LEADER 03328nam 22006131 450 001 9910149556603321 005 20200514202323.0 010 $a9781509900664 010 $a1509900667 010 $a9781509900640 010 $a1509900640 024 7 $a10.5040/9781509900664 035 $a(CKB)3710000000933856 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4733971 035 $a(OCoLC)956379840 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09260479 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781509900664BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000933856 100 $a20170227d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aPrivate power, online information flows, and EU law $emind the gap /$fAngela Daly 210 1$aOxford [UK] ;$aPortland, Oregon :$cHart Publishing,$d2016. 215 $aXVI, 162 p. ;$d24 cm 225 0 $aHart Studies in Competition Law ;$vv. 15 311 08$a9781509928811 311 08$a1509928812 311 08$a9781509900633 311 08$a1509900632 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Internet, user autonomy, and EU law -- Dominance and Internet provision -- Dominance and Internet search -- Dominance and mobile devices -- Dominance and the Cloud. 330 8 $aThis monograph examines how European Union law and regulation address concentrations of private economic power which impede free information flows on the Internet to the detriment of Internet users' autonomy. In particular, competition law, sector specific regulation (if it exists), data protection and human rights law are considered and assessed to the extent they can tackle such concentrations of power for the benefit of users. Using a series of illustrative case studies, of Internet provision, search, mobile devices and app stores, and the cloud, the work demonstrates the gaps that currently exist in EU law and regulation. It is argued that these gaps exist due, in part, to current overarching trends guiding the regulation of economic power, namely neoliberalism, by which only the situation of market failure can invite ex ante rules, buoyed by the lobbying of regulators and legislators by those in possession of such economic power to achieve outcomes which favour their businesses. Given this systemic, and extra-legal, nature of the reasons as to why the gaps exist, solutions from outside the system are proposed at the end of each case study. This study will appeal to EU competition lawyers and media lawyers 410 0$aHart studies in competition law. 606 $aAntitrust law$zEuropean Union countries 606 $aCompetition, Unfair$zEuropean Union countries 606 $aData protection$xLaw and legislation$zEuropean Union countries 606 $aInternet$xLaw and legislation$zEuropean Union countries 606 $2International law 615 0$aAntitrust law 615 0$aCompetition, Unfair 615 0$aData protection$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aInternet$xLaw and legislation 676 $a343.2407/21 700 $aDaly$b Angela$01063459 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910149556603321 996 $aPrivate power, online information flows, and EU law$92962540 997 $aUNINA