ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers 'illegal'
2026-06-30 17:44 UTC
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@supernicepojo@lemmy.world 2026-06-30 17:56
Of all the hot takes in the world, that statement is the dumbest thing I have ever heard someone say. Completely out-of-touch with the case, with the subject and with the games referenced. It is literally wronger than Flat Earth and young earth creationism in a single sentence. I would quote Bully Madison but even that wouldnt suffice.
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@MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 2026-06-30 18:02
Why is the European Space Agency doing this instead of a moon program or something? /j
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@CosmoNova@lemmy.world 2026-06-30 19:39
Game devs: „Here is the code to run our games on a private server. Have fun!“ Gamers: „Cool, thanks! Will do!“ ESA: „ISN‘T THERE SOMEONE YOU FORGOT TO ASK???“
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@Danitos@reddthat.com 2026-06-30 19:22
ESA members: www.theesa.com/our-members/ Amazon Atari Bandai Namco Capcom Disney EA Epic Games Konami Mattel Microsoft Netflix Nintendo Riot Games Roblox Sony Play Station Square Enix Take 2 (owner of Rockstar, 2K and Zynga) Tencent Ubisoft Warner Bros Wizard of the Coast (owner of MtG and DnD’s rights) The page also has this quote: Shape and influence the largest entertainment industry in America.
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@guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 2026-06-30 18:08
I’m sorry, WHAT? How fucking stupid do you have to be to think that this makes any sense.
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@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2026-06-30 18:51
Big “Home Taping is Killing Music” energy en.wikipedia.org/…/Home_Taping_Is_Killing_Music
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@Daedskin@lemmy.zip 2026-07-01 11:12
It's blatantly a bad stance from them; but it doesn't even touch on games that use internal client/server models even when playing single-player — which includes Minecraft. If their argument were law, would I be breaking it by just playing Minecraft at all? With the way it's worded, I would think yes. That doesn't even take into account that Minecraft in particular can turn a single-player client/server into a multiplayer with one button press. Would that be illegal? Maybe they'd argue not, because it's LAN only (which is a flimsy argument as well). But with a little effort, you could open up that LAN server up to whomever you wanted. Very obvious they didn't think it through, they just want you to own nothing.
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@DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 2026-07-01 10:35
Why would the European Space Agency do such a thing...
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@Kolanaki@pawb.social 2026-06-30 23:56
So it's piracy to use the software that comes with the game? The Java version of the game, at least, has always come with the software to run your own server without needing to rent one directly from any specific vendor. The ESA can go fuck itself.
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@thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2026-07-01 04:34
It’s not baffling, if you realize its the ESA saying it.
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@Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2026-07-01 04:55
We reached out to all gamers everywhere and a spokesman for the group responded with the following statement: Lol wut? Fucking noobs…
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@SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2026-07-01 05:00
IP has more rights than people.
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@LodeMike@lemmy.today 2026-07-01 01:03
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.” Oh this bullshit with the EULA
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@taiyang@lemmy.world 2026-06-30 22:51
Reading this article, ESA feels like the evil archenemies of the Stop Killing Games folks. As SKG put it, the talk of illegality was to mislead a Californian legislator too busy to fact check. That said, the real fight ESA is pushing is more in regards to private servers for MMOs and other always-online games that SKG wants to be legal as part of preservation. I personally disagree with ESA in that regard, although I can understand their legal argument regarding the lawsuits on World of Warcraft private servers, mentioned in the article. (Though, my two cents, I personally feel “free market” should mean official servers are better and earn their subscriptions: more people, more reliable, better content, etc… but they usually aren’t. So fuck them, lol).
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@TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world 2026-07-02 03:18
you do know that like 85% of TF2 servers (yes there are still TF2 players) are community hosted? I hope this dipshit is ready to deal with the business end of a fully loaded Gaben.