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Amazon fined €1. 1 billion by Italy for antitrust abuse

Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto | Amazon) Amazon said it would appeal a €1. 1 billion fine from Italy after antitrust investigators found the online shopping giant had given unfair preference to sellers who also ship their goods through Amazon’s logistics service. Amazon had previously tried to halt the case in Italia on the grounds that it […]

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Judge dismisses Steam antitrust case for lack of factual support

(credit: Aurich Lawson) A federal judge has accepted Valve’s motion to dismiss an anti-trust lawsuit against company Steam’s store and platform, saying that plaintiff Wolfire Games failed to establish the basic facts necessary to sustain the case going forward. Wolfire’s lawsuit in part rested on the argument that Valve was illegally tying its Steam game […]

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Amazon wins record US tax breaks to expand delivery network

Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto | Amazon) Amazon has won a record amount of tax breaks this year as local officials try to lure the online shopping giant to expand its one-day or same-day delivery networks in their areas. According to data from Good Jobs First, an economic development watchdog based in Washington, DC, Amazon has so […]

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Sony faces lawsuit over alleged “monopoly pricing” of PlayStation downloads

Enlarge / A gift card like this goes less far because of Sony’s monopolistic control of the PlayStation downloads market, according to a new lawsuit. In Apple’s opening statements in the Epic Games v. Apple trial on Monday, the company argued that “the law protects Apple’s choice to have a closed system just as it […]

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EU warns That It Might break up Substantial Tech Firms

Expand (credit: Getty Images | Walter Zerla) The EU will sabotage on Tuesday to split up Substantial Tech businesses if they {} in anti-competitive behaviour. The warning comes as Brussels publishes its own loopholes of 2 important new parts of technology regulation. A Digital Markets Act would need to undertake unfair competition in the industry, […]