Improving Quality Isn’t Anti- Competitive, Part II

Google, here.

The German Bundesgerichtshof changes its concept of parody following CJEU Deckmyn v. Vrijheidsfonds/ Vandersteen

Kluwercopyrightblog, here. 

Europe rewrites the rules for Silicon Valley

FT, here.

Flywheel Taxi sues Uber for antitrust violations

SF Gate, here.

Managing the Machines

 A. Agrawal, J. Gans, and A. Goldfarb, here. 

It’s Finally Legal To Hack Your Own Devices (Even Your Car)

Wired, here.

Merger trends in innovation markets on the two sides of the Atlantic

F. Jenny, Presentation here. 

Ninth Annual Conference on Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy: Conference Summary

Techpolicy, here. 

Facebook clamps down on piracy as it wipes out several music-sharing groups

TheNextWeb, here. 

Justice Department Sues DIRECTV for Orchestrating Information Sharing Agreements with Three Competitors

DOJ, here. 

Competition watchdog criticised by MPs over bank reform

TheGuardian, here. 

How big will big data be under the GDPR ?

Iapp, here. 

Will The FCC’s Privacy Regs Actually Change The Status Quo On Consent?

AdExchanger, here. 

Facebook isn't looking out for your privacy. It wants your data for itself

TheGuardian, here.

Why Amazon Alexa is so dominant right now

VentureBeat, here.

Workers in gig economy need minimum wage, says ex-minister

TheTimes, here.

What is Blockchain Technology? A Step-by-Step Guide For Beginners

BlockGeeks, here.

Facebook is right to sink Admiral’s app

Openrightsgroup, here.

Proposed Update of Antitrust Guidelines for International Enforcement and Cooperation

FTC, DOJ, here. 

Loi Macron: les notaires opposés jusqu'au bout à l'ouverture à la concurrence

Challenges, ici.

Privacy group takes challenge on Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s independence

Irishtimes.com, here. 

Feature statt Bug: Facebook redet Diskriminierung als „multikulturelles Marketing“ schön

Netzpolitik, hier. 

Ennio Morricone Sues to Reclaim Rights to Film Scores

  HollywoodReporter, here.

  See also here.

How Zcash Tries to Balance Privacy, Transparency in Blockchain

Americanbanker.com, here. 

What could Facebook target next? Our mental health data

TheGuardian, here. 

The (curiously unhelpful) proposed update of the Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property

Fordham IPLJ, Video here (bootleg quality, sadly).

Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property: Proposed Update, here. 

Missing: SEP, FRAND, pay-for-delay (Actavis), etc.

Overall impression: update  in the current form curiously non informative, better read speeches given by agency officials, apply for business review letters, etc., or get in touch (say agency officials themselves ;-)). Possibly, fear of being too influential abroad?

Youtube zahlt Gema

FAZ, hier. 

Varsity Brands

Oral argument before the Supreme Court, here.
See also here and here.
Audio of the oral argument here.

Copyright Office Gratuitously Kills the DMCA Safe Harbor For Thousands of Websites

E. Goldman, here.

Copyright Impacts Everything

M. Masnick, Video here. 

The e-Commerce Sector Inquiry

T. Kramler, R. Rende Granata, Presentation here.

Yandex v. Google: Unofficial English Translation of the September 2015 Decision

Here. 

The Ride-Share Startup That's Competing With Uber And Lyft By Charging $1

FastCompany, here. 

Toyota is testing a Smart Key Box that makes it easier to share your car with strangers

VentureBeat, here. 

Klagewelle gegen Lkw-Kartellanten rollt

Handelsblatt, hier. 

Uber drivers are company employees not self-employed contractors, UK court rules

Arstechnica.co.uk, here. 

Who oversees data brokers selling your personal info? No one

LATimes, here. 

La/The « Berkeley School of Antitrust »

Leconcurrentialiste, Ici/here.

Territorial restrictions in media content licensing – lessons from the Paramount commitments decision

FieldFischer, here.

Watch: 52,000 library books being shelved

Qz, here.

Complexity Theory and Evolutionary Economics

OECD, here.

(Coincidentally recalling that my PhD in economics was on vertical restraints from the perspective of evolutionary economics, here).

The Tragedy of the Commons: How Elinor Ostrom Solved One of Life’s Greatest Dilemmas

Evonomics, here.

Rochade in EU-Kommission: Günther Oettinger wechselt von Digitales zu Haushalt!

Netzpolitik, hier.

Agency Decision-Making In Merger Cases: From A Prohibition Decision To A Conditional Clearance

OECD Background Note, here.

Paying to Have and Not to Hold

Slate, here.

The Costs and Benefits of Antitrust Consents

J. Wright, D. Ginsburg, here.

Comparing Google Assistant on Pixel to Apple Siri on iPhone 7

SearchEngineLand, here.

The GDPR will set the benchmark for global privacy contracting – and here's why.

P. Lee, here.

How Economists View the Rise of Artificial Intelligence

Fortune, here.

Why chatbots are an important opportunity for retailers

Econconsultancy, here.

The Italian Competition Authority has launched two investigations into WhatsApp Inc. practices over alleged violations of the Consumer Code

AGCM, here.

Euribor 2013 Cartel Decision

Here.

WP29 to WhatsApp

Letter, here.

Des Républicains proposent une loi sur l’impression 3D qui ne changerait rien

Numerama, ici. 

Patent Assertion Entities in Europe

EC  Joint Research Centre (JRC), here. 

Google Android antitrust case: more competition means better conditions for App Developers

DIGITAL SME Alliance, here. 

Nudge Units Around the World

Statement of Objections to Brussels Airlines and TAP Portugal on code-sharing on Brussels-Lisbon route

EC, here, 

Uber’s newest API lets developers reach and reward drivers

VentureBeat, here. 

Handel mit Produktfälschungen: Neue Pflichten für Weihnachtsmarkt-Veranstalter

Spiritlegal.com, hier. 

Privacy group launches legal challenge against EU-U.S. data pact: sources

Reuters, here.

State Commercial Court of Moscow District confirmed legitimacy of FAS refusal to register excessive prices for medicinal drugs

FAS, here. 

Apple is launching its new TV guide tomorrow — but Netflix won’t be a part of it

Recode, here.

New Strategies for Securing Our Private Lives

J. Zittrain, here.

The Battle for Our Attention

T. Wu,  Video here.

Ryanair looking for data as passengers will have to 'sign in' to book flights

Newstalk, here. 

Warum Merkel an die Algorithmen will

Spiegel.de, hier. 

ChemChina ready for concessions to clinch delayed Syngenta deal in 2017: source

Bloomberg, here. 

10 Emerging Technologies That Will Drive The Next Economy

Game-changer.net, here. 

Juno Wants to Outperform Uber With Kindness

Bloomberg, here. 

The Reason The Copyright Office Misrepresented Copyright Law To The FCC: Hollywood Told It To

TechDirt, here. 

Press Publishers and Copyright

J. Diaz Noci, here. 

Netflix CEO Wary That AT&T's Latest Merger Could Hurt Streaming Competitors

TechDirt, here. 

Promises, Promises From AT&T

Nytimes.com, here. 

Getting a handle on Twitter

WIPO Magazine, here. 

Breyer decision and the concept of personal data

Datonomy, here. 

Fairness and flexibility: Citizens Advice Bureau go right to the source

MyDex, here. 

Warner Bros sues talent agency for copyright infringement

WIPR, here.
See here.

Microsoft launches the next version of its deep learning toolkit into beta

TechCrunch, here. 

Mastercard to launch personal finance bot and commerce API for payments

VentureBeat, here. 

Whitepaper on EU Data Protection

Amazon Web Services, here. 

WhatsApp fights back over criticism of new privacy policy

FT, here. 

Merkel fordert von Internetplattformen mehr Transparenz

Heise.de, hier.

Investigation into suspected breaches of competition law in the pharmaceutical sector.

CMA, here.

Competition and innovation in land transport

OECD, Background Note, here.

Mergers Raise Prices, Not Efficiency

BloombergView, here.

Forscher empfehlen Datenschutz, Urheber- und Wettbewerbsrecht zu verheiraten

Heise.de, hier.

Study on the Passing-on of Overcharges

EC, Final Report, here. 

A Chilly Reaction to AT&T-Time Warner Deal

NYTimes, here. 

AT&T Is Spying on Americans for Profit, New Documents Reveal

TheDailyBeast, here. 

A Survey of Worldwide Censorship Techniques

IETF, here.

Brexit and Competition: Issues Paper

Brexit Competition Law Working Group (BCLWG), here.

Ethics and Artificial Intelligence.

Enterpriseirregulars, here. 

Artificial Intelligence: Law and Policy

White House and UW’s Tech Policy Lab (24.04.2016), Video here.

The Rise of Big Data and the Loss of Privacy

A. Chirita, here. 

From Personality To Property: Data Protection Needs Competition, Consumer Protection Law, Conference Says

IP-watch, here.

Geoblocking in context

Bird&Bird, Presentation here.

Google, OpenAI create algorithms to use personal data, protect privacy

IAPP.org, here.

The Current State of Competition in the App Ecosystem

Appdevelopersalliance, here.

Ranking 11 technology companies on encryption and human rights

Amnesty International, here.