Sacred Symbols+, Episode 181: Hoeg Law Talks Activision, Bungie, and Embracer
Added 2022-04-16 16:01:03 +0000 UTCPlease welcome Last Stand Media Legal Analyst Rick Hoeg back to +. Today, I (Colin!) invited Mr. Hoego to the show deal with a small collection of legal issues currently circulating throughout our industry. We start at the top, with a duo of Activision-related stories: The quitting-in-protest of a California lawyer with claims of interference from the governor's office in regards to the state's legal inquiries into Activision, and the refusal of Activision to cede a new pay structure to Raven's unionizing QA team. We then go over to soon-to-be Sony property Bungie, which has undertaken a rather interesting lawsuit in pursuit of nearly a dozen false-flaggers on YouTube, who abused DMCA takedowns on the company's behalf, without permission and likely in retaliation for previous takedowns. We then wrap things up by discussing Embracer Group, which recently told The Financial Times that it plans on growing in size in a major way, a rather confusing statement for a behemoth that already owns 115 teams (yes, 115). How can further growth even be possible, or sustainable, or even legal? So... why not hit play and learn yourself something?
Comments
It's absurd.
Colin Moriarty
2022-04-22 18:38:02 +0000 UTCEmbracer has 68 studios now and they want to have 151?! That's wild. I can only imagine how many managers they need to keep everything straight.
Sam Lee
2022-04-22 09:13:20 +0000 UTCHm. Not hearing this elsewhere, but will let the boys know!
Colin Moriarty
2022-04-18 18:49:58 +0000 UTCThis might be nonsense, but the volume level on all of your shows seems a bit low when using podcast feeds. The intro music comes through noticeably louder than the rest of the track. The volume levels of respective speakers can also vary a bit too much on your shows, too. Generally, I have to crank the volume up quite high when using headphones. I hope this is useful, for your consideration!
Max Stahl
2022-04-18 17:54:31 +0000 UTCThank you. =)
Colin Moriarty
2022-04-18 14:42:45 +0000 UTCOh!
Colin Moriarty
2022-04-18 14:42:39 +0000 UTCThese episodes with Hoeg on DD and SS are some of my favorite LSM content!
Brandon Buonacorsi
2022-04-17 04:24:28 +0000 UTC30:29 “We’ll leave Activision. I’m sure we’ll touch on them again in the future.” Ohhhh!!!
Brandon Soto
2022-04-17 04:09:59 +0000 UTCThank you for your kind words.
Colin Moriarty
2022-04-17 02:01:39 +0000 UTCDamn Colin, props for getting experts. I think I and almost everybody would probably have misread this otherwise, or at least taken the constructed narrative as is. I remember when news institutions used to do that.
Tick Dickler
2022-04-16 23:27:51 +0000 UTC
