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ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers "illegal" in Stop Killing Games hearing: "We consider it piracy", we have lawsuits. (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 4 days ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/privacy@programming.dev

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People don't even want you to play a video game in private now.

"Gibbons cut in: "They're illegal. They are not in any way affiliated with Microsoft. Microsoft, for Minecraft, has gotten a lot of criticism because of those community servers not employing the same safety standards that Microsoft does on their Minecraft servers."

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[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 29 points 4 days ago (8 children)

I thought Microsoft itself provided the means for the players to host servers.

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

You can host through Microsoft, using a service called Minecraft Realms, but the license agreement also entitles you to host your own server using whatever infrastructure you like, with certain restrictions on content and monetization (most notably, you aren't supposed to include things like gambling and lootboxes using real-world money or MTX currency that can be purchased with real money).

I'm all for piracy, but hosting your own Minecraft server isn't even piracy, it's explicitly allowed!

[–] FiniteBanjo@programming.dev 2 points 7 hours ago

You could even say that the agreement is a contract which explicitly licenses those who signed it and payed the cost.

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