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Petition against EA
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| AshVsAOD 2004-12-15, 12:47 am |
| I can see this working.
"A K" <Singthesorrow2@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:23874-41BFA28B-525@storefull-3114.bay.webtv.net...
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> Almost 6,000 have already signed it. It probably wont do any good though
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> Reverse The Exclusive Licensing from the NFL and NFLPA to EA Games
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> http://petitiononline.com/nfleacon/petition.html
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| Nicholas Andrade 2004-12-15, 12:47 am |
| A K wrote:
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> Sorry if this has already been posted
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> Almost 6,000 have already signed it. It probably wont do any good though
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> Reverse The Exclusive Licensing from the NFL and NFLPA to EA Games
> Petition
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> http://petitiononline.com/nfleacon/petition.html
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I am pretty curious what the details of the deal EA made with the NFL
is. Although Madden sales will certainly go up, I don't believe they
will approach the combined sales of Madden, ESPN, Hitz, Fever, etc. of
previous years.
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| If EA already entered into a legal contract with the NFL, how could it be
reversed?
"A K" <Singthesorrow2@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:23874-41BFA28B-525@storefull-3114.bay.webtv.net...
quote:
> Sorry if this has already been posted
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> Almost 6,000 have already signed it. It probably wont do any good though
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> Reverse The Exclusive Licensing from the NFL and NFLPA to EA Games
> Petition
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> http://petitiononline.com/nfleacon/petition.html
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| Frank_aka_ACE 2004-12-15, 5:50 pm |
| Two ways:
1) You can break out of a contract if the contract is illegal (but I'm
ready to bet it's legal). Both sides here would have made sure of that I
think.
2) If the contract is legal (as this one likely is), there are usually
walk-away clauses in most contracts. However, these clauses usually have
associated to them very stiff penalties.
In most cases, a 3rd party cannot complain about a contract between two
other parties unless it violates the rights of that 3rd party (and here
the exclusivity contract likely does not).
However, something of interest could be the possible application of
anti-trust legislation to the case (at least in the US). I'm not overly
familiar with the definition of anti-trust so I won't even try to go into
detail. But the basics are this: If EA uses the monopoly it has over the
market in a way to force other companies out of business, THAT is illegal.
Before you get too excited though, obtaining a near monopoly is NOT
illegal, using the monopoly to force others out of business is. In this
case, the exclusivity contract is not illegal as it only grants EA a near
monopoly and does not grant a license to EA to be abusive with the
monopoly towards other companies. Here, if the other companies go out of
business simply due to EA getting exclusivity, it's NOT illegal, but if EA
does something to cause them going out of business using the monopoly they
have, THAT is illegal.
But I don't think EA is dumb enough to do that. They don't want to have
the US DOJ hit them with anti-trust like they did to MS...
Frank
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| Someone should hit them with something somehow anyway...
Hey if the SEC is listening how about an audit? Of their
execs too? Lets look into vacation times, 401ks..the whole
nine yards...
Let's also audit their taxes..lets make sure nothing is
inflated. Lets also make sure their overseas business is
being ethical.
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| Gooserider 2004-12-17, 6:47 am |
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"A K" <Singthesorrow2@webtv.net> wrote in message
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The solution is to not buy Madden, and to boycott the NFL. Write to sponsors
of NFL on TV and tell them you think the deal was bad, and that you won't
buy their products. Both EA and the NFL are at fault here, but it's the
NFL's greed primarily.
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