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December 17, 2020

The Case Against Google Advertising: What’s the Relevant Market and How Many Are There?

Eric Fruits

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s complaint against Google’s advertising business, joined by the attorneys general of nine other states, continues a long tradition of narrowing market definition to shoehorn market dominance where it may not exist.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 16, 2020

Building the Digital Future: Can the EU Foster a Dynamic and Crime-Free Internet?

Geoffrey A. Manne & Dirk Auer

The European Commission has unveiled draft legislation that would overhaul the rules governing the online lives of its citizens. The draft rules are something of a mixed bag.

Innovation & The New Economy

December 16, 2020

Introductory Post: The United States v. Google

Samuel Bowman

Google is facing a series of lawsuits in 2020 and 2021 that challenge some of the most fundamental parts of its business, and of the internet itself — Search, Android, Chrome, Google’s digital-advertising business, and potentially other services as well.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 15, 2020

Rolled by Rewheel, Redux

Eric Fruits

The Finnish consultancy Rewheel periodically issues reports using mobile wireless pricing information to make claims about which countries’ markets are competitive and which are not. For example, Rewheel claims Canada and…

Telecommunications

December 11, 2020

Facebook and the Pros and Cons of Ex Post Merger Reviews

Dirk Auer

The Federal Trade Commission and 46 state attorneys general (along with the District of Columbia and the Territory of Guam) filed their long-awaited complaints against Facebook Dec. 9. The crux of the arguments in…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

December 11, 2020

Geo-Blocking: What is it Good For… A Surprising Amount, Actually

Dirk Auer & Kristian Stout

The European Court of Justice issued its long-awaited ruling Dec. 9 in the Groupe Canal+ case. The case centered on licensing agreements in which Paramount Pictures granted absolute territorial exclusivity to several European…

Innovation & The New Economy

December 10, 2020

Conflict of Interest in Prosecuting Police Officers: Examining the Incentives Facing District Attorneys

Ben Sperry

High-profile cases like those of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, have garnered attention from the media and the academy alike about decisions by grand…

December 9, 2020

Righting Incentives to Combat Online Piracy

Neil Fried & Kristian Stout

More than two decades after Congress sought to strike a balance between the interests of creators and service providers with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), it is clear that Section 512 of the…

Intellectual Property

December 2, 2020

Comments to Senator Tillis, Request for Recommendations on Reforms to Section 512 of the Copyright Act

Neil Fried & Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout

We believe that Section 512 revisions should create greater incentives for online service providers to prevent unauthorized dissemination in the first place. Ideally, service providers should license the content so that copyright holders, Internet users, and OSPs themselves can all benefit from a healthier online ecosystem.

Intellectual Property