I'm not sure it is in unionisation fights, particularly in an industry as tightly knit as gaming. You're trading a short-term kiss from management for being hated across the industry. That forecloses all kinds of career opportunities outside the majors.
"At some point in this period, they go on, Rockstar management got hold of logins for the server, with Rockstar's vice president of information security Abid Ansari eventually signing in to download 'the contents of the Announcements and General channels'. Rockstar began firing members of the Discord at the end of the month."
Terms of service, and more generally - contractual, violations without 'material loss' tend to have no remedies available unless otherwise agreed to. Fun lesson I learned in a project with a dubious partner.
I don't disagree, but this was Nintendo of America. Nintendo's main branch has some of the best worker retention and satifaction in the industry (thanks to actual Japanese labor laws). NoA meanwhile, is identical to any other American company in how it operates.
It's honestly a great example on why we need proper labor laws; it's the only way to truly keep companies "honest".
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[ 5.3 ms ] story [ 70.1 ms ] threadHow would Rockstar being shown to have had a mole in the union advance Rockstar's interests?
I'm not sure it is in unionisation fights, particularly in an industry as tightly knit as gaming. You're trading a short-term kiss from management for being hated across the industry. That forecloses all kinds of career opportunities outside the majors.
We don't know what benefits they received from defecting anyhow
Is this legal in the UK?
You wanted your IPO money, Discord? Suing the shit out of RockStar and winning is the way to go here.
Rockstar deserves no sales.
It's honestly a great example on why we need proper labor laws; it's the only way to truly keep companies "honest".