Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Time for a Conservative Anti-Monopoly Movement

TheAmericanConservative, here.

Study: EU-US Privacy Shield Essential to Leading European Companies

FPF, here

National Data Opt-out Programme

NHS, here

US Cross-Border Data Deal Could Open Surveillance Floodgates

HRW, here

No university needed: A Stanford-born company is equipping India’s youth for well-paid tech jobs

Quartz, here

Founder of the information age

Enlightenmenteconomics, here

Drugmaker AbbVie Can’t Convince Judge on ‘Sham’ Lawsuits

Bloomberg BNA, here

Focus on Google DeepMind under the GDPR’s Lens

Hogan Lovells, here

On a testé les premiers pas de l’Open Data « par défaut »

NextImpact, here

Response to calls for automated takedowns of online extremist content

ORG, here.

Synthèse de la consultation publique sur la transmission de certains titres financiers au moyen de la technologie "blockchain

Trésor, ici

The State of the Data Protection Union

EDPS, here

The first autonomous drone delivery network will fly above Switzerland starting next month

TheVerge, here

Alt-Right Twitter App Developers Sue Google After Gab.Ai App Is Kicked Out Of The Play Store

TechDirt, here

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Synopsis report of the public consultation on building a European data economy

EC, here. Annex here. Position papers here

Closer together: The Case for International Cooperation

J. Laitenberger, here.

Brexit and Competition Policy (and the Google Case)

House of Lords and CMA, watch here.
CMA Submission here

Me, my data and I: The future of the personal data economy

Decode Project, here.

Now Apple needs to reinvent the digital economy

FT, here.

Auswirkungen der Markttransparenzstelle für Kraftstoffe (MTS-K): Änderungen im Anbieterund Nachfragerverhalten

J. Haucap, U. Heimeshoff, C. Kehder, J. Odenkirchen, S. Thorwarth, hier.

Swiss Crypto Valley Association Calls for ‘Careful’ ICO Regulation

CryptoCoinsNews, here.

Artificial Intelligence's Fair Use Crisis

B. Sobel, here.

Automotive Data Treasure

Deloitte, hier.

Whole Foods Is Becoming Amazon’s Brick-and-Mortar Pricing Lab

H. Simon, here.

Apple is facing questions from the U.S. Senate on the privacy protections in iPhone X and Face ID

Recode, here.

The Amazon Monopoly Problem: Prime Time For Antitrust Action Vs. These Internet Giants?

Investors, here.

Big data and Innovation: Implications for Competition Policy in Canada

Competition Bureau, here

EFF Resigns From W3C After DRM In HTML Is Approved In Secret Vote

TechDirt, here

How competition can build a better market

M. Vestager, here

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Evaluating market consolidation in mobile communications


C. Genakos, T. Valletti and F. Verboven, here.

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Innovation

I. Cockburn, R. Henderson, S. Stern, here.

Economics of Artificial Intelligence

NBER Conference, here. Videos here.

US: Trump blocks Lattice Semiconductor’s $1.3 billion sale to China

CPI, here

The robots are coming for Mozart

Qz, here

Facial recognition is here. The iPhone X is just the beginning

The Guardian, here.

Questions on Article 13 and Recital Art. 38 of the Proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market

MPI, Contributions here.

Data will be oil for robot cars so these humans are hoarding it now

FastCompany, here.

Flux raises $1.5 million as Starling Bank opens fintech Marketplace

FinExtra, here.

On the Equifax Data Breach

Schneier.com, here.

U.S. agency demands endorsement info from Instagram 'influencers'

Reuters, here.

Autortiesību un komunicēšanās konsultāciju aģentūra / Latvijas Autoru apvienība v Konkurences padome,

CJEU, C-177/16, here.

Opinion Paper on Cryptocurrencies in the EU

ENISA, here.

The Amazon Monopoly Problem: Prime Time For Antitrust Action Vs. Internet Giants?

Investors.com, here.

Acxiom’s European Privacy Officer (Mostly) Demystifies GDPR

AdExchanger, here.

Equifax Isn’t A Data Problem. It’s A Political Problem

M. Stoller, here.

Apple is facing questions from the U.S. Senate on the privacy protections in iPhone X and Face ID

Recode, here.

Der Google-Staat

Zeit.de, here.

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Algorithms and Collusion: Competition policy in the digital age

OECD, here

What percentage will consent to tracking for advertising?

PageFair, here

Apple explains how it’s making Siri smart without endangering user privacy

FastCompany, here

The Dynamics Of Platform Business Value Creation

E. Garcés-Tolon, here.

Rights on Data: The EU Communication ‘Building a European Data Economy’ From an Economic Perspective

W. Kerber, here.

Chatbot lets you sue Equifax for up to $25,000 without a lawyer

The Verge, here.

An Exit Interview With Richard Posner, Judicial Provocateur

NYTimes, here.

Keeping It Real?

D. Gangjee, here

What does Google know about you? Its new privacy dashboard should reveal all

ZDNet, here

Leaked Draft Regulation on a framework for the free flow of data in the EU

Here

Competition Policy at the FTC in the New Administration

M. Ohlhausen, here

Equifax’s Maddening Unaccountability

NYTimes, here

Bridging Policy, Regulation, and Practice? A Techno-Legal Analysis of Three Types of Data in the GDPR

R. Hu, S. Stalla-Bourdillon, M. Yang, V. Schiavo, V. Sassone, here

How blockchain will finally convert you: Control over your own data

VentureBeat, here

A New Way to Learn Economics

Newyorker.com, here

Monday, September 11, 2017

Current Alliances in International Intellectual Property Lawmaking: The Emergence and Impact of Mega-Regionals

ICTSD, here

Should Amazon buy Nordstrom next?

Recode, here.

La AEPD sanciona a Facebook por vulnerar la normativa de protección de datos

AGPD.es, aquì.

Datenschutz-Grundverordnung: Datenschutzkonferenz veröffentlicht Kurzpapiere zum neuen Datenschutzrecht

BfDI, hier

Blockchain: Is the GDPR Already Outdated?

Scl.org, here

Eine Plattform für die Industrie 4.0

Heise.de, hier.

Network Effects: March to the Evidence, Not to the Slogans

D. Evans, R. Schmalensee, here.

YouTube und Google bei Urheberrechtsverstößen zur Herausgabe von Nutzerdaten verpflichtet

Heise.de, hier

How Facebook Changed the Spy Game

Politico.com, here

You Are the Product

J. Lanchester, here

Blockchain Regulation

M. Finck, here

Verizon will now trade you your personal data for ... concert tickets

Mashable, here

Our Response to the UK Government request for written evidence on A.I.

Robotenomics, here

Kann der Bitcoin die Notenbanken in Bedrängnis bringen?

NZZ, hier

Position paper transmitted to EU27 on Intellectual property rights (including geographical indications)

EC, here

VCAST Limited contro R.T.I. SpA

Conclusioni dell'AG, qui

La face cachée des algorithmes de Facebook et Google dévoilée

A. Laurent, ici

The ‘Internet Of Things’ Is Sending Us Back To The Middle Ages

DailyCaller, here

The Chips Are Down: Intel’s Victory in the European Court of Justice Has Implications on How Anticompetitive Conduct Is Analysed in EU Antitrust Cases

Orrick, here

Artificial Intelligence And Big Data: Good For Innovation?

Forbes, here

Access to “data” – the new competitive battlefield

Antitrust Law Source, here

Spotify: Don't Compare Us to Napster

HollywoodReporter, here

Tagungsprotokoll des Arbeitskreises Kartellrecht vom 6. Oktober 2016 in Bonn

Bundeskartellamt, hier

The GDPR will help or hurt publishers, depending on who you ask

DigiDay, here

Guidelines for Global Antitrust: The Three Cs – Cooperation, Comity, and Constraints

M. Ohlhausen, here

Why do big hacks happen? Blame Big Data

TheGuardian, here

Two sciences tie the knot

MIT News, here

True cost of Amazon pricing revealed

TheTimes, here

40 Techniques Used by Data Scientists

Data Science Central, here

New Software Helps Cars Recognize When You’re Texting and Driving

Futurism.com, here

How Silicon Valley is erasing your individuality

F. Foer, here

Uber Is Said to Face FBI Probe as Compliance Chief Exits

Bloomberg, here

Privacy and Platform Competition

P. Dimakopoulos, S. Sudaric, here

Monday, August 28, 2017

Data property in the system of intellectual property law: Welcome guest or misfit?

B. Hugenholtz, here.

Deutsche Datenplattform Verimi fordert Google & Co. heraus

Heise.de, hier.

Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark

ArsTechnica, here.

Report of Study Group on Data and Competition Policy

Japan FTC, here.

The coming earthquake

Axios, here.

The exchange and protection of personal data

UK Government, here.

Merger Control and Online Platforms: The Relevance of Network Effects

A- Robles Martín-Laborda, here.

YouTube stars win fair use legal battle

BBC, here.

Managing Our Hub Economy

M.Iansiti, K. Lakhani, here.

Declaration of MyData Principles

CMA fines Ping £1.45m for online sales ban on golf clubs

CMA, here.

The Right To Privacy Is Now Public

Bloombergquint, here.

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Apple, Facebook, Google and other tech giants tell the Supreme Court to protect cellphone data in a key, upcoming case

Recode, here

HUK Coburg: "kein Datenmonopol für die Industrie"

Heise.de, hier

Digital platforms force a rethink in competition theory

FT, here

Who will own the data from your autonomous car?

NakedSecurity, here

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING: THE PRIVACY CHALLENGE

FPF, here

Common Ownership And The New Antitrust Movement

Peoplespolicyproject.org, here

If an AI creates a work of art, who owns the rights to it?

Quartz, here.

Automated decision making shows worrying signs of limitation

Computerweekly.com, here

Antitrust Provides a More Reasonable Framework for Net Neutrality Regulation

J. Wright, here

Friday, August 11, 2017

Amazon Moving Into US Ticket Sales, Threatens Ticketmaster Dominance

IBtimes, here. Read also here

Booking.com as trademark

District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1:16-cv-425 (LMB/IDD), here

Artificial Intelligence Policy: A Roadmap

R. Calo, here

How people spend time on social platforms globally, in 5 charts

DigiDay, here

Tobacco giants threaten to 'undermine' Ireland's economy in an attempt to block plain-packaging laws

Independent.ie, here

Was KI leisten soll: Putzen und schwere Arbeiten übernehmen

Heise.de, hier

Edeka klagt gegen Behörde

Fleischwirtschaft.de, hier

Toyota, Intel and others form big data group for automotive tech

TechCrunch, here

Elsevier Continues To Build Its Monopoly Solution For All Aspects Of Scholarly Communication

TechDirt, here.

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Pizza over privacy? Stanford economist examines a paradox of the digital age

Stanford News, here.

Trade Secrets and Algorithms as Barriers to Social Justice

CDT, here.

Google launches privacy website ahead of new European data protection rules

Google, here.

The Great Data Protection Rebranding Exercise

O. Lynskey, here.

The New Copycats: How Facebook Squashes Competition From Startups

Wsj, here.

Fairy Dust, Pandora’s Box… or a Hammer

C. Watney, here.

„Eigentumsordnung“ für Mobilitätsdaten?

Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur, hier.

Orrin Hatch turns on his own kind

TheIntercept, here.

The Amazing Ways Google Uses Deep Learning AI

Forbes, here.

FTC Asked to Investigate Google’s Matching of “Bricks to Clicks”

Jdsupra, here.

EBA’s approach to financial technology (FinTech)

Discussion Paper, here.

Tuesday, August 01, 2017

'some of the world's smartest minds are working to undermine the agency we have over our minds'

Wired, here.

Your Robo-Adviser May Have a Conflict of Interest

Bloomberg, here.

Definitions of Big Data

Opentracker, here.

Brexit is distracting political parties from the real threat facing the UK – digital inequality

The Independent, here.

Good luck with that: Steve Bannon wants Facebook, Google 'regulated like utilities'

TheIntercept, here.

Marktmacht und Datenhoheit im Recht - Algorithmentransparenz bei Vertragsbeziehungen im Internet schaffen


Konferenz der Justizministerinnen und Justizminister am 21. und
22. Juni 2017 in Deidesheim,  hier.

Kranker Kapitalismus

Spiegel.de, hier.

How Will Deep Learning Algorithms Change In The Future?

Forbes, here.

The Internet of Changing Things

gsb.stanford.edu, hier.

Zuckerberg kauft Start-up für Künstliche Intelligenz

FAZ, hier.

The US Antitrust Counter-Revolution

Bruegel, here.

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Making Sense of Our Very Competitive, Super Monopolistic Economy

W. Frick, here.

What data does Facebook share with advertisers?

Quora, here. See also here.

Averting Robot Eyes

M. Kaminski, M. Reuben, C. Grimm, W. Smart, here.

Platform Monopolization by Narrow-PPC-BPG Combination: Booking et al.

F. Wals, M. Schinkel, here.

Das Problem der diskriminierenden Algorithmen

Technology Review, hier.

The Game of Thrones: librarians victorious in fight for the public in the Copyright Wars

M. Rimmer, here.

Your guide to the Google Shopping decision

P.Beneke, here.

Platformverbote: GA Wahl zur EuGH-Vorlage

S.Telle, hier.

MICROSOFT’S MONOPOLY HANGOVER

Stratechery, here.

Chemiekonzerne unter Kartellverdacht

FAZ, hier.

How Markets in Europe Opened Up as Guild Monopolies Declined in the Sixteenth Century

ProMarket, here.

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Biased AI is a threat to civil liberties. The ACLU has a plan to fix it

Co.Design, here

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Bußgelder wegen Preisbindungen bei Bekleidung in Höhe von insgesamt rund 10,9 Mio. Euro

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder

Gizmodo, here.

Open Data : les Archives Nationales optent pour un principe de gratuité

NextImpact, ici.

An assessment of the Commission’s Proposal on Privacy and Electronic Communications

IViR, here.

Roomba vacuum maker iRobot betting big on the 'smart' home

Reuters, here.

Netflix and Go: Expanding Access to Online Content Services when Travelling within the EU

Scl.org, here.

Madrid asks anti-trust watchdog to probe Uber's new airport service

Reuters, here.

Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2017 - Chapters 1 and 2

P. Menell, M. Lemley, R. Merges, here

The European Data Economy

M. Gabriel, here

Google’s payments to partners are the highest in 8 years and Wall Street is not happy

UK.businessinsider, here

The CJEU Pirate Bay Judgment and its Impact on the Liability of Online Platforms

E. Rosati, here

A Better Deal: Cracking Down on Corporate Monopolies and the Abuse of Economic and Political Power

US Democrats, here. See also here

Friday, July 21, 2017

Facebook Challenged by Activist Who Broke EU-U.S. Data Pact

Bloomberg, here.

U.S. House panel approves broad proposal on self-driving cars

Reuters, here.

POLICY CHOICES FOR A DIGITAL AGE

Friends of Europe, here.

FTC probing allegations of Amazon's deceptive discounting

Reuters, here.

How algorithms make important government decisions — and how that affects you

ABC, here.

Open markets must benefit consumers or distrust will grow

ACC, here.

WhatsApp is building out its business team to start bringing in revenue

Recode, here.

Algorithmen fallen nicht vom Himmel

FAZ, hier.

Amazon will pay full price to US retailers to boost its inventory

ArsTechnica, here.

Brexit: competition

House of  Lords, here

It’s time for our justice system to embrace artificial intelligence

Brookings, here

Report on innovative uses of consumer data by financial institutions

EBA, here

DONNÉES PERSONNELLES ET OBJETS CONNECTÉS EN EUROPE

B. Benhamou, ici

LIBE submits more than 800 amendments to ePrivacy Regulation

IAPP, here

Nondiscrimination and Neutrality

R. Picker, Slides (163!), here

Examination script and personal data

AG Kokott, Case C-434/16, here

Will Amazon Take Over the World?

F. Pasquale, here

China Artificial Intelligence Bid Seeks $59 Billion Industry

Bloomberg, here

Judge Rules Milwaukee Flouted U.S. Constitution in Response to 'Pokemon Go' Craze

HollywoodReporter, here

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Mastercard Enhances Artificial Intelligence Capability with the Acquisition of Brighterion, Inc..

Stockhouse, here.

Digital Single Market conference on the free movement of data: Closing Speech

A Ansip, here

ELON MUSK'S FREAK-OUT OVER KILLER ROBOTS DISTRACTS FROM OUR REAL AI PROBLEMS

Wired, here

The Rise of The Attribute Economy

Meeco, here

CONSUMER NOTICE: INTERNET-CONNECTED TOYS COULD PRESENT PRIVACY AND CONTACT CONCERNS FOR CHILDREN

FBI, here.

Hunting Unicorns? Experimental Evidence on Predatory Pricing Policies

A. Edlin, C. Roux, A. Schmutzler and C. Thöni, here

An AI Pattern Language

M. Elish and T. Hwang, here

Intermediaries Could Be Made Liable In EU Copyright Legislation

IP-watch, here.

Germany introduces law permitting automated vehicles

Out-Law.com, here

AI AND ‘ENORMOUS DATA’ COULD MAKE TECH GIANTS HARDER TO TOPPLE

Wired, here

Digital single market conference on the free movement of data

Agenda here. Video here.
The AU "Productivity Commission Draft Report: Data Availability and Use" mentioned by Katryna (Meeco) is here.

Alex 'Sandy' Pentland (37:57).

Making Europe a Data Economy: A New Framework for Free Movement of Data in the Digital Age

The Lisbon Council, here

Uber Releases Open Source Project for Differential Privacy

Medium, here

Amazon Antitrust Concerns Emerge in Washington and Wall Street

Bloomberg, here

EC sends Statement of Objections to Teva on 'pay for delay' pharma agreement

EC, Press Release, here

Elon Musk: regulate AI to combat 'existential threat' before it's too late

TheGuardian, here

Competition Authorities: Towards More Independence and Prioritisation?

W. Wils, here

Presumptions in EU Competition Law

C. Ritter, here

Horizontal Mergers and Product Innovation: An Economic Framework

G. Federico, G. Langus, T. Valletti, here