Sector: Technology, media, entertainment & telecommunications

Carsales gets coal in its stocking

December 31, 2012 | 0 Comments

The ACCC has cited a likely reduction in competition in the online advertising market as the basis for its opposition to Carsales’ proposed acquisition of Trading Post. In August 2012, Telstra announced that it had...

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May the force be with Disney

December 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away a little film called Star Wars was released into theatres, spawning an entire universe of movies, books, comics and even a religious movement. 35 years...

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Apple and publishers in EC’s bad (e)books

December 19, 2012 | 2 Comments

The European Commission (EC) has settled its investigation into the potential e-book price fixing practices of Apple and four of the world’s largest publishers following commitments from Apple and each of the publishers to cease...

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Earlier in September, Justice Dowsett of the Federal Court handed down a decision ordering three publishing companies (‘Elite Publishing’) to pay total penalties of $400,000 for misleading and deceptive conduct and unconscionable conduct. The companies’...

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On 14 November 2012 the Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) sought feedback on an application for guidance it received from music publishers in respect of a proposed agreement to jointly offer their rights in musical...

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It’s the end of the road for Seven Group Holdings (Seven) as the ACCC has decided to oppose its proposed acquisition of Consolidated Media Holdings (CMH). This is the latest decision of the ACCC to...

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Google and the Art of War

October 9, 2012 | 1 Comments

Sun Tzu: Whether to concentrate or to divide your troops, must be decided by circumstances Google is busy fighting a war on multiple fronts, with antitrust investigations ongoing in the US, the EU, India, Argentina...

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Following the UK Office of Fair Trading’s decision not to refer Facebook’s proposed acquisition of Instagram to the Competition Commission (as we reported here), the US Federal Trade Commission has closed its investigation without taking any action. The FTC announced...

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A court in the US has fined Taiwanese LCD manufacturer AU Optronics (“AUO”) $US 500 million for its involvement in a price fixing cartel. Two former company executives, Vice-Chairman Hsuan Bin Cheng and Executive Vice...

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Justice Bennett v Justin Bieber

September 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

The Full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by two Australian mobile premium service providers against an earlier judgment that particular advertisements were misleading or likely to mislead consumers about continuing premium rate mobile phone...

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