Justice to be served? Lawsuit filed against EA for exclusivity agreements
For years, gamers have loathed EA Sports’ exclusivity agreements for football videogames. Currently, EA is the only publisher that can make a game that uses the NFL, NCAA, or AFL (arena football) licenses. They’re going to keep that stranglehold on the industry for a while, too; earlier this year, theyextended their exclusivity agreement with the NFLthrough 2012. Well, it looks like two fans of football videogames decided to to try and put an end to EA’s monopoly by having the District Court for the Northern District of California lay down the law....