From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:18:48 -0700

Here is a good source for the formal complaint filed on 26 October regarding
RELX and the wider scholarly publishing market to the EU competition
authority <http://ec.europa.eu/competition/index_en.html>.  Full text
(22pp) PDF available -- https://zenodo.org/record/1472045#.W9iP5hNKjOR
 (My thanks to Gary Price's invaluable infoDOCKET for the link.)

The complaint is partisan, no question, but represents to my eye a serious
and coherent attempt to make the case for why big journal publishing can be
interpreted as importantly marked by anti-competitive practices.  The
complaint is short, but not negligible, on practical remedies (pp. 20-21).
In an environment where rhetoric and posturing often prevail in discussions
of the topic, this one was refreshing.  I hope that the respondents to this
complaint can answer publicly with equal coherence and intelligence.

Jim O'Donnell
Arizona State University