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Re:SimulaVR Has Been Subpoenaed by Meta Platforms, Inc by imdsm on Thursday October 06, 2022 @10:59AM (#33109052)
Surely if Meta need another company to help them prove something, Meta should have to compensate them. Sure, the government should be able to COMMAND a company to appear, but for one legal entity to COMMAND another legal entity to perform work and make an appearance at a place, in my mind as a Brit, seems entirely wrong.

Time to throw my Quest on eBay, not sure I want to be a part of this.

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Re:SimulaVR Has Been Subpoenaed by Meta Platforms, Inc by sumedh on Thursday October 06, 2022 @06:56PM (#33115213)
> in my mind as a Brit, seems entirely wrong.

I guess Meta is following the "If you have money, you are not wrong" strategy.

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Re:SimulaVR Has Been Subpoenaed by Meta Platforms, Inc by lexpar on Thursday October 06, 2022 @07:01PM (#33115262)
I thought it was clear in the post that Meta is being compelled by the federal government to prove they are not a monopoly and as part of this they need to present a case where they establish they have legitimate competitors. This requires information about the competitors.

The federal government is compelling action.

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Re:SimulaVR Has Been Subpoenaed by Meta Platforms, Inc by mrcartmeneses on Thursday October 06, 2022 @11:46PM (#33117198)
Yes and I’m compelled to rob a gas station because the government has compelled me to pay property taxes /s
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Re:SimulaVR Has Been Subpoenaed by Meta Platforms, Inc by extheat on Friday October 07, 2022 @12:07AM (#33117314)
This is typical for court cases. Even if a party may have little to do with what’s going on trial, if they’re a relevant party in any way they can get sucked in and be forced to give a deposition. It’s totally possible to “plead the 5th” here, but the rationale here is all the relevant facts to a case have to be brought to light in order to make an informed judgment.
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