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[–] 1 point 10 months ago (3 children)

I mean, I'd bet dollars to donuts Ubisoft would win it handily if it gets to a class action or whatever equivalent.

For one, they're basically on the verge of falling over so the economic motivation is a no-brainer.

For two, it's a massive multinational company headquartered in France (a country with stronger labour laws than Canada) with plenty of legal advice available on these matters. I highly doubt they'd do it this blatantly if they were not confident this is an easy sell, instead of waiting something like 6 months to separate the 2 events enough for plausible deniability.

For three, good luck holding a foreign company accountable, in general.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I highly doubt they’d do it this blatantly if they were not confident this is an easy sell

    I mean, I would have agreed with you, except we've also just recently seen even more blatant and indefensible union-busting from Rockstar in the UK, another country with good labour laws, and another country with more than adequate legal resources.

    I think you're probably right that Ubisoft has sufficient legal cover to win this case, but that's because of the merits of this case, not because a big company from a country with good laws could never do something stupidly illegal.

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