Category: european commission

EU charges Valve and five publishers with geo-blocking games

Post author By Randall
Post date April 5, 2019
Categories In activation keys, antitrust, bandai namco, business, capcom, competition, digital single market, eu, european commission, focus home, Gaming, geo-blocking, Internet, koch media, personal computing, personalcomputing, Politics, statement of objections, steam, Tech, valve, videogames, zenimax
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[ad_1] The problem centers around activation keys. When users buy physical games, they often get activation keys, which they must enter to add the games to their Steam libraries. The Commission says Valve and the five publishers agreed to use geo-blocking so that activation keys sold in some countries — like Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary […]

EU believes BMW, Daimler and VW colluded over clean emissions tech

Post author By Randall
Post date April 5, 2019
Categories In adblue, antitrust, audi, Bmw, business, Cars, collusion, competition, Daimler, diesel, emissions, eu, european commission, gear, green, investigation, otto particulate filters, Politics, porsche, statement of objections, Tech, Transportation, vw
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[ad_1] In particular, the Commission believes BMW, Daimler and VW coordinated their AdBlue dosing strategies and delayed the use of Otto Particle Filters. AdBlue is a urea product that’s meant to reduce harmful nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel passenger cars. The Commission believes the three manufacturers limited AdBlue-consumption between 2006 and 2014, essentially leading to […]