Electronic Arts Must Face Ex-Athletes’ Antitrust Claims
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Electronic Arts Inc., the second-largest U.S.-video game publisher, must face antitrust claims that it conspired with the National Collegiate Athletic Association to deprive student athletes of payments for use of their images in video games, a federal judge ruled.
U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken in Oakland, California, said today Electronic Arts must respond within 14 days to claims in a lawsuit filed on behalf of former NCAA athletes that the company and the association colluded to allow third parties to create modifications to NCAA-themed basketball and football video games allowing users to upload their names, height, weight and appearances without compensation.