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Reading through the article it seems that it's likely, as expected, that Epic will not win in this case. I'm guessing that the outcome where Fortnite (and Epic'
by yladiz 6y ago
Reading through the article it seems that it's likely, as expected, that Epic will not win in this case. I'm guessing that the outcome where Fortnite (and Epic's developer account) are not brought back, but Unreal Engine development is kept, is the most likely. In any case the ruling looks like it will happen in a few days so it'll be interesting to see the real outcome and if it's different than expected.
This point is particularly interesting:
> Going forward, though, Rogers said that she felt "this case should be tried to a jury... I think it's important enough to understand what real people think. Do these security issues concern people or not? Are the concerns of the developers incredibly important? I think many people would feel it is. I do think that this is something for which jury insights would be important. Otherwise it's just one more judge."
How would it (this or another case) be brought to a jury? I'm asking as I don't know how this sort of thing might happen - can it just be "requested" by one of the two sides, or are there other conditions that need to be fulfilled too?
- scarface74 6y agoIf the judge were on HN she would get downvoted to oblivion for making the following argument. > "If we look at this plaintiff and industry, walled gardens have existed for decades, Nintendo has had a walled garden. Sony has had a walled garden. Microsoft has had a walled garden... In this particular industry, what Apple is doing is not much different... It's hard to ignore the economics of the industry, which is what [Epic is] asking me to do."