This paper investigates the upcoming business model of online streaming services allowing music consumers either to subscribe to a service which provides free-of-charge access to streaming music and which is funded by advertising, or to pay a monthly flat fee in order to get ad-free access to...

This paper investigates the upcoming business model of online streaming services allowing music consumers either to subscribe to a service which provides free-of-charge access to streaming music and which is funded by advertising, or to pay a monthly flat fee in order to get ad-free access to...

In this paper, we analyse the potential application to the cloud computing services sector of EU competition rules governing anti-competitive agreements and abuses of a dominant position. We argue that defining the relevant market for cloud services is a key threshold issue, with complex product...

Cloud gaming represents a new model of video game distribution. It involves playing games that are streamed from a remote server (the cloud), and has the potential to revolutionize gaming as it is, at least in theory, device-agnostic, allowing AAA games to be played on any device with a...

This paper investigates the upcoming business model of online streaming services allowing music consumers either to subscribe to a service which provides free-of-charge access to streaming music and which is funded by advertising, or to pay a monthly flat fee in order to get ad-free access to...

This paper investigates the upcoming business model of online streaming services allowing music consumers either to subscribe to a service which provides free-of-charge access to streaming music and which is funded by advertising, or to pay a monthly flat fee in order to get ad-free access to...

Microsoft hat eine marktbeherrschende Stellung im Software-Markt, konkurriert aber mit einer Vielzahl von Wettbewerbern im benachbarten Markt für Cloud-Computing. Inwiefern führt die von Microsoft praktizierte Verknüpfung von Software-Produkten mit Cloud- Computing-Dienstleistungen zu...

By software vendors offering, via the cloud, software as a service (SaaS) versions of traditionally on-premises application software, security risks associated with usage become more diversified which can greatly increase the value associated with the software. In an environment where negative...

Cloud ecosystems are evolving rapidly in the midst of competitive, regulatory and technological uncertainties. The business opportunities cloud computing (CC) is creating are the driving forces behind its acceleration. At present, traditional IT, cloud and hybrid ecosystems vie for market shares...

This paper looks at cybersecurity and the protection of critical national infrastructure, as an area of systemic risk to society. In particular, it looks at the obligations and potential penalties which apply to cloud providers under the regulatory framework established by the EU’s Network and...