[Link] Google countersues Epic Games for lost Play Store money

Read: 17/10/2021 arstechnica.com

Epic Games keeps piling up lawsuits with app store owners. This time, Google is countersuing Epic for breach of contract. Epic signed contracts with both Google and Apple, pledging to use the default payment systems for in-app purchases.

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[Link] Apple bans Fortnite from App Store indefinitely as legal battle continues

Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

Apple has blacklisted Fortnite from the App Store until appeals in its legal battle with the game’s maker, Epic, are completed, Epic Games’ CEO, Tim Sweeney, said on Wednesday – a process that could take years.

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[Link] DaBaby Could Still Get Paid by the Festivals That Dropped Him

Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com

Seven major music festivals have now cut DaBaby from their lineups after the rapper went on a homophobic rant at Rolling Loud in Miami last week, then immediately doubled down, spouting off comments that were arguably even more offensive than what he said at first.

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