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I'm absolutely sure Activision Blizzard (a relatively small company) had no significant impact on how these laws were written.

• CogitoCogito 7y ago
  In fairness the quote I responded to was this: > The problem isn't with the corporations... Are you saying that _none_ of the corporations with large money at stake are taking the financially rational approach of influencing the current state of the laws to have these "loopholes" or are you just saying that Activision Blizzard hasn't done so. If you're saying the latter, maybe you should edit the post I responded to to make that clear. Edit: Small edits fixing terrible writing.
  • FDSGSG 7y ago
    You're right. I'm sure there are many such companies, I just seriously doubt Activision Blizzard in particular is one of them. E: I edited my prior comment.
    • anm89 7y ago
      I love hacker news. The only place you see this on the internet.
• Scoundreller 7y ago
  I doubt they dreamed up these schemes themselves. Rather they hired some big accountancy firm that does have impacts on how laws are written to do this work.
• 0_gravitas 7y ago
  ActiBliz is "small" compared to companies like Verizon and comcast etc.. but dont be under the delusion that they dont have capital to make things happen, they're one of the big 3 western game companies (I would say the other two are probably EA and Take Two Int.) with the biggest MMO still alive and kicking (along with other well selling IPs). This industry isnt incapable of touching legislation, one of the biggest thing in the industry right now is EA's legal conquest of keeping lootboxes (or "surprise mechanics" as they call it) in games legal.
• vernie 7y ago
  I wish people would stop bullying these modest ~$40B companies.