Deeper Dive: Games as a Service is STILL NOT FRAUD

By popular demand, Leonard and Kurt will do a deeper dive on the GaaS issue. Special guest appearance from Ross Scott from Accursed Farms! Also, Atty Richard Hoeg did an independent analysis as well: https://youtu.be/yndkAmqjs0o Original Description: Accursed Farms recently shared a video arguing that game developers/publishers are committing fraud when they sell games as a service when they should be treated as goods. Video here: https://youtu.be/tUAX0gnZ3Nw *He's not wrong that the "Games as a Service" model often violates the law. But it's rarely, if ever, actual fraud, which requires an intentional deception for unfair gain. Instead, it's much more likely that GaaS practices violate consumer protection and/or contract laws, and mostly in individual cases. Let's discuss! Feel free to tell me how wrong (or right?) I am in the comments. Love! Fun links (note they are all consumer protection claims): https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/09/activision-accused-of-false-advertising-for-soon-to-be-shut-guitar-hero-tv/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/02/activision-offers-voluntary-guitar-hero-live-refunds-after-lawsuit-ends/ #gamesasaservice #accursedfarms #fraud * COMMUNITY! * Join our live discussions on Discord: http://discord.gg/mnzSKwP Discuss worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/leonardjfrench Support more videos! https://www.patreon.com/ljfrench https://sponsus.org/u/lawfulmasses * THANK YOU SUPPORTERS! * Support more videos here: https://www.patreon.com/ljfrench THANK YOU April 2019 supporters! 50 + Supporters! John Steel, Gavin Barnard, Eevi, Andy, Kyle Mudrak, Verement Tayne, Michael Pearce, Terry Crisp, Richard Fournier, Spirit Bear, Jan Negrey, Daniel Perez, Aspernari, Snorre Wisotzky, Sean McNamara, Aetaric $5 + Supporters! Arron Washington, Sara MacAulay, Keith Marrocco, Georg Monsen, JH, Dustin Rodriguez, Evan Burdge, Beef, Fatal Foxtrot, Cindy Campbell, Stephen Bank, Jasper Nabert, Peter M Sutcliffe, Hayden Ainger, Christen C Cloar, Vladimar Staateska, Sean McNamara, Lydia Collinson, Michael Jones, Arya, Michael Morris, Mark Randall, Justin Myers, Paul Bible, Emeric Stexen, Tymoteusz Paul, Richard Shotwell, Nicholas Romano, Sarah Gerweck, Matthew East, David Silvester, Michael Potter, Casey Smyth, Pat Delaney, Michael Howard, Mario Bonales, DreadPirateDuo, Euchale, Lauren, JAXMerrick, charlieabelar, Michael Kenton, Brody Eastwood, Jamie Sawyer, Vaylenisme, Oddport, Ian McDonald, Marcus Agehall, Joe Roberts, Sokar117, Jonathan Robillard, Henrik Eriksson, Michael Russell, Amanda Gillies, Sheila Boettcher, Sean McCarthy, Derresh, Scott, Justin Waddell, Tim Springer, Andrew Sellers, Vienticus, Matthew, Peter Berre Eriksen, Zzyzx Wolfe, Brendan Horn, Camilla Sandman, David Haig, Nathaniel Cherry, Tony Cruickshank, Zoe, Gregory Ford, Tron Bayrdgayrd, Sancho, TwixOps, Cash Steel, Druid, Kari Sunderland, BodhyOhs, Richard Jeffery, Daniel Kertesz, Norman Wanman, Jason Lingle, Christoph Bolliger, Bryan Mitchell, KnifeEdge, Simon Dompeling, Chris Hendrickson, David Oglesby, Philip Mathews II, Andrew Spahr, Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Jerry Knight, CivMaster, Kasierith Atrovska, Oisin Creaner, Stephen Christopher, TEEKAY, Stefan Persson, Edward & Hila Goikhman, Patrick Schaadt, DreamerDon, Frederick Cooper, Keith Myers, Coleman Mavity, Eric Johnfelt, Wes Morrison, Casey Kikendall, HenTropy, John Peter, Carla Jean Lauter, Juliusz Wilczynski, CombatZAK, Catherine Tetzlaff, David Barker, Haris Bukic, Alys McClelland, Jaimeson LaLone, Dan Chevrie, Kate Rijacki Ledum, Olav, D Schmidt, Alexander Sihn, Darkwolf, Naomi Pool, SJ Zero, Andrew Reid, Ian Scott, David McGuire Jr., Nurminax, Jamie Walton, EnvyingWrath, Brandon, ksully, sehro, Brian Rossman, FunnyHats, JP Etcheber, Ana Razo, Rob Frawley 2nd, Markus Kitsinger (SwooshyCueb), Chris Lindsay, Albert Demello, Powers Bilodeau, Dave Vike, Will stephens, Lord bork, Cattus_ex_Machina, Caleb Veenstra, Jojo Evans, Seranata, Rico Robbins, Durga Devi, Anthony Webb, Mark Curtis, JOSEPH ALEXANDER BROWN, Georgio Mosqueda, Marco Cavatto, RedR0ze, Bernard Saturday, Scott Inwood, Euan C, Tyler Wallenstein, Michael Scheliga, Evan Foster, CorruptTurret, Kevin Welsh, Josey Howarth, Chris Norman, Martin Rafferty, Malcolm Yarbrough, Kai Raphahn, Lauren Wright, Andrew "FastLizard4" Adams, Jesse Stam, Gumblejak, JP Stone, Schawn Schoch, Yoshiman__, Marianne Fletcher, Si Wellings, Daniel A Carey, Mitchell Thatcher, atypicalgeek, Aphiala, Edward Samuel, Anders Lundberg, Lane Mortensen, Jeffrey Teekell, Robert Balayan, Anders Thorenfeldt