A new challenger has entered the "Epic vs Apple" fray, but is South Korea's new "anti-google" bill as significant to the tech titans as some have assumed?

There's a difference between rights and means..in Virtual Legality.

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#Epic #Apple #SouthKorea

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

00:57 South Korea's Ban Bill

10:05 Rights and Means

22:32 Conclusion

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Discussed in this episode:

"An Antitrust Epic"

YouTube Playlist - Hoeg Law

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy-lb7ReoUqL5_dTcM8ngmfV

"Google, Apple Hit by First Law Threatening Dominance Over App-Store Payments"

Wall Street Journal - August 31, 2021

https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-apple-hit-in-south-korea-by-worlds-first-law-ending-their-dominance-over-app-store-payments-11630403335

"Apple and Google must allow developers to use other payment systems, new Korean law declares

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The Verge - August 31, 2021

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/31/22643800/apple-google-south-korea-app-store-payment-legislation-passes

"Partial amendment to the Telecommunications Business Act"

Korean Assembly Page

http://likms.assembly.go.kr/bill/billDetail.do?billId=PRC_E2Z1F0E7F2Y0Q1S1N3B4Y5U2A2K2P9

"The App Store Model Is Crumbling"

Protocol - September 1, 2021

https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/sourcecode/app-store-law-south-korea

"App Store Review Guidelines"

Updated June 7, 2021

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/

"A Broken Marketplace"

CAF Webpage

https://appfairness.org/issues/broken-marketplace/

Epic v Apple Preliminary Injunction Order

October 9, 2020

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.364265/gov.uscourts.cand.364265.118.0.pdf

Apple's Answer and Countersuit

Epic v Apple - September 8, 2020 Filing

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17442392/66/epic-games-inc-v-apple-inc/

"Paid Applications Agreement (Schedules 2 and 3 of the Apple Developer Program License Agreement)"

https://developer.apple.com/support/downloads/terms/schedules/Schedule-2-and-3-20210607-English.pdf

"Unreal Engine End User License Agreement For Publishing"

As of August 30, 2021

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/eula/publishing

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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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