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Re:Activision Blizzard has moved billions of dollars of prof... by FDSGSG on Sunday August 04, 2019 @02:26PM (#20608326)
I'm absolutely sure Activision Blizzard (a relatively small company) had no significant impact on how these laws were written.
Re:Activision Blizzard has moved billions of dollars of prof... by CogitoCogito on Sunday August 04, 2019 @02:33PM (#20608370)
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.

Re:Activision Blizzard has moved billions of dollars of prof... by FDSGSG on Sunday August 04, 2019 @02:41PM (#20608421)
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.

Re:Activision Blizzard has moved billions of dollars of prof... by anm89 on Sunday August 04, 2019 @05:40PM (#20609390)
I love hacker news. The only place you see this on the internet.
Re:Activision Blizzard has moved billions of dollars of prof... by 0_gravitas on Sunday August 04, 2019 @08:23PM (#20610104)
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.
Re:Activision Blizzard has moved billions of dollars of prof... by Scoundreller on Sunday August 04, 2019 @02:38PM (#20608407)
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.
Re:Activision Blizzard has moved billions of dollars of prof... by vernie on Sunday August 04, 2019 @06:57PM (#20609770)
I wish people would stop bullying these modest ~$40B companies.