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

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's fine. If property rights don't exist then there's no legal basis to charge us with anything if we burn their houses and businesses down. We just need to make sure they're unoccupied at the time.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Wait, unoccupied?

hides trebuchet with fire balls.