Intelligence Officials Express Concern Over Big Tech Breakup
On September 15, several former top national security officials sent a letter asking Congress to delay antitrust bills, because it would harm the U.S. in its tech race with China. Axios published the letter, signed by 12 former intelligence officials ... Read More
Copyright Office Publishes a Study on Copyright and State Sovereign Immunity
On August 31, the U.S. Copyright Office published its long-awaited study on state sovereign immunity in copyright cases. The report, requested last year by Senators Thom Tills (R-NC) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), finds that although there are multiple documented cases ... Read More
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Google’s Settlement with the French Authorities Offers a Glimpse of Hope for News Publishers
In early June, the French competition authority, Autorité de la concurrence, announced that Google had reached an agreement with the authority to settle an antitrust investigation regarding the tech giant’s anticompetitive behavior in the market for online advertising services ... Read More
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Statement: Antitrust Bills Offer Long-Term Solution to Reining in Big Tech
Over the last year, multiple lawsuits, bills and investigations have been introduced to examine the anticompetitive behavior of Big Tech companies, such as Facebook and Google, and how their dominance of the online ecosystem harms news publishers and other creators ... Read More
