Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is facing one of the most precarious times of his long reign at the video game publisher. Now, long time business partners like PlayStation and the company's own employees are demanding answers that the embattled publisher seems unable to give.

Activision's version of zero tolerance might be a bit different from yours or mine...in Virtual Legality.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

01:03 Sony Speaks

12:13 A Parsing Aside

14:35 Zero Tolerance for Thee

20:03 Conclusion

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Discussed in this episode:

"Everybody vs Activision Blizzard: A Legal View"

YouTube Playlist - Hoeg Law

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy9PBxr5dNcoQLh2erIt2XrZ

"Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations at Videogame Giant"

Wall Street Journal - November 16, 2021

https://www.wsj.com/articles/activision-videogames-bobby-kotick-sexual-misconduct-allegations-11637075680

"Sony's Jim Ryan critical of Activision Blizzard response to Kotick report"

GamesIndustryBiz - November 17, 2021

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-11-17-sonys-jim-ryan-critical-of-activision-blizzard-response-to-kotick-report

"PlayStation Chief Criticizes Activision's Response to Crisis"

Bloomberg - November 17, 2021

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-17/playstation-chief-criticizes-activision-response-to-allegations

"Activision staff question whether zero tolerance policy applies to Kotick"

GamesIndustryBiz - November 18, 2021

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-11-18-activision-blizzard-staff-question-whether-zero-tolerance-policy-applies-to-kotick

"CEO BOBBY KOTICK OUTLINES PROGRESS AND COMMITMENTS"

Activision Website - October 28, 2021

https://activisionblizzard.com/newsroom/2021/10/ceo-bobby-kotick-outlines-progress-and-commitments

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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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