Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Google makes changes amid wider antitrust fire

Politico.eu, here.

S.E.C. Hacking Response Provides Road Map for Compromised Companie

NYTimes, here.

Google pulls YouTube off the Amazon Echo Show

The Verge,.here.

Getting your data out of Tinder is really hard – but it shouldn't be

P.-O. Dehaye, here.

Commission fines Scania €880 million for participating in trucks cartel

EC, here.

Watchdog to meerkats: comparison is not the same as competition

FT, here.

Pfizer sues Johnson & Johnson, alleging anticompetitive practices to maintain a drug monopoly

The Washington Post, here.

China’s security chief calls for greater use of AI to predict terrorism, social unrest

SCMP, here.

Google now lets you mute an ad because it 'knew too much'

Mashable.com, here.

Ford arbeitet mit Uber-Konkurrent zusammen

FAZ, hier.

REGULATING DATA PROTECTION

B. Van Alsenoy, here.

Behavioral Insights and Trends for Millennials in the UK, France and Germany

EMarketer, here.

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into proposed merger between Essilor and Luxottica

Press Release, here.

Google Splits Off Shopping Service to Meet EU Demands

Bloomberg, here.

Personal Data Economy

E. Hafen, Video here.

How the Russian search market looks now

SearchEngineLand, here.

Kontroverse um Piraterie-Studie der EU-Kommission

Heise.de, hier.

Trivago bought an AI startup that eased peoples’ fears about giving up data

FastCompany, here.

A Data Commons for Food Security


J. Baarbé, M. Blom, J. de Beer, here.

AI and Privacy

C. Tucker, Video here; slides here. Discussant's slides here.

Apple switches from Bing to Google for Siri web search results on iOS and Spotlight on Mac

TechCrunch, here

Digital comparison tools: Competitive landscape and effectiveness of competition

CMA, here

CMA steps in to give people a better deal on comparison sites

CMA, here

I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets

TheGuardian, here

Monday, September 25, 2017

Pioneers of Artificial Intelligence

NBER Conference, Video here (from 06:08).

A patent on convolutional 
nets was filed in 1989, which then expired in 2007. 
 Clément Ader, you know?

EXPEDIA TARGETED ONCE AGAIN BY THE FRENCH

EU-competitionlaw, here

Deloitte hit by cyber-attack revealing clients’ secret emails

TheGuardian, here

Antitrust gets the John Oliver treatment

Axios, here.

Video here

Artificial Intelligence and Competition

H. Varian, C. Shapiro, Video here.
Interesting disagreement between Varian and Shapiro on how easy it is to "purchase data specific to the application" (16:38).

Book Review : What if we could reimagine copyright? Let's fix copyright.

IPKat, here

Première plainte contre « l’obsolescence programmée » : « La loi risque d’être difficile à mettre en œuvre »

Numérama, ici

Photo marketplace Picfair raises £1.5M, aims to ‘weaponise’ photographers

TechCrunch, here.

European Conference on Data Ethics

Here

Friday, September 22, 2017

Women used this fertility app more after AI learned when best to ping them

FastCompany, here.

Hackers broke into SEC computer systems and may have traded on the stolen information

Quartz, here.

BGH: Googles Bildersuche verletzt Urheberrecht nicht

Heise.de, hier.

Search Engines and Data Retention: Implications for Privacy and Antitrust

L. Chiou, C. Tucker, here.

Industrie 4.0: Verfassungsschutzchef warnt vor Massendaten im "Hochrisikoraum"

Heise.de, here.

Why Google is spending $1.1 billion to acq-hire 2,000 HTC engineers

Recode, here.

Do Tech Companies Really Need All That User Data?

W.Frick, here.

iOS 11: toggling wifi and Bluetooth in Control Centre doesn't actually turn them off

The Guardian, here.

Mitfahrgelegenheiten: Google bindet BlaBlaCar in Maps ein

Onlinehaendler-news.de, here.

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Data governance: Landscape Review

Royal Society, here.

Warum Google HTC will

FAZ, hier

Estimating displacement rates of copyrighted content in the EU

EU, here

Japan to certify big-data providers to drive innovation

Asia.nikkei, here

How competition can build trust in our societies

M. Vestager, here

Music Industry Recovery Continues, Powered by a Surge in Subscriptions

WSJ, here

Competition policy from a European perspective: A conversation with EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager

AEI, here

The ICO craze, explained

Recode, here

What’s affiliate marketing? Should I care?

FTC, here

Data management and use: Governance in the 21st century

 British Academy and Royal Society, here

The implications for Australian companies navigating the new section 46 misuse of market power test after the European court of justice decision in intel

Clifford Chance, here

Google confirms it will pay $1.1 billion to acquire HTC's Pixel team and license technology

AndroidPolice, here

"DISRUPTION" IS HOW SILICON VALLEY EATS ITS YOUNG

Wired, here

Netflix and Escobar Family in Bitter Trademark Dispute Over 'Narcos'

HollywoodReporter, here

Big Tech's power remains unchallenged

FT, Audio here.

Hal Singer on the Digital Show

Audio here

Waymo wants Uber to pay $2.6 billion in damages—just for starters

ArsTechnica, here

What Role for Economists in Policy-Making?

A. Bénassy-Quéréa , O. Blanchardb and J. Tirole, here

Amazon Reviewing Site After Algorithm Suggests Bomb Supplies

Bloomberg, here

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