by bacenter | Jul 15, 2024 | Data, Trade & National Security, Working Papers
The Commission found that Apple’s ‘anti-steering provisions’ effectively banned music streaming app developers from fully informing iOS users about alternative and cheaper music subscription services available outside the app and from providing any instructions about...
by bacenter | Jul 8, 2024 | Data, Trade & National Security, Intellectual Property Rights, Working Papers
EU has opened an antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s policy of including the communication software Teams in its Office 365 packages. Very little is known about the case and the alleged grievances, as only a short press statement is available. This...
by bacenter | Mar 8, 2024 | Data, Trade & National Security, Working Papers
Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) aim at innovating the organization forms for business activities. They are complex blockchain-based smart contracts, which allow token holders to participate directly in decision- making processes and decentralised...
by bacenter | Feb 25, 2024 | AI Policy & Regulation, Data, Trade & National Security, Working Papers
Decentralised Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are a typical organisation form in the web3 economy. DAOs are internet-native organisations that are coordinated and governed by pseudonymous community members through a nexus of blockchain-based digital assets and smart...
by bacenter | Feb 25, 2024 | Data, Trade & National Security, Working Papers
In this essay we discuss the proposition, held by many economists and legal scholars, that with dynamic competition—i.e., competition for the market through sequential winner-take-all races won through significant innovation—it is natural and not an indication of...
