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Intel and ESL Commit $100 Million to eSports
Intel and eSports organizer and production company ESL have announced this week a commitment to invest at least $100 million to "shape the future landscape of eSports through innovative technology, tournaments and events" through 2021 in what the companies described as "the biggest brand and technology eSports partnership in history." That's a lot of money, but it almost doesn't seem like it when you consider the duo's belief that eSports will become a billion-dollar industry. Almost.
This partnership isn't new. Intel and ESL have worked together on the Intel Extreme Masters tournament series for Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) and other titles since 2006. Intel also sponsors the ESL One circuit for CS:GO and Dota 2, the ESL Pro League for CS:GO and the multi-tourney Intel Grand Slam that challenged CS:GO teams to win four of 10 events in 2018 in exchange for $1 million and gold bars engraved with their names.
Also at CNBC.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Pino P on Friday December 14 2018, @01:51PM (6 children)
What happens when the publisher of a video game widely used in esports withdraws multiplayer matchmaking, withdraws broadcast rights, or withdraws the game from sale? Watch the legal sparks fly.
Source: "Why Nintendo can legally shut down any Smash Bros. tournament it wants" by Kyle Orland [arstechnica.com]
(Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Friday December 14 2018, @02:35PM (1 child)
Shouldn't players be able to choose their own spouses? Don't most people choose only one partner?
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday December 14 2018, @03:18PM
Ask @Snow!
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(Score: 2) by EvilSS on Friday December 14 2018, @03:11PM (3 children)
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Friday December 14 2018, @03:44PM (2 children)
There's no reason to single out Nintendo over this. Kyle Orland's article further mentions that Capcom requires a royalty for Street Fighter series tournaments. Activision Blizzard has had a copyright dispute with a Korean league [wikipedia.org]. Wild Games Studios (1 [dailydot.com]) and Campo Santo (2 [www.cbc.ca]) have issued notices of claimed infringement for gameplay videos, as has Sega on more than one occasion (3 [destructoid.com], 42 [youtube.com]). When YouTube Gaming debuted, users noticed that its Content ID was allegedly overly zealous in blocking material on which a third party has asserted copyright (5 [gamerant.com]).
Or did all of these occur so long ago that the parties responsible for these threats are no longer with the company?
(Score: 2) by EvilSS on Friday December 14 2018, @04:27PM (1 child)
Nothing wrong with that. I said they support them, I didn't say they did it for free, especially with big leagues.
That was a single incident, and if you dig into it, it had to do with a breakdown in negotiations with Blizzard over royalties. The rest of your examples are about streaming and mostly around let's play videos, not organized e-sports legues. Or do you know the difference?
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Friday December 14 2018, @07:05PM
When Capcom quotes a royalty in excess of what a particular tournament's organizer would reasonably be able to pay, or when a prospective tournament organizer cannot find a rate sheet in the first place, something wrong becomes detectable. In addition, esports compete with ball sports, which have no owner. For example, the USTA has no legal right to a royalty for the manufacture of tennis equipment or the broadcast of matches.
Courts build precedent around single incidents. So do licensing departments that demand "most favored" status.
Both apples and oranges are examples of edible fruits of trees. Both disputes over walkthrough videos and disputes over esports streams and VODs are examples of disputes over public performance rights in video games.