Massive corporations like Google should not be able to buy their way out of complying with EU law.
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The Commission's approval comes despite months of warnings fromcivil society, journalists, and thefilm and TV industries that the deal would concentrate an unprecedented share of production, distribution and broadcasting power in the hands of one company, reducing the number of major American studios from four to three.
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Without these orders, the 60% of Europeans who use an Android device would be locked into Gemini as their only system level AI assistant, and Google would continue to leverage its overwhelming monopoly over search data to gain an unfair advantage over its competitors in AI development.
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Open Markets Institute applauds the 12 state attorneys general suing to block the Ellison family’s illegal, anti-democratic efforts to take over Warner Bros. Discovery properties and fold them into their Paramount-Skydance media empire.
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This decision is about European sovereignty and democracy as much as competition or bargaining power.
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Open Markets Institute has welcomed the European Commission's draft merger guidelines as a major, overdue modernisation of EU competition rules – part of a once-in-a-generation review – while also urging the Commission to close loopholes which risk undermining progress.
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Open Markets Institute issues a statement in response to the US Supreme Court’s precedent-shattering decision in Trump v. Slaughter.
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The Open Markets Institute Europe welcomes the preliminary decision by the European Commission to designate Amazon and Microsoft as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) for their cloud computing services, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.
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By deepening concentration in the film and TV industry, the proposed transaction raises significant competition concerns. CMDG and Open Markets Europe call on the EU Commission to investigate the proposed merger.
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The UK Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) will require Google to to adhere to new conduct requirements in their use of publisher content for AI Overviews. CMDG was at the forefront of urging the CMA to adopt remedies to level the playing field with publishers in the transition to AI-enabled search.
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“Our work advances a common-sense approach that says policy should help protect human liberty and democracy and build a more resilient economy.”
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The Open Markets Institute Europe warns that the Commission is failing to seize the full potential of the DMA to address harmful abuses of market power by digital gatekeepers.
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The Open Markets Institute Europe warns that the Commission is failing to seize the full potential of the DMA to address harmful abuses of market power by digital gatekeepers.
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The Open Markets Institute Europe warns that the Commission is failing to seize the full potential of the DMA to address harmful abuses of market power by digital gatekeepers.
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Statement condemning the Federal Communications Commission’s politically motivated decision to order Disney, ABC and their television subsidiaries to file early license renewal applications – a move which comes as the White House once again calls for late-night host Jimmy Kimmel to be fired.
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The Open Markets Institute shares its news of expanding its European operations with new staff and the launch of a European Advisory Council – bringing together leading experts, technologists and former policymakers to defend fair markets and democratic accountability.
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Tara PIncock weighs in on the landmark jury verdict that found Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster violated federal and state antitrust laws by operating an illegal monopoly.
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Claire Kelloway weighs in on the news that restaurant food distributor Sysco Corporation is planning to buy its competitor Restaurant Depot:
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