ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers 'illegal'
www.pcgamer.com
Catch me on the corner selling server.jar out of a long trenchcoat.

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.”

  • Otter@lemmy.ca
    21·
    9 hours ago

    You would think that an organization like this would have a better understanding than the average person

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Association

    The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is the trade association of the video game industry in the United States. It was formed in April 1994 as the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA)[1] and renamed on July 21, 2003. It is based in Washington, D.C.[2][3] Most of the top publishers in the video game industry (or their American subsidiaries) are members of the ESA.

    • grue@lemmy.world
      25·
      8 hours ago

      They “understand” just fine. They’re trying to normalize the destruction of property rights on purpose because they absolutely loathe the idea of anyone not continuously paying them rentier fees for absolutely nothing in return.

      They are evil and must be destroyed.

      • krashmo@lemmy.world
        4·
        5 hours ago

        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.