France Lets Book Publishers Fix Minimum E-book Prices
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“French publishers can rejoice,” reports the country’s L’Express. “They should now be able to impose a single selling price for all digital… Read more »
EU Committee Suggests Tough Rules On Locational Privacy; May Influence U.S.
A key European Union governmental privacy group has published a key document [PDF] with recommendations about locational privacy, and it’s l… Read more »
French ‘Three Strikes’ Anti-Piracy Law On Hold After Data Breach
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In the developed world, the nation that’s arguably toughest on online copyright infringers is France. The country passed a controversial “th… Read more »
Google’s $500 Million DOJ Fine Is Reportedly Related To Online Pharmacy Ads
Mystery no more: The WSJ says the $500 million fine Google (NSDQ: GOOG) disclosed it might have to pay earlier this week is related to a DOJ… Read more »
FCC Commissioner Goes Through Revolving Door, Comes Out As Comcast Lobbyist
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A couple of years from now, if *Meredith* Attwell Baker showed up as a lobbyist at Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), it probably would elicit shrugs. B… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 05-09-11
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» The New Yorker Leads Conde Nast’s iPad Subscription Push (paidContent)
» FCC Chairman Genachowski is drawing fire f… Read more »
UK Journalists’ Tweets To Be Regulated
Reporter and newspaper Twitter feeds are expected to brought under the regulation of the Press Complaints Commission later this year, the fi… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 05-04-11: Nokia; Android Tether; American Airlines
Our look at some of the stories in mobile today: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) launches an SDK for one of its other operating system projects, Qt; Googl… Read more »
The Royal Wedding: Big Hats, And Bigger Viewing Figures
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The numbers are coming in on just how many people tuned in to watch the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. While some are highly s… Read more »
Mediabank Acquires DSP AdBuyer
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Mediabank, one of a number of companies that is trying to expand the methods of online media buying to traditional media ad sales, has acqui… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 04-28-11: AT&T/T-Mobile; Apple iCloud; Buongiorno
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Small mobile operators band together against the AT&T (NYSE: T) proposed purchase of T-… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-27-11: Google Mobile Patents; White iPhone; Navteq
Our look at some of the stories in mobile today: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) looks to boost its mobile ammo by bidding for another set of moile pate… Read more »
Nokia Downsizes: 4,000 Jobs Cut, And Symbian Takes Off For Accenture
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Two big steps for Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today in its ongoing strategic shift: the company announced it would transfer all Symbian software opera… Read more »
Eye For An i: Samsung Sues Over iPhone, iPad Patents, Fight Goes Intl
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You could see this one coming from a mile away: Samsung has struck back against Apple’s patent lawsuit against it with a few of its own. The… Read more »
EU Decides Against Stricter Net Neutrality Rules
The European Commission has decided against introducing legislation to protect net neutrality, saying media scrutiny and giving consumers en… Read more »
T-Mobile Parent Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom Announce New JV In Europe
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It’s not a full-out merger, but another example of how operators trying to cope with the huge rise in data usage and the pressure of price c… Read more »
Acai Berry Sting: FTC Sues Fake ‘News’ Sites Hawking Diet Products
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In the digital world, the line between professional journalism, advertising and other types of content are getting blurred. But there are st… Read more »
ISPs Monitoring For Illegal Downloads Breaches Privacy, EU Official Says
A European Court of Justice official is finding against a verdict which said a Belgian ISP should filter out copyright-infringing content fr… Read more »
Newspaper, Magazine Industries Protest UK VOD Regulation
Umbrella groups for the newspaper and magazine industries are speaking out in opposition to the UK’s new VOD co-regulator ATVOD. Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-12-11: HTC Sensation; iPhone 5; ZTE/Ericsson
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: HTC launches the HTC Sensation handset; more rumors on the iPhone 5; and ZTE takes a le… Read more »
Updated: Nokia Presses On: Updates Symbian, Launches E6 And X7
Last week, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) promised some Symbian news, and today we have it: the company is today is launching its E6 and X7 devices, runn… Read more »
Google’s ITA Software Purchase Gets Green Light — With Some Conditions
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The Justice Department has given Google’s controversial $700 million purchase of ITA Software the okay. Google (NSDQ: GOOG) announced its pu… Read more »
FCC Requires Big Wireless To Cut Mobile Data Roaming Deals
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The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to require big wireless carriers to share their data networks with smaller competitors,… Read more »
No UK Inquiry On Google Dominance
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While a European Commission inquiry continues, UK culture minister Ed Vaizey has rejected calls for a national investigation in to Google’s… Read more »
UK’s New VOD Regulator Ruffling Operators’ Feathers
Twenty-two online services have broken the law by not consenting to be regulated by the UK’s new VOD co-regulator and by not paying tens of… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-04-11: iPhone 5 Sony; TimeWarner; Ericsson v ZTE
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Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: some more possible leaks on the iPhone 5, and a possible Sony (NYSE: SNE) Honeycomb tab… Read more »
Vodafone Sells 44 Percent SFR Stake To Vivendi For £6.8 Billion. VZW Next?
At last, an end to Vodafone’s French saga, and another chapter in the mobile operator’s continuing sell-off of assets that it does not contr… Read more »
Euro Court Refereeing In Online Jurisdiction Football Case
If a web service in one country infringes the copyright of one in another country, where should the case be heard?
That’s the question the… Read more »
Isn’t It Ironic? Microsoft Rats On Google To EC Inquiry
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), which was itself fined billions by the European Commission’s antitrust department, senses blood in that department’s… Read more »
In Unprecedented Move, FTC Will Make Google Get Users’ OK To Share Data
When Google (NSDQ: GOOG) launched Buzz last year, users were given two options: “Sweet! Check out Buzz” or “Nah, go to my Inbox.” The proble… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 03-30-11: Google In-App Payment Users; Tablets; Three
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Google’s Android in-app payments service gets some early users — and maybe some confus… Read more »
UK Tees Up 2012 4G Mobile Auction
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The UK communications regulator Ofcom is planning its largest-ever auction of mobile phone spectrum in 2012 with the aim of enabling high-sp… Read more »
CEO’s Memo: Sale Is The ‘Best Possible Solution’ For T-Mobile USA
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Today’s announcement that AT&T (NYSE: T) would be buying T-Mobile USA for $39 Million — the network that Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT) bought… Read more »
AT&T Acquiring T-Mobile For $39 Billion; Let The Scrutiny Begin
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While everyone else was waiting for news that Sprint (NYSE: S) was about to merge with T-Mobile USA, AT&T (NYSE: T) had a different deal in… Read more »
Europe Is Debating A ‘Right To Forget’ Law – So What Does That Mean?
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Earlier this week, when EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding laid out the privacy rules she expects social-networking sites and other onli… Read more »
Publishers Lobby And Re-Group On Digital Policy
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German magazine publishers aim to lobby the G8 nations to defend them against Apple’s subscription policy, while an editors group has spun o… Read more »
FTC Fines Company For Bogus Online Reviews
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The Federal Trade Commission published guidelines back in 2009 making clear that many of the rules that apply to advertising and testimonial… Read more »
EU To Let Consumers Erase Embarrassing Photos From Social Networking Sites
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The European Union is to enshrine a “right to be forgotten online” to ensure that, among other things, prospective employers cannot find old… Read more »
Guess What: Some Big Companies Actually Want More Privacy Regulation
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The Obama administration made official its call for a comprehensive privacy law today, and there are signals that industry support for such… Read more »
FTC Slaps Ad Network For Deceptive Privacy Policy, Puts Industry On Notice
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There may well be action on Capitol Hill this year in online privacy, with bills being introduced by members of both parties. But the Federa… Read more »
