Who pays what on Spotify?

Imagine you moved from Denmark to Malaysia and you want to subscribe to Spotify Premium from your new home. …

How to categorise network effects (and why)?

This post, co-authored by Paul Belleflamme and Martin Peitz (whom IPdigIT is very happy to welcome in its team!) …

PROSEco: a ‘sparkling’ research project (3)

  In recent years, many innovative sharing economy platforms (SEPs) had a strong impact on their stakeholders: service providers …

PROSEco: a ‘sparkling’ research project (2)

PROSEco is an acronym for ‘Platform Regulation and Operations in the Sharing Economy‘. It is a research project that …

PROSEco: a ‘sparkling’ research project (1)

Over the last months, the two editors of this blog, Paul Belleflamme and Alain Strowel, have joined forces with …

Reviews, Ratings, and Recommendations: The 3 R’s that make digital platforms’ engine roar

We have recently written a chapter for the e-book “Economic Analysis of the Digital Revolution“, edited by  Juan José …

Zero-rating: a blessing for consumers or a net neutrality nightmare?

The author of this article is Robert SOMOGYI. Robert is a postdoctoral fellow at CORE (Université catholique de Louvain). In …

Tendances économiques de la médiatisation

Le 15 novembre 2016 s’est tenue à Mines ParisTech la conférence ‘Médiatiser l’innovation’ (le programme se trouve ici). Cet article …

Beware of the ‘mutant copyrights’ in a trademarked culture!

The European Copyright Society (ECS) was founded in January 2012 with the aim of creating a platform for critical …

Plain packaging, trademark protection and Investment Treaties: Get ready!

The obligation of using plain packaging for tobacco products, i. e. the requirement to remove or substantially reduce the …