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"Preface" [2019] ELECD 2756; in Lundqvist, Bjorn; Gal, S. Michal (eds), "Competition Law for the Digital Economy" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) viii

Book Title: Competition Law for the Digital Economy

Editor(s): Lundqvist, Björn; Gal, S. Michal

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section Title: Preface

Number of pages: 4

Extract:

Preface
The digital economy is gradually gaining traction. A broad variety of tech-
nological developments, including the introduction of Internet of Things,
Artificial Intelligence and markets for data play a role. What makes the Digital
Economy different from the Old Economy or, even, from other developments
of the New Economy and what are the implications for the application of com-
petition rules? How does competition law interact with other legal regimes,
like data protection/privacy rules, unfair trading laws and sector-specific regu-
latory regimes? Approaching the subject from multiple angles and disciplines,
the different chapters in this volume reflect systematically and critically on
these questions, including issues like market power, artificial intelligence,
competition by design, geoblocking, e-payment systems, the sharing economy,
the increasing role of data (Big Data, Open Data, data mining etc.) and the like.
Part I, entitled `General Perspectives on Competition Policy and the
Application of Traditional Tools for the Digital Economy' focuses on the
general frame for where competition will be played out in the Digital Economy.
Chapter one by Björn Lundqvist addresses the general structure by discussing
what role Competition Law should play in the Digital Economy. He dissects
the platforms by following information, i.e. `the data' from its sources, to users
and re-users and ultimately to its consumers in reference to platforms and with
special focus on when competition law may be useful for accessing data. The
chapter concludes that general competition law may not be readily available
for accessing ...