Virtual Legality

By Richard HoegNews Leisure Video Games News Commentary

Virtual Legality episodes

June 18, 2020 A Lawyer Breaks Down the DACA Ruling: What it Says...and Doesn't (VL249)
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(0:00) Introduction
(3:24) DACA - The Heart of the Case
(5:12) DAPA - An Illegal Program?
(9:53) DHS Moves to Rescind DACA
(11:44) SCOTUS: DHS MAY RESCIND DACA
(12:41) The Administrative Procedure Act (APA)
(15:16) Kavanaugh Dissents to Kicking the Can
(17:35) Discretionary Authority is Unreviewable
(18:29) DACA is Reviewable (More than Forbearance)
(20:35) Rescission is Arbitrary and Capricious
(24:15) Reliance on DACA Benefits
(28:41) Roberts Tells DHS to Try Again
(30:50) The Thomas Dissent (Lead Dissent)
(35:28) Conclusion
38 min
June 17, 2020 Will WB Games Really Be Sold? A Corporate Lawyer's View (VL247)
Rumors swirl. WB may (or may not) be for sale. It's buyer might be Take-Two? Or Electronic Arts (EA)? Or Activision? It's price? $4 billion. Or maybe it's only "about" that much.
Join us as we take a look at things from a mergers and acquisitions attorney's perspective, where even a five-paragraph anonymously sourced story can get the mind moving.
It's time for Mortal (legal) Kombat...Virtual Legality.
CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AT: https://youtu.be/hxPrQgunHNo
#WBGames #Sale #Rumors
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Discussed in this episode:
"AT&T seeks sale for Warner gaming unit, could fetch about $4 billion, sources say"
CNBC - June 12, 2020 -Alex Sherman
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/12/att-seeks-sale-for-warner-gaming-unit-could-fetch-4-billion.html
"Term Sheet Proposed Merger"
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1072971/000119312507011975/dex991.htm
"AT&T in talks to sell WB games business in possible $4 billion deal: report"
MarketWatch - June 12, 2020 - Wallace Witkowski
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/att-in-talks-to-sell-wb-games-business-in-possible-4-billion-deal-report-2020-06-12
"S&P 500 ends at 4-month high as stocks rise after strong economic data"
MarketWatch - March 13, 2019 - Sue Chang and Chris Matthews
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stock-market-poised-for-tepid-rise-but-dow-remains-under-pressure-amid-boeing-737-8-woes-2019-03-13
WB Games Homepage
https://www.wbgames.com/
"The Boy Who Lives: Warner Bros Sets Harry Potter Global Development Team"
Deadline - July 30, 2014 - Nancy Tartaglione
https://deadline.com/2014/07/the-boy-who-lived-warner-bros-creates-harry-potter-global-franchise-development-team-jk-rowling-812082/
"Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment" (and subsidiaries)
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Interactive_Entertainment
"FORM OF TRADEMARK LICENSE AGREEMENT"
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1452016/000119312509163904/dex1012.htm
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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).
CHECK OUT THE REST OF VIRTUAL LEGALITY HERE:
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DISCUSSION IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THE LEGAL TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS VIDEO SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN COUNSEL.
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Twitter: @hoeglaw
Web: hoeglaw.com
Blog: hoeglaw.wordpress.com
18 min
June 17, 2020 Duke Diligence: Did Lawyers Fail Gearbox/Nukem? (VL248)
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27 min
June 16, 2020 Will WB Games Really Be Sold? A Corporate Lawyer's View (VL247)
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(0:00) Introduction
(0:40) WB Games Rumors
(7:35) WB Games Portfolio
(8:45) In Licenses
(16:22) Conclusion
18 min
June 15, 2020 Sin Of Omission? PS5, Spider - Man, and Miles Morales (VL245)
Sony's PlayStation 5 (PS5) reveal party has gotten the results that the company wanted. People are certainly talking. And with only "Spider-Man: Miles Morales" receiving anything close to a release date (Holiday 2020), the apparent successor to the wildly successful Marvel's Spider-Man (2018) has a lot riding on it.
But what if everything is not as it appears?
When is a sequel not a sequel? When it's in...Virtual Legality.
CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AT: https://youtu.be/L4dLznjx4DY
#PS5 #Reveal #Spider-Man
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Discussed in this episode:
"Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Announcement Trailer | PS5"
YouTube Video - June 11, 2020 - PlayStation
https://youtu.be/gHzuHo80U2M
“Now it’s your turn, go be a hero Miles.”
Tweet - June 12, 2020 - IGN (@IGN)
https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1271299022821736448
"BREAKING: Tom Holland and Kevin Feige confirm that Spider-Man will NOT return to the MCU."
Tweet - August 24, 2019 - IGN (@IGN)
https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1165389601621651456
"PSA: Spider-Man’s MCU Future is Still Very Much Up in the Air (VL92) (Hoeg Law)"
YouTube Video - August 24, 2019 - Hoeg Law
https://youtu.be/uadCcubsp8A
"Spider-Man Rejoins the MCU (and Even More) (VL110) (Hoeg Law)"
YouTube Video - September 27, 2019 - Hoeg Law
https://youtu.be/isCBefj6bxE
"Spider-Man: Miles Morales Isn't a Sequel, It's an Expansion"
IGN - June 12, 2020 - Joe Skrebels
https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-spider-man-miles-morales-expansion-not-sequel?sf123919851=1
"Spider-Man Miles Morales is an ‘expansion and enhancement to the original’, Sony clarifies"
VGC - June 11, 2020
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/spider-man-miles-morales-is-a-remaster-and-expansion-sony-clarifies/
"Also announced that Madden will support Smart Delivery (or its analogue)..."
Tweet - May 7, 2020 - Richard Hoeg ( @Hoeg Law )
https://twitter.com/HoegLaw/status/1258414880824139782
"For those of you that think lawyers don't pay close attention..."
Tweet - May 7, 2020 - Richard Hoeg ( @Hoeg Law )
https://twitter.com/HoegLaw/status/1258414880824139782
"These 11 new games will get free upgrades for the Xbox Series X"
The Verge - May 7, 2020 - Tom Warren
https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/7/21250334/xbox-series-x-free-games-smart-delivery-one-upgrade-list-ea
"The Return Of "Arrogant Sony"? The PS5 Revealed (VL EXTRA)"
YouTube Video - June 11, 2020 - Hoeg Law
https://youtu.be/_mFN_AO0Sh0
"Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online - Announcement Trailer | PS5"
YouTube Video - PlayStation - June 11, 2020
https://youtu.be/P20ASB1MdnI
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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).
CHECK OUT THE REST OF VIRTUAL LEGALITY HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy9YAU61GoW-00K0TJOGnPCo
DISCUSSION IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THE LEGAL TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS VIDEO SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN COUNSEL.
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Twitter: @hoeglaw
Web: hoeglaw.com
Blog: hoeglaw.wordpress.com
14 min
June 15, 2020 Keemstar Demonetized! YouTube, Harassment, and Vague Rules (VL244)
When Youtube star Keemstar recently got into a feud with fellow YouTube star Ethan Klein (h3h3Productions), the resulting fall-out had many smaller YouTuber's wondering what the platform would do in response.
Now, Youtube has acted to demonetize Keemstar's channel for a period of weeks, along with sending out similar statements to other YouTubers (such as Tipster) requiring them to reapply after stopping their "harassment" and cleaning up their act.
But while Keemstar thinks YouTube is using new rules to enact these changes, the truth is that we talked about the risk back when the rules were put in place last year.
Everything old is new again...in Virtual Legality.
CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AT: https://youtu.be/GEL6O0R20pY
#Keemstar #YouTube #Harassment
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
0:26 Keemstar and Tipster Demonetized
3:50 What's Old is New Again
6:06 Let's Read YouTube's Harassment Policy
13:25 Rule of Blog
17:38 Conclusion
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Discussed in this episode:
"I am sorry [Team YouTube]!"
Tweet - June 9, 2020 - KEEM (@KEEMSTAR)
https://twitter.com/KEEMSTAR/status/1270501401358204930
"DramaAlert"
YouTube Channel (Keemstar)
https://www.youtube.com/user/NewDramaAlert
"My YouTube Channel Has Been Demonetized"
YouTube Video - June 9, 2020 - Tipster
https://youtu.be/IQKciuG7aww
"This new bullet point that YouTube added."
Tweet - June 9, 2020 KEEM (@KEEMSTAR)
https://twitter.com/KEEMSTAR/status/1270534534799470593
"Harassing the Harassers: A Lawyer Reads YouTube’s new Harassment Guidelines (VL148)"
YouTube Video - December 11, 2019 - Hoeg Law
https://youtu.be/H2TXeN0EWxw
"Harassment and cyberbullying policy"
YouTube Help Page
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802268
"Hate speech policy"
YouTube Help Page
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801939?hl=en
"An update to our harassment policy"
YouTube Blog - December 11, 2019
https://youtube.googleblog.com/2019/12/an-update-to-our-harassment-policy.html
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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).
CHECK OUT THE REST OF VIRTUAL LEGALITY HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy9YAU61GoW-00K0TJOGnPCo
DISCUSSION IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THE LEGAL TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS VIDEO SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN COUNSEL.
***
Twitter: @hoeglaw
Web: hoeglaw.com
Blog: hoeglaw.wordpress.com
21 min
June 15, 2020 SCOTUS in Brief: LGBTQ Discrimination Declared Illegal (Bostock) (VL246)
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(0:00) Introduction
(2:29) Opinion Introduction
(5:49) Civil Rights Act of 1964 Text (42 USC 2000e-2(a))
(6:38) The Case at Hand
(7:35) The Meaning of "Sex" in 1964
(10:55) On "But-For" Causation
(12:02) Legal Reasoning (THE CRUX OF THE DECISION)
(16:39) A Textualist Reading?
(18:25) Dissent (Alito and Thomas)
(23:28) Dissent (Kavanaugh)
(29:06) Conclusion
31 min
June 12, 2020 Sins of Omission? PS5, Spider-Man, and Miles Morales (VL245)
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14 min
June 11, 2020 The Return Of "Arrogant Sony"? The PS5 Revealed (VL EXTRA)
Sony's Playstation 5 (PS5) has finally revealed itself.
But was it worth the wait, or did Sony reveal a bit more than they would have liked?
It's time to pop those collars, y'all...in Virtual Legality.
CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AT: https://youtu.be/_mFN_AO0Sh0
#PS5 #Reveal #Sony
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Discussed in this episode:
"Too Exotic? Is PS5 the Next PlayStation 3? (Virtual Legality #191)"
YouTube Video - March 18, 2020 - Hoeg Law
https://youtu.be/NXIxXPAfUWU
"Sony finally reveals PlayStation 5 hardware—and a discless “Digital Edition”
Ars Technica - June 11, 2020 - Sam Machkovech
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/06/sony-finally-reveals-playstation-5-hardware-and-a-discless-digital-edition/
"Spider-Man, Ratchet and Clank, Gran Turismo, and more are coming to PS5"
Ars Technica - June 11, 2020 - Kyle Orland
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/06/grand-theft-auto-v-is-getting-expanded-and-enhanced-for-ps5-next-year/
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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).
CHECK OUT THE REST OF VIRTUAL LEGALITY HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1zDCgJzZUy9YAU61GoW-00K0TJOGnPCo
DISCUSSION IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THE LEGAL TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS VIDEO SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN COUNSEL.
***
Twitter: @hoeglaw
Web: hoeglaw.com
Blog: hoeglaw.wordpress.com
16 min
June 10, 2020 Keemstar Demonetized! YouTube, Harassment, and Vague Rules (VL244)
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(0:00) Introduction
(0:26) Keemstar and Tipster Demonetized
(3:50) What's Old is New Again
(6:06) Let's Read YouTube's Harassment Policy
(13:25) Rule of Blog
(17:38) Conclusion
21 min

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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).