Facebook’s purchase of Giphy raises competition concerns

 CMA, here. 

Artificial intelligence and intellectual property: Consultation Results

UK Gov, here. 

Commission clears acquisition of GrandVision by EssilorLuxottica, subject to conditions

 EC, here. 

European competitiveness in the digital future

 M. Vestager, here. 

The Case for Data Portability as a Privacy Protection in the Digital Age

IWGDPT, here. 

Lego-Bausteine sind für das Europäische Gericht schützenswert

 Heise.de, hier. 

FACEBOOK: NEXT STOP EUROPE

 R. Podszun, here. 

A Proposal for an International Agreement: The International Instrument on Permitted Uses in Copyright Law

 R. Hilty, V. Moscon, here. 

French data protection watchdog casts doubt on Apple’s privacy compliance

 Politico.eu, here. 

The Justice Department is worried about an anime monopoly after the Sony deal

 The Verge, here. 

And now for something totally different: Friedrich von Hayek and Robert Bork

 Part I, Part II, Part III.

Islands in the Stream: Musicians are in peril, at the mercy of giant monopolies that profit off their work.

 D. Dayen, here. 

The EU, Competition Law and Workers’ Rights

 N. Countouris, V. De Stefano, I. Lianos, here. 

On the governance of privacy-preserving systems

 L. Olejnik, here.