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FTC reportedly finalizing its biggest Amazon antitrust case yetThe moment Amazon feared when FTC Chair Lina Khan was appointed may soon arrive: Bloomberg reports that the agency is putting the final touches on its most substantial antitrust case against the tech giant, and could file suit in the next few weeks.
According to documents viewed by Bloomberg and sources familiar, the upcoming suit will allege that Amazon systematically disadvantages merchants who don’t use certain “optional” services like “Fulfilled by Amazon.” If the FTC can show that Amazon is maliciously manipulating a market it has something like monopoly power in, it could make the case that the company needs to be broken up or restructured.
To do so is not easy, however: Amazon grew fat under the doctrine that essentially, if consumers aren’t directly affected, even something that looks, walks and talks like a monopoly isn’t one. Khan famously challenged this doctrine in an extensive law review article that marked her as a rising star and potentially the biggest threat to a similarly ascendant tech industry.
But this would be the biggest test yet of her assertion that monopoly can emerge in other forms, of which Amazon is a prime example. If she could establish as precedent that using network effects and unlimited cash to undercut and replace competitors is a new and dangerous form of market control, it would be a tectonic shift in regulation.
The FTC has already taken up Amazon for three separate and unrelated issues over the last month. Amazon settled allegations that its Ring brand doorbells allowed spying on customers and that it had “flouted” child data privacy laws with Alexa; a third case was brought last week accusing the online retailer of deceptive practices relating to its subscription services.
The goal is reportedly to file before certain logistical issues at the FTC appear in August, so putting the case in order and getting it out the door have been its focus over the last few months. The case supposedly has been in the works for several years.

Amazon betrays its fear with petition to sideline FTC Chair and antitrust hawk Lina Khan

Amazon has previously suggested that Khan’s frequent criticism of them means she “no longer can consider the company’s antitrust defenses with an open mind.” That objection has been met with the consideration it deserves, although Khan may still have to tread carefully in order to avoid a situation where she is the deciding factor of a case.
I have contacted both Amazon and the FTC for comment and will update if I hear back from them.
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Disguised Malignance Sign with ProstheticHelsinki, Finland's DISGUISED MALIGNANCE today announced their signing to Prosthetic Records, with their forthcoming debut album, Entering the Gateways, due to be released on September 29. Alongside the signing and album announcement, the Finnish death metal group has shared Entering the Gateways' lead single Malignant Visions. (Photo by Eero Palmu)

LISTEN TO MALIGNANT VISIONS BELOWStream Malignant Visions via Apple Music | TIDAL | Deezer | Bandcamp and SpotifyPre-order Entering the Gateways here.

Speaking on the album announcement, Felix Pennanen (vocals) comments: "Entering the Gateways’ songwriting approach combined with lyrical concepts and overall aesthetic form an entirety that evolves throughout the album's runtime. First, the listener is absorbed into the hellish & twisted landscapes known from 90s death metal, surrounded with existential dread and nihilistic thoughts. As the album progresses, these landscapes and concepts start to evolve, while new ideas are introduced to the music. I think we achieved a great balance between banger riffs and otherworldly atmospheres. "Self-producing the album allowed us to make this entirety as close to the vision in our heads as possible. From the way each instrument sounds to the colossal and atmospheric synth soundscapes, the freedom to tweak these things ourselves really added a significant amount of depth to this debut album."Aatos Palmu (bass) adds: "We are inspired by a wide variety of different kinds of music, and I think it can be felt and heard in DISGUISED MALIGNANCE. All of those influences together with our own artistic visions form a distinct sound and vibe. This album lays the groundwork for the ”Disguised Malignance sound” which we always aim to achieve and evolve when writing music."DISGUISED MALIGNANCE’s formative years up until this point has seen the group operate primarily as a duo, with vocalist Felix Pennanen and bassist Aatos Palmu forming the band in 2021, and carefully constructing the band’s foundational sound of old school death metal sensibilities with a calculatedly modern view of technical songwriting embellishments. The young band’s dichotomous approach to the genre was evidenced in their early demo and 2023 promo tapes respectively, before Pennanen and Palmu found themselves with growing ambitions for the band.Commencing writing and recording in 2022 with their core pairing, DISGUISED MALGINANCE display a musical chemistry far beyond their years on Entering the Gateways. Frenzied passages careen and jolt forward with a menacing intent, whilst swarming tremolos and an dexterous rhythmic backbone bring to mind greats such as Demilich and Crytopsy. Written specifically with a solidified quintet in mind, Entering the Gateways ushers DISGUISED MALIGNANCE’s more textured passages into the fold - look no further than Disengagement into Eternity or Remnants of Serenity - that invoke more modern death metal acts such as Tomb Mold and Blood Incantation.Inspired heavily by Lovecraftian horror and armed with an esoterically eldritch unease at the simultaneously unknown and unknowable, Entering the Gateways oscillates between the physical and the otherworldly throughout its 34 minute runtime. DISGUISED MALIGNANCE’s ambitions to take death metal’s elemental parts and impart their own verve and voice into the genre are plain to see on their first full-length, and it's a testament to their natural talents that Entering the Gateways stands as a bold introduction to the band.

Entering the Gateways tracklist:1. Gates to Nihil2. Confined3. Unearthly Extinction4. The Fading Path of Existence5. Malignant Visions6. Remanants of Serenity7. Disengagement into Eternity8. Beyond (Entering the Gateways)DISGUISED MALIGNANCE is:Felix Pennanen - vocalsAatos Palmu - bassDaniel Gamache - guitarTuure Suomalainen - guitarJuuso Hämäläinen - drums

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