Potential of Geolocation for Revolutionizing Retail

R. Haslehurst, D. McKone, here. 

Rabattschlacht von myTaxi geht weiter – Stuttgarter Verfügung gekippt

Heise.de, hier.

Google Shopping Gets A Mobile Makeover With A Focus On Local Commerce

TechCrunch, here. 

Qualcomm Sinks as South Korea Accuses Company of Breaking Law

Bloomberg, here.  See also iam, here. 

Pardon the Interruption: Competition and Disruptive Business Models

S. Weissman, here. 

The Missing Role of Economics in Privacy Regulation at the FTC

J. Wright, Video here (from 08:15).

Experts compare Duke lawsuit to other antitrust cases

Dukechronicle.com, here. 

Bedingungen für Lieferanten: Kartellamt unterliegt im Streit mit Edeka

Spiegel.de, hier.

OLG Düsseldorf, VI – Kart 6/14 (V), hier.

'Autorité de la concurrence clôt une enquête à l'encontre d'Adidas

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

The Supreme Court Needs to Intervene and Bring Rationality to Tying Law – and It May Wish to Look at Loyalty Discounts as Well

TruthOnTheMarket, here. 

More Evidence Of How Copyright Makes Culture Disappear In A Giant Black Hole

TechDirt, here. 

Android: Почему мы не согласны с этим решением?

Googlerussiablog, здесь. 

Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

R. Shiller, Book Talk, Video here.

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.

Collusion and Cartels: Successes and Challenges

J. Harrington, here. 

Towards a Broader View of Competition Policy

J. Stiglitz, here. Video, here (from 11:30).

Anti-Monopoly Enforcement: Protection and Promotion of Technology Innovation

S. Ming, here. 

Perspectives on judging competition law cases: the role of economic evidence

F. Jenny, here. 

Chinese Anti-Monopoly Guide on Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights: A Comment

K. Wong-Ervin, J. Wright, D. Ginsburg, B. Kobayashi, here. 

Zwangslizenz: Patentverwerter Sisvel siegt mit Arnold Ruess und Eisenführ

Juve.de, hier. 

Professor's legal win will make MOOCs more dynamic

Thedp.com, here. 

Small telcos and consumer groups team up against former monopolies

Euractiv, 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. 

What Is Disruptive Innovation?

C. Christensen, M. Raynor, R. McDonald, here. 

Sprawling? Pssht—no one streamlines everything from books to bots like Amazon

ArsTechnica, here. 

Platform Cooperativism

Conference, Videos here. 

Growth in an increasingly intangible-intensive economy

J. Haskel, Video here. 

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)."

Behavioral Economics and U.S. Antitrust Policy

E. Bailey, here.

La France veut soumettre quelques dizaines de plateformes numériques à des obligations spécifiques

NextImpact, ici.

Patent Assertion Entities in Europe

B. Love, C. Helmers, F. Gaessler, M. Ernicke, here.

Google Play Store Apps Permissions

PewResearchCenter, here.

Cross-Device Tracking: Letter to the FTC

Center for Democracy & Technology,  here.

The Influence Of Education On The 3D Printing Industry

TechCrunch, here.

Another awe-inspiring conversation with Justice Breyer

Video here (4:45).

Democracy: the film that gets behind the scenes of the European privacy debate

TheGuardian, here.

Leval On Fair Use And Google Books: A Sketch Of A Story

TechDirt, here. Video of the lecture here.

New focus on activities as Booking.com partners with buoyant GetYourGuide

TNooz, here.

Yandex Takes Google Antitrust Battle to EU After Russia

Bloomberg, here.

Qui contrôle les données des usagers des bibliothèques ?

BiblioNumericus, ici. 

EuGH-Urteil: VG Wort und Verlage erleiden schwere Schlappe

Spiegel.de, hier

How pharma keeps a trove of drug trials out of public view

Washingtonpost.com, here. 

Google Executive, Hollywood Producer Spar Over Piracy at Copyright Hearing

Variety.com, here. 

F.uxd: Apple Says Screen Brightness App Violates Developer Agreement

TechCrunch, here. 

The University of Nowhere: The False Promise of “Disruption

F. Pasquale, here. 

YouTube Launches Its Long-Awaited Music App

TechCrunch, here. 

Données personnelles, plateformes et concurrence. Quelle régulation par le droit de la concurrence ?

Déjeuner Procédure, Présentations ici.

EU Council approves trademark reform, despite UK and Dutch reservations

Worldipreview.com, here. 

Securing Private Communications

A. Arnbak, here. 

Proposed guidance for firms outsourcing to the ‘cloud’ and other third-party IT services

UK Financial Conduct Authority, here.

The UK government embraces open source via a government-centric fork of LibreOffice

Techrepublic, here. 

The UN launches an app to let you donate a meal to refugee children

VentureBeat, here. 

Yahoo Updates Search Experience For Firefox Users On Desktop

SearchEngineLand, here. 

Google’s New “About Me” Page Lets You Control What Personal Info Others Can See

TechCrunch, here. 

Has the search result ruling stopped the internet working?

ICO, here. 

Einwilligungslösungen von Google

HmbBfDI, hier. 

Google’s map display box could have boosted traffic to rivals, product manager says

MLex, here. 

European Ecommerce

Ccianet.org, here. 

Guidance on the approval of voluntary redress schemes for infringements of competition law

FCA, here. 

Processing personal data of people who do not have a Facebook account via cookies and social plug-ins

President of the Court of First Instance in Brussels, Belgium, 9th November 2015, English summary here; ruling in Dutch hier. 

World Intellectual Property Report 2015 - Breakthrough Innovation and Economic Growth

WIPO, here. 

Achats et emprunts de livres : quelles sont les habitudes des Français ?

Actualitte.com, ici. 

Netflix im Datenschutz-Check

basicthinking.de, hier. 

The ITC does not have authority over the internet, according to Federal Circuit

TheVerge, here. 

Critical Algorithm Studies: a Reading List

Socialmediacollective.org, here. 

Nike makes changes to running app following investigation by Dutch DPA

CBPweb, hier (Dutch). 

Disney’s smartwatch prototype can identify and track everything you touch

ArsTechnica, here. 

TensorFlow, Google's open source AI, signals big changes in hardware too

Wired, here. 

Mergers and disruptive innovation

J. Gans, here. 

Facebook must stop tracking Belgian users within 48 hours, or be fined €250K per day

ArsTechnica, here. 

Google Faces New Round of EU Probing Over Android Mapping Apps

Bloomberg.com, here. 

Competition problems provisionally found in private healthcare

CMA, Report here. Notice of possible remedies here. 

SEPs & FRAND After the CJEU Huawei / ZTE Ruling

Shearman  & Sterling, here.
Presentations here. 

Ad Blockers and the Next Chapter of the Internet

D. Searls, here. 

La CNMC y las nuevas tarifas de propiedad intelectual

CNMCblog, aquì.

Sharing data to form alliances

Datasciencecentral.com, here. 

Competition Policy in International Agreements

EP, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, here. 

Apple Reaffirms Its Superpower Over Android

Forbes.com, here. 

Facebook is censoring links to competitor social network Tsu and deleting old mentions

Boingboing.net, here. 

The EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Agreement on Personal Data Privacy: In Brief

US Congressional Research Service, here. 

Who cares about extended collective licensing?

Authorsalliance.org, here. 

Section by Section Commentary on the TPP - Copyright

K. Weatherall, here. 

ACCC chair welcomes digital disrupters

Theaustralian.com.au, here. 

European Commission issues guidance on transatlantic data transfers

Here.

WEKO verbietet Hotelbuchungsplattformen wettbewerbsbeschränkende Klauseln

WeKo, hier.

Competition enforcement is outside politics

M. Vestager, here. 

The Amazon bookstore (hi, future!)

Marginalrevolution.com, here. 

A shift to a decluttered digital economy

D. Coyle, here. 

The impact of e-commerce on the consumer sector- view from a Bank of England Agent

Bankunderground.co.uk, here. 

Facebook Plans to Use Your Location to Lure New Advertisers

Recode.net, here. 

Former Rabobank traders convicted in U.S. trial over Libor rigging

Reuters, here. 

Academic Search Engine Grasps for Meaning

Technologyreview.com, here. 

Economía colaborativa

A. Lamadrid, aquì.

Google says EU antitrust charges don't take into account that search is free

TheVerge, here. 

Napster returns in Canada as music streaming service

FactMag, here. 

The Changing Economics of App Development

HBR.org, here. 

Not Just Academics Fed Up With Elsevier: Entire Editorial Staff Resigns En Masse To Start Open Access Journal

TechDirt, here. 

Sharing Economy: Crowd-Based Capitalism and Platform as a "Neutral" Demand Funnel?

Salon.com, here.

Banning Uber like trying to stop the printing press, says Brussels

FT, here.

Unpaid crowd complementors: The platform network effect mirage

K. Boudreau, L. Jeppesen, here.

Promoting innovation through competition

R. Sims, here.

Copyright Captures APIs: A New Caution For Developers

TechCrunch, here.

Google is not doing enough to stop online piracy, JustWatch research suggests

Smh.com.au, here.

How Expedia will help HomeAway battle Airbnb

Tnooz, here.

Firefox Now Offers a More Private Browsing Experience

Blog.mozilla.org, here. 

People's Deepest, Darkest Google Searches Are Being Used Against Them

TheAtlantic, here. 

Creating a copyright exception for education — four principles to keep in mind

Communia, here. 

Verbraucher würden für mehr Datenschutz zahlen

Vzbv.de, hier. . 

Trunki v Kiddee: battle over children's luggage reaches supreme court

Theguardian, here. 

Filmrezension: „Democracy – Im Rausch der Daten“

Netzpolitik, hier. 

Lufthansa touts Google as big-name partner, direct-connects starting elsewhere

Tnooz.com, here. 

Axel Springer: Adblock-Sperre ist ein Erfolg

Heise.de, hier. 

A cartoonist transforms the iTunes Terms & Conditions into a graphic novel. It's amazing.

Boingboing.net, here. 

Google Sued by Rival Whose Maps Got Lost on the Internet

Bloomberg.com, here. 

Towards comprehensive public & private sector whistleblower protection

OECD, Presentation here. 

Commission consults on boosting enforcement powers of national competition authorities

EC, here. 

Roadmap to modernise copyright rules

European Commission, here. 

Who Owns the Patent on Nutmeg?

Newyorker.com, here. 

Das digitale Leben nach dem Tod wird zum Geschäft

Heise.de, hier. 

Who Knows What About Me? A Survey of Behind the Scenes Personal Data Sharing to Third Parties by Mobile Apps

J. Zang, K. Dummit, J. Graves, P. Lisker, and L. Sweeney, here. 

Competition and Antitrust in Internet Markets

J.Haucap, T.Stühmeier, here. 

Kartellrecht und Wettbewerbspolitik für Online-Plattformen

Lisa Hamelmann, Justus Haucap, hier. 

Amazon opens its first real-world bookshop in Seattle

ArsTechnica, here. 

UOKiK concludes proceedings in the hotel online booking case

Uokik.gov.pl, here. 

Vertical restraints

International Seminar, Programme here; Videos here.
L. Peeperkorn (38:27)
- intrabrand matters, s. softening of competition;
- advice: pick up newer economic literature;
- RPM: inefficient means to achieve efficiencies;

Open Data: Six Stories About Impact in the UK

Omidyar Network, here. 

Competition Authorities: Views on Disruptive Innovations

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, here.

Competition Commission of Singapore, here.

European Commission, here. 

Canadian Competition Bureau, here. 

Why Automated Marketing Isn’t Here Yet

Growlot, here. 

The ‘Economics of Attention’: A History of Economic Thought Perspective

A. Festré and P. Garrouste, here. 

Germany is advocating used e-book sales

Goodreader.com, here.

The Fight for Off-Network Video Distribution and Monetization

TechCrunch, here.

Google’s Rising Investments And Partnerships In Insurance Tech

CBinsights, here. 

Antitrust in Zero-Price Markets: Applications

J. Newman, here. 

Zum Gerichtsstand bei kollektiven Kartellschadensersatzklagen

Gerichtshof Amsterdam, Urteil vom 21.7.2015, Geschäftsnummer: 200.156.295/01 - Kemira/CDC, hier.

Spanish news startup El Español carves out a new digital space while competing with legacy media

NiemanLab, here. 

Follow-up to the European Parliament resolution of 12 March 2014 on the electronic mass surveillance of EU citizens

Here. 

La ‘mafia’ del papel higiénico en Chile

ElPais, aquì. 

CMA notes a recent Court of Justice judgment (AC Treuhand)

CMA, here. 

Netzneutralität: Telekom plant Internet-Maut

Spiegel.de, hier.

The US Safe Harbor – breached but perhaps not destroyed!

ICOnewsblog, here. 

Generating innovative and sustainable solutions to social challenges using open data

Open Data Institute and Nesta, here. 

La Audiencia Nacional dictamina que Oracle cometió infracción por abuso de posición de dominio

Poderjudicial.es, aquì. 

High-Cost Short-Term Credit Price Comparison Websites

London Economics for the  for the UK Financial Conduct Authority, here. 

Developing a Franco-­German API: Action Plan for Innovation

«Junge Digitale Wirtschaft» beim Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, Conseil national du numérique, here, ici, hier. 

Federal Investigators Looking at Valeant’s Contact Lens Dealings

ProPublica, here. 

Chinese Taomike Monetization Library Steals SMS Messages

PaloAltoNetworks, here. 

As GDPR Looms, Industry Worries

Iapp.org, here. 

The rating game

TheVerge, here. 

Dutch ACM launches awareness campaign called ‘Each app has its price’

Acm.nl, here. 

Oracle now keeping European data within its EU-based centres

Irishtimes.com, here. 

Économie numérique

N. Colina , A. Landierb , P. Mohnenc et A. Perrot, ici. 

Google’s Court Victory Is Good for Scholarly Authors. Here’s Why.

P. Samuelson, here. 

All About The New Google RankBrain Algorithm

SeachEngineLand, here. 

Platform regulation - antitrust law versus sector-specific legislation

A. Chrisholm, here. 

Strafrechtliche Sanktionen bei Kartellverstößen

Monopolkommission, hier. 

‘Disruptive innovation’ theory comes under scrutiny

BostonGlobe, here.

Google Books and Fair Use: From Implausible to Inevitable?

J. Ginsburg, here. 

Why We Should Join the Movement to Save the Internet in Europe

L. Lessig and B. van Schewick, here. 

Macron Law: A Focus on Online Hotel Reservation Platforms

Eversheds, here. 

This is what YouTube is telling labels who haven’t agreed its new terms

Musicbusinessworldwide.com, here. 

ECJ Judgment in AC-Treuhand (C-194/14 P) – On the scope of Art. 101 (1) TFEU

A. Lamadrid and S. Villiers, here. 

Exposición de Motivos del Decreto Legislativo 1205, que modifica la Ley Peruana de Represión de Conductas Anticompetitivas

Indecopi, aquí

Serial offenders: Why some industries seem prone to endemic collusion

Background Note by the OECD Secretariat, here. 

The impact of disruptive innovations on competition law enforcement

A. de Streel and P. Larouche for the OECD, here. 

Participation In Multiple Cartels Through Time

C. Marshall and L. Marx for the OECD, here. 

Google ad boss: Ad blockers are 'a blunt instrument and we need to be worried'

Uk.businessinsider.com, here.

Privacy race to the bottom: Google v. Facebook

Unsearcher.org, here.

Big data killed the private banking star

FT, here.

When Facebook Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself

TechCrunch, here.

Monopolkommission: Bis zu fünf Jahre Haft für Kartellsünder

FAZ, hier.

Retail banking and big data: Cracking the Vault

The Economist, here.

UN Report: Protection of Sources and Whistleblowers

Special Rapporteur tothe UN General Assembly, here.

Why does Google want to pay for digital news experiments in Europe?

NiemanLab, here.

Academics have found a way to access insanely expensive research paper - for free

Qz.com, here.

Transatlantic Privacy After Schrems: Time for An Honest Conversation

J. Brill, here.

Geographical Indications in TTIP: An Impossible Task

Cato.org, here.

Apple's EULA Gives It License to Invade Your Privacy, Government Claims

EFF, here.

Bing Is Profitable

TechCrunch, here. 

Conditional Discounts and the Law of Exclusive Dealing

D. Moore, J. Wright, here. 

Die Hochzeit der Singlebörsen

Handelsblatt, hier. 

What the Google Books Victory Means for Readers

TheAtlantic, here. 

Innovation potential in the digital age

C. Moedas, here. 

Interview: Booking.com CEO Darren Huston

Hoteliermiddleeast.com, here. 

The "More Economic Approach": An Aussie Perspective

R. Sims, here. 

Follow the user - digital news in a digital world

Googlepolicyeurope, here. 

Users are the real winners of the Google books case

K. Brown, here. 

Switching Principles

CMA, Call for Evidence here.

Development of the Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement

Google, here. 

AC‑Treuhand AG v.European Commission

Case C‑194/14 P, here. 

Open Data Handbook

Opendatahandbook.org, here. 

Hotel chains disagree over open marketplace concept

TNooz, here. 

Net Neutrality in Europe: Now or Never!

LaQuadrature.Net, here. 

Appeals court reverses itself, gives Amazon a trademark win over watchmaker

ArsTechnica, here. 

How Walmart Can Start Competing Online

HBR.org, here. 

Retail banking market investigation

CMA, Summary of provisional findings report, here.

Yahoo and Google revive search deal after 2008 antitrust lawsuit killed it

VentureBeat, here. See also SearchEngineLand, here. 

Online Platforms and the EU Digital Single Market

UK Parliament, EU Internal Market Sub-Committee:
Consumer experience of online platforms, Transcript of Oral Evidence, here.

Data Experts, Video here. 

Retail Banking: The grip banks have over their customer data is weakening

TheEconomist, here.

Irish privacy regulator concedes must investigate Facebook data

Reuters.com, here. 

Gesellschaftliche Konfliktlinien im Kontext von Big Data am Beispiel von Smart Health und Smart Mobility

 H. Lahmann, hier. 

Pour les VTC, gérée par les VTC: Des chauffeurs Uber lancent une application "made in France"

Franceinfo.fr, ici. 

UK’s largest online pharmacy fined £130,000 for selling patients’ data to scammers

MedConfidential, here.

ICO's "Monetary Penalty Notice" here.

"35. Pharmacy2U has obtained personal data unfairly because its online registration form and privacy policy did not inform its customers that it intended to sell their details to third party organisations, in addition to sending out its own marketing material. It would not be within a customer’s reasonable expectation that this form of disclosure would occur, even if they were willing to agree to the receipt of marketing material from Pharmacy2U itself. If a customer wished to take up Pharmacy2U’s offer to opt out of “Selected company data sharing”, they also had to go to the trouble of logging into their account and changing the setting.
36. In addition, Pharmacy2U did not provide the further information that was necessary to enable the processing in respect of its customers to be fair.
37. In the circumstances, Pharmacy2U’s customers did not give their informed consent to the sale of their personal data to third party organisations. Therefore Pharmacy2U did not have a lawful basis for processing the data under Part I of Schedule 2 to the DPA.
73. The Commissioner has decided that it is appropriate to issue a monetary penalty in this case, in light of the nature and seriousness of the contravention, Pharmacy2U’s shortcomings in terms of its DPA duties and the risks posed to a number of individuals. He has also considered the importance of monetary penalties in dissuading future contraventions of the DPA and encouraging compliance, in accordance with his policy."

Researchers find 256 iOS apps that collect users’ personal info (in breach of platform's rules)

ArsTechnica, here. 

Le.TAXI platform launched: Open Data to foster innovation in French taxi services

EpsiPlatform, here. 

France hailed as pioneer with landmark agreement

Musicweek, here.

Amazon sues 1,000 'fake reviewers'

TheGuardian, here. 

Google ordered to disclose personal data shared with 3rd parties in S. Korea

Koreatimesus.com, here. 

Ofgem investigates energy price comparison sites

Energylivenews.com, here. 

Why Internet Platforms Don’t Need Special Regulation

ITIF, here. 

Publishers Straddle the Apple-Google, App-Web Divide

NYTimes, here. 

Cartels involving intermediate goods

Background Paper by the OECD Secretariat, here.

Intellectual Property’s Digital Future

L. Osborn, here.

We have a platform for that

CIO, here.

Le droit européen de l’abus de position dominante en 2014

N. Petit, ici.

Nudges to Privacy Behaviour: Exploring an Alternative Approach to Privacy Notices

European Commission, here.

The good, the bad, and the Uber

Bradford-delong.com, here.

Uber wins UK high court case over taxi app

TheGuardian, here. 

The Competitive Effects of Parity Clauses on Online Commerce

A. Ezrachi, here. 

Price comparison websites: Ofgem investigation

Press release, here,
"...investigation to look at whether some price comparison websites have breached competition law in relation to paid online search advertising"

The Economic Impact of the European Reform of Data Protection

S. Ciriani (Orange), here. 

Data Protection Commissioner gets extra €1.2m funding

Irishtimes.com, here. 

Lyft Adds Ride History With Map Details, Price Breakdown, Tips, And Lost & Found

Androidpolice.com, here.

Amazon reaches deal with deaf rights group to caption all video

ArsTechnica, here. 

Applied Infonomics: Why and How to Value Your Information as an Asset

Blogs.gartner.com, here. 

Netflix’s excuse for its slow growth is a head-scratcher

Wired, here. 

The Role of Consumer Protection in a Fair Market Economy

W. Kovacic, Presentation here 

How Machines Learn (And You Win)

HBR, here. 

How to listen to (and delete) everything you've ever said to Google

Theguardian.com, here. 

European Commission signs best practices merger cooperation framework with China

Press Release, here. 

Consumers are no longer 'Googling' products, they're 'Amazoning' them

Bizjournals.com, here (research by BloomReach, co-founded by former Google scientist).

Europe’s big data protection opportunity

G. Buttarelli, here. 

Deterrence and macroeconomic impact of the work of competition authorities

Motivation and purpose of the conference explained here. Conference presentations, here..

Ordnungspolitik und Kartellrecht im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung

J. Haucap, hier. 

The When and What of Active Supervision

FTC Blog, here. 

Antitrust claim for “sham” patent enforcement

Shuffle Tech International v. Scientific Games Corporation, here.

Positionspapier zum Urteil des Gerichtshofs der Europäischen Union vom 6. Oktober 2015, C-362/14

Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz, hier. 

Bell Canada reaches agreement with Competition Bureau over online reviews

Competitionbureau.gc.ca, here. 

“The Continuing Relevance of Hayek’s The Constitution of Liberty”

R. Epstein, Video here. 

The Final Leaked TPP Text Is All That We Feared

EFF, here. 

Sunlight: Fine-grained Targeting Detection at Scale with Statistical Confidence

M. Lecuyer, R. Spahn, Y. Spiliopoulos, A. Chaintreau, R. Geambasu, and D. Hsu, here. 

Airbnb and eDreams give undertakings to ACCC for improved pricing practices

ACCC, here. 

China Proposes Stricter Laws Targeted At Ridesharing Apps Like Didi Kuaidi And Uber

TechCrunch, here.