Sacred Symbols+, Episode 471 | Moriarty x Hoeg: Temu Horizon in Peril (Patreon)

It's me, Colin! Please welcome lawyer, friend, and long-time collaborator Rick Hoeg back to Sacred+ for another journey through various legal happenings in and around our industry. Today, Rick and I spend most of our time digging through Sony's recently-filed lawsuit against Tencent, its Level Infinite publishing arm, and other entities, claiming that its Light of Motiram project is an obvious (and even intentional) copy of Horizon. And if what Sony claims throughout its lawsuit is true, Tencent is going to have a very hard time squeezing out of this one. Join us as we go through the suit in detail, draw out lots of interesting facts, questions, and anecdotes, and wonder more than once: What the hell was Tencent thinking, anyway? Later, we touch on two other topics of interest in the form of Steam and itch.io's recent problems with the likes of Visa, MasterCard, and PayPal, and ongoing litigation between South Korean publisher Krafton and its fully-owned team Unknown Worlds. Do enjoy.