Activision Blizzard's year of news appearances is almost unbelievable, but perhaps none more so than the announcement that Microsoft and Xbox is purchasing them for just under $70 BILLION in cash.
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"We believe that the transaction may lead to an undue concentration of market power when viewed as a vertical or horizontal merger, threaten data privacy and security, undermine consumer protection online, impinge on the consumer right to repair and exacerbate worker disempowerment and wage suppression."
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
2:10 The Signatories
12:30 The Letter and The Law
35:21 Conclusion
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Discussed in this episode:
"Microsoft x Activision"
Hoeg Law Playlist
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EXAMPLE SIGNATORY SITES
https://www.citizen.org/about/
https://www.citizen.org/victories/
https://www.economicliberties.us/about/
https://mainstreetalliance.org/team
https://www.democraticmedia.org/about
https://publicknowledge.org/
https://cwa-union.org/
https://www.repair.org/aboutus
THE LETTER
https://www.citizen.org/article/microsofts-activision-blizzard/
LAW
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/media-resources/mergers-and-competition/merger-review
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/18
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"Virtual Legality" 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).
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