Today in "Epic vs Apple", Apple responds to Epic's request to have Court force Apple to put Fortnite back on their store, direct payment and all. Let's see how its going:
"This lawsuit (and the front-page headlines it has generated) appears to be part of a marketing campaign designed to reinvigorate interest in Fortnite."
"Epic is holding its own customers hostage to gain leverage in a business dispute."
"Epic started a fire, and poured gasoline on it, and now asks this Court for emergency assistance..."
"If Epic were truly concerned that it would suffer reputational injury from this dispute, it would not be engaging in these elaborate efforts to publicize it."
"Epic is sacrificing them to advance its own commercial interests"
"...no court has ever accepted a claim remotely like this one..."
Yeah, things are escalating...in Virtual Legality.
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CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 09:00 Apple's Opposition to Injunction (Overview) 22:43 Apple Presents a Holistic View of the iPhone 27:37 Attention Video Game Companies 31:12 Apple's Rules of the Road 36:32 Litigation as Fortnite Marketing 40:58 Unreal Benefits from Fortnite Breach 46:57 Apple on the Antitrust Case (Monopoly, IAP, Tying) 1:01:40 Epic as Saboteur (Irreparable Harm) 1:06:02 Marketing is Not Harm 1:07:45 Think of the Children (Balance of Equities) 1:13:09 The Trojan Horse Revealed 1:19:06 Conclusion
Discussed in this episode:
"Apple Sues Back! "Epic Undertook its Conduct with Malice and Fraud" (VL310)" YouTube Video - September 8, 2020 - Hoeg Law https://youtu.be/aRCZGm9D-zs
"Epic v Everyone: "Reckoning" with Linus Tech Tips and Apple (VL315)" YouTube Video - September 16, 2020 - Hoeg Law https://youtu.be/I0mNE2_snvg
"Apple’s Reckoning Has Come." YouTube Video - September 15, 2020 - Linus Tech Tips https://youtu.be/2tQddjlXj6o
Epic v Apple: Epic Makes Its Strongest Case Yet, But Is It Enough? (VL308) YouTube Video - September 5, 2020 - Hoeg Law https://youtu.be/0ic7v3vsO-A
"Epic vs Everyone: The Fortnite Antitrust Lawsuits" YouTube Playlist - Hoeg Law https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy-lb7ReoUqL5_dTcM8ngmfV
Apple's Opposition to Preliminary Injunction Epic v Apple - September 15, 2020 https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17442392/73/epic-games-inc-v-apple-inc/
"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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