Investigators find online shopping giant unfairly promoted its logistics business.
YouTuber Hit With 150 Copyright Claims For Reviews Featuring Anime Footage
YouTuber Mark Fitzpatrick of Totally Not Mark has made a name for himself with his manga and anime videos on YouTube. His reviews edit together montages from whatever he’s reviewing or critiquing as he expounds his thoughts in voice over. Mark says his…
Judge dismisses Steam antitrust case for lack of factual support
Steam’s 30 percent fee is “commensurate with… value to game publishers.”
Unfollow Everyone While You Can (Facebook sucks)
Facebook Banned Me for Life Because I Help People Use It Less This summer, Facebook sent me a cease-and-desist letter threatening legal action. It permanently disabled my Facebook and Instagram accounts. And it demanded that I agree to never again crea…
Amazon wins record US tax breaks to expand delivery network
Online shopping giant wants incentives as it speeds up distribution in wake of pandemic.
The corrupt system behind US medical supply shortages
Today, with supply chains tangled in knots and shortages everywhere in the economy, it’s easy to blame what’s gone wrong merely on the disruptions caused by Covid. Indeed, David Frum at the Atlantic is the latest to mock the idea that there is somethin…
Today’s real story: The Facebook monopoly
To the average person, Facebook’s monopoly seems obvious. But obviousness is not an antitrust standard. Monopoly has a clear legal meaning, and thus far Lina Khan’s FTC has failed to meet it.
Pharmaceutical firms: our for-profit public health agencies
Pfizer and Moderna just raised prices for their COVID vaccines in the EU. And they’re still not producing enough vaccines to go around. As Matt Stoller details, the Biden administration was supposed to break the vaccine monopoly in order to make it pos…