{"id":1037255,"date":"2022-11-23T21:17:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T21:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/1037255\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T21:17:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T21:17:01","slug":"sony-to-cma-activision-must-remain-independent-a-legal-look-vl746-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/1037255\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony to CMA: Activision MUST Remain Independent | A Legal Look (VL746 &#8211; LIVE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0nABfcpr4A8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nMicrosoft and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) of the United Kingdom have been trading punches over Activision and everybody&#8217;s (!) got questions&#8230;and answers.  But its only Sony that has gone ALL IN.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s go through it together&#8230;in Virtual Legality LIVE.<\/p>\n<p>#Xbox #Activision #Sony<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\nNEW MERCH LINK: https:\/\/virtuallegalityshop.myshopify.com\/<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\nWANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL?<\/p>\n<p>UTREON &#8211; https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/hoeglaw\/<br \/>\nPATREON &#8211; https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/VirtualLegality<br \/>\nMERCH STORE &#8211; https:\/\/virtuallegalityshop.myshopify.com\/<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\nCHAPTERS<br \/>\n00:00 Introduction\/Executive Summary<br \/>\n1:00:00 Theory of Harm Number 1 (Console Market)<br \/>\n2:10:59 Theory of Harm Number 2 (Subscriptions)<br \/>\n2:32:37 Theory of Harm Number 3 (Cloud Gaming)<br \/>\n2:41:12 Conclusion (Q+A) <\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\nDiscussed in this episode:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/63494c7de90e0731a80088e7\/Issues_Statement_-_Microsoft_Activision__final.pdf<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/637cecede90e076b8043d8cd\/Sony_Interactive_Entertainment.pdf<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\n&#8220;Virtual Legality&#8221; is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law). <\/p>\n<p>CHECK OUT THE REST OF VIRTUAL LEGALITY HERE:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virtual Legality\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy9YAU61GoW-00K0TJOGnPCo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>DISCUSSION IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE.  INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THE LEGAL TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS VIDEO SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN COUNSEL.<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\nTwitter: @hoeglaw<br \/>\nWeb: hoeglaw.com<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\nDESIGN WORK<br \/>\nJoe Ellis (Logo Design)<br \/>\nChris Leroux (Motion Graphics)<br \/>\nFor more information: contact Chris at @Chrisleroux on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>PODCAST VERSIONS ALSO AVAILABLE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) of the United Kingdom have been trading punches over<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1037256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[593399],"tags":[379849,114794,347768,360912,643497,110170,75308,643502,227684,44159,643499,455541,233836,643504,643498,643503,360914,212545,4254,14683,157754,360918,360921,126585,236287,32986,360922,643500,222440,360911,87263,10393,232853,251821,7932,19025,40818,360925,360920,360919,137282,480054,9742,643501,643496,19047,42650,200956,360924],"class_list":{"0":"post-1037255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2021-summer","8":"tag-abk","9":"tag-activision","10":"tag-activision-blizzard","11":"tag-antitrust","12":"tag-authority","13":"tag-breakdown","14":"tag-call-of-duty","15":"tag-cloud-gaming","16":"tag-cma","17":"tag-competition","18":"tag-competitors","19":"tag-deal","20":"tag-entertainment-news","21":"tag-exclusives","22":"tag-federal-trade-commission","23":"tag-foreclose","24":"tag-ftc","25":"tag-game-pass","26":"tag-games","27":"tag-gaming","28":"tag-gaming-news","29":"tag-hoeg","30":"tag-hoeg-law","31":"tag-law","32":"tag-lawyer","33":"tag-legal","34":"tag-legality","35":"tag-londons-calling","36":"tag-markets","37":"tag-merger","38":"tag-microsoft","39":"tag-news","40":"tag-phase-1","41":"tag-phase-2","42":"tag-playstation","43":"tag-ps5","44":"tag-re-main","45":"tag-real-lawyer","46":"tag-richard-hoeg","47":"tag-rick-hoeg","48":"tag-rival","49":"tag-rivals","50":"tag-sony","51":"tag-the-cma","52":"tag-transaction","53":"tag-uk","54":"tag-video-games","55":"tag-videogames","56":"tag-virtual-legality"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1037255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1037256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1037255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1037255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1037255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}