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...Microsoft has also been working hard to forestall regulatory action over its cloud licensing practices, which have been a source of unhappiness with some customers since licensing changes made by the company...
...Fresh chips Microsoft is stepping into new territory....
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...Richard Waters Microsoft very cleverly separated out its licensing rights and sold them off to another company....
...licensing terms” in the industry....
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...Since the CMA’s initial ruling to prevent the deal, Microsoft has struck further licensing deals with rivals — including its main rival, PlayStation parent Sony — for access to Activision’s games, hoping...
...In its latest submission, Microsoft argued that licensing deals with cloud gaming services, including Nvidia, Boosteroid, Ubitus and Cloudware, should now be taken into consideration....
...Since the CMA initially blocked the deal, Microsoft has also negotiated licensing deals with rivals, including Sony, for access to hit games in a bid to ease regulators’ antitrust concerns....
...Last year, facing complaints about Microsoft’s cloud licensing practices that threatened to trigger antitrust scrutiny, the Microsoft president publicly apologised and announced changes that he claimed would...
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...Key bills Offshore petroleum licensing bill This highly political legislation would require the North Sea Transition Authority, the industry regulator, to hold annual licensing rounds for new oil and gas...
...Microsoft’s earlier licensing offers included games for both the PlayStation console and PlayStation Plus subscription service....
...Sunak has said there will be two crucial environmental protections in the law to govern when new annual licensing rounds could take place....
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...The companies had hoped to reassure the CMA that licensing deals signed with cloud gaming platforms would be sufficient to clear the takeover....
...The CMA is generally unwilling to accept so-called behavioural remedies, such as licensing deals, as solutions to its concerns about mergers....
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