Epic v Apple: Judgment Day - Who Won? Who Lost? ...and Why? (VL538)

Описание: It's the day we've long waited for. The "Epic vs Apple" decision is in...and it's 185 pages long.

Who won? Who lost? As it turns out, reasonable minds (and some unreasonable ones) can differ even there.

So dust off that knowledge of antitrust law, the Sherman Act, Rules of Reason, intellectual property commissions, relevant markets, illegal restraints, anti-steering and more, and BUCKLE IN.

We're going feature length...in Virtual Legality.

#Epic #Apple #Lawsuit

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction (A Look Back)
02:13 Headline Headscratchers
04:30 The Court on Commissions
08:45 The Decision - Overview
15:20 PART I - FINDINGS OF FACT
16:28 Epic and Fortnite
24:46 Apple and the DPLA
34:59 The Relevant Market
45:51 What is a Video Game?
1:01:52 Market Share and Market Power
1:06:53 Anticompetitive Effects
1:18:17 Procompetitive Justifications
1:35:37 PART II - APPLICATION OF LAW
1:45:15 Apple DOES NOT VIOLATE Federal Antitrust Law
2:00:09 Apple DOES NOT VIOLATE California Antitrust Law
2:02:07 Anti-Steering Rules VIOLATE California Unfair Competition Law (Injunction)
2:16:01 Epic IS LIABLE for Breach of Contract
2:21:32 Conclusion (Responses)

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Discussed in this episode:

"An Antitrust Epic"
YouTube Playlist - Hoeg Law
   • An Antitrust Epic  

"Epic v Apple: Just the Trial"
YouTube Playlist - Hoeg Law
   • Epic v Apple: Just the Trial  

"Apple must allow other forms of in-app purchases, rules judge in Epic v. Apple"
The Verge - September 10, 2021
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/10/22...

"Apple can no longer force developers to use in-app purchasing, judge rules in Epic Games case"
CNBC - September 10, 2021
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/10/epic-...

"The Epic v. Apple ruling could put a serious dent in Apple’s $19 billion App Store business"
The Verge - September 10, 2021
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/10/22...

"Major win for Epic Games: Apple has 90 days to open up app store payments"
Ars Technica - September 10, 2021
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/...

"Epic Games Case Judge Says Apple Must Allow Alternative Payment Methods On App Store"
Gamespot - September 10, 2021
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/epi...

"Epic Wins Big Fortnite Lawsuit Against Apple"
Kotaku - September 10, 2021
https://kotaku.com/epic-wins-big-fort...

"Epic v. Apple: Judge Rules Apple Must Allow Developers to Direct App Users to Outside Payment Options"
IGN - September 10, 2021
https://www.ign.com/articles/epic-v-a...

"Paid Applications Agreement (Schedules 2 and 3 of the Apple Developer Program License Agreement)"
https://developer.apple.com/support/d...

Epic Games v Apple
Decided September 10, 2021 (N.D. CA)
https://s3.documentcloud.org/document...

"App Store Review Guidelines"
Updated June 7, 2021
https://developer.apple.com/app-store...

"Apple’s response..."
Tweet - September 10, 2021 - Mark Gurman
  / 1436360257127653380  

"Today’s ruling isn't a win..."
Tweet - September 10, 2021 - Tim Sweeney
  / 1436370670166945792  

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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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