What Even is THAT Argument?! | Lobbying for Xbox/Activision...Poorly (VL731)

The fight between Microsoft's Xbox division and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has only just begun...and now everyone can tell both sides how they feel.

But as Microsoft faces more resistance to its purchase than some may have anticipated, others come out of the woodwork to put their own two cents in. For good or for ill.

It's lobbyin' time...in Virtual Legality.

#Microsoft #Xbox #Activision

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*** CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 02:51 Who is the ITIF? 08:29 A Hole-y Argument 31:37 Conclusion ***

Discussed in this episode:

PLAYLIST https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy_vBs7Qt9-ROfumOtIrSdP8

US CHAMBER https://www.uschamber.com/finance/antitrust/u-s-companies-foreign-competition-agencies-must-all-play-by-the-rules

ITIF https://itif.org/publications/2022/10/24/microsofts-acquisition-of-activision-blizzard-does-not-raise-foreclosure-concerns/

https://itif.org/publications/2015/01/10/about/

https://itif.org/our-supporters/

IGN https://www.ign.com/articles/best-selling-video-games-of-all-time-grand-theft-auto-minecraft-tetris

*** "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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