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Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo are joined by Harris Peskin of ESG Law to discuss the lawsuit filed by H3CZ and Scump against Activision-Blizzard and their alleged monopoly of Call of Duty Competition. The discussion also delves into the past and potential future of organized esports competition, the monumental impact this case could make on U.S. law, esports and video games in general, why other game publishers, like Nintendo and Riot Games, could get involved.

Harris Peskin's article on the lawsuit: https://www.esglaw.com/publications/antitrust-copyright-and-an-esports-intersection-the-hecz-scump-lawsuit

Esports Advocate news post with links to the Complaint: https://esportsadvocate.net/2024/02/seth-scump-abner-and-hector-h3cz-rodriguez-sue-activision-blizzard-for-680m/

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The Four Horsemen is the premier esports industry show that reacts to important news and critical conversations across all major titles. Esports veterans Duncan "Thorin" Shields, Richard Lewis, and Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles use their decades of experience to shed light and debate on key esports topics as they emerge. Each episode they are joined by an expert guest to help further provide insider information on the topic at hand.

This episode was filmed on February 22nd, 2024.

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0:00:00 - 2XKO (Riot's new fighting game)
0:07:25 - Game publishers' dominance over esports
0:21:55 - What this lawsuit could do
0:36:29 - H3CZ and Scump + copyright law
1:06:47 - Will Activision-Blizzard settle?
1:15:46 - CDL terms + other esports franchised leagues
1:37:00 - Localization + potential Saudi takeover
1:48:31 - Closing thoughts

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