Internet Archive: Over 1 Million Digital Books Available to the Print-Disabled
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Netzneutralität aus deutscher Sicht: "Wettbewerb ist Garant für Netzneutralität"
Matthias Kurth, Präsident der Bundesnetzagentur, hier.
Post Oracle-Sun Merger: OpenSolaris' fate revealed (and what about Oracle's public announcement)?
Here.
From the Oracle-Sun merger decision, para 182:
"Although, with the exception of points 1, 2 and 3 (see below paragraph 184), Oracle's
public announcement is not legally binding on Oracle, the Commission considers that
the strong specificities of open source software and the vibrant ecosystem surrounding
MySQL provide for a self-enforcing mechanism ensuring that Oracle would not have
the ability and incentives to deviate from its announced future conduct. Reputation and
trust is of utmost importance for the sponsor of an open source project which depends
on contributions by a large ecosystem of users, developers and customers. After the
merger Oracle will become the sponsor of a number of significant open source projects
of Sun, including Java, MySQL and OpenSolaris, and will as such need to gain and
retain the trust from the open source community. In this respect, it can be expected that
all of the public pledges made by Oracle to reassure MySQL users, developers and
storage engine vendors will be subject to close scrutiny from the open source
community."
Was the EU Commission somehow slightly too optimistic?
From the Oracle-Sun merger decision, para 182:
"Although, with the exception of points 1, 2 and 3 (see below paragraph 184), Oracle's
public announcement is not legally binding on Oracle, the Commission considers that
the strong specificities of open source software and the vibrant ecosystem surrounding
MySQL provide for a self-enforcing mechanism ensuring that Oracle would not have
the ability and incentives to deviate from its announced future conduct. Reputation and
trust is of utmost importance for the sponsor of an open source project which depends
on contributions by a large ecosystem of users, developers and customers. After the
merger Oracle will become the sponsor of a number of significant open source projects
of Sun, including Java, MySQL and OpenSolaris, and will as such need to gain and
retain the trust from the open source community. In this respect, it can be expected that
all of the public pledges made by Oracle to reassure MySQL users, developers and
storage engine vendors will be subject to close scrutiny from the open source
community."
Was the EU Commission somehow slightly too optimistic?
Online markets: discussion paper
A report for the Office of Fair Trading, Phillipa Marks, Stephen Adshead and Brian Williamson of Plum Consulting, Yali Sassoon of Keplar LLP and Ian Jewitt
Is the European Commission joining the FTC probe into whether Apple's business practices harm competition?
Read this from the New York Post.
Spiegel: Explosion des Wissens
Hat Deutschland im 19. Jahrhundert einen industriellen Aufstieg erlebt, weil das Land kein Urheberrecht kannte? Hier (Deutsch) and here (English)
Access to Knowledge in Africa: The Role of Copyright
C Armstrong, J De Beer, D Kawooya, A Prabhala, T Schonwetter, here.
On incentives to engage in designing around patents and standards for triggering a summary contempt proceeding
FTC Amicus Brief in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Matter of TiVo, Inc., vs. EchoStar Corporation (Commissioners William E. Kovacic and Edith Ramirez dissenting)
Optimal Antitrust Enforcement, Dynamic Competition, and Changing Economic Conditions
Keith N. Hylton, Haizhen Lin, here
Voluntary Competition Compliance Code launched in Pakistan
Downloadable from the Competition Commission's website.
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Algorithms and competition
M. Vestager, here . Large friendly letters? "It's true that the idea of automated systems getting together and reaching a...
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Peoplespolicyproject.org, here .
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K. Yeung, here.
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Heise.de, hier .
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NakedSecurity, here .
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International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications, here .
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Heise.de, hier .