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Private and community servers for Minecraft and COD are illegal and amount to piracy, ESA tells California...

The Entertainment Software Association, in its infinite wisdom, has told a California Senate committee that private and community servers are illegal and amount to piracy.
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Minecraft Creator Fires Back at ESA’s Private Servers “Illegal” Stance, Calls It “Borderline Evil”

Minecraft creator Notch has called the ESA's comments about private Minecraft servers 'borderline evil'. The controversy began after an ESA executive described community Minecraft servers as illegal ...
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Stop Killing Games just got stopped in California, and the ESA says Minecraft servers are illegal

The Stop Killing Games movement’s California bill just stalled out, thanks in part to a game-industry lobby that told ...

Are Minecraft servers down today? Minecraft services outage status

Is Minecraft down today, June 29, 2026? What is the service status of Minecraft servers? Here are DownDetector results and more.

ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers 'illegal'

Microsoft In a remarkably strange statement at a recent California State Senate hearing over the Protect Our Games Act (AB ...

Minecraft 26.3 Update: Expected Release Date, Features & More

Discover the Minecraft 26.3 update featuring the Dappled Forest biome, Poplar wood, Shelf Mushrooms, and might release around ...

ESA Claims Private Minecraft Servers Are 'Illegal' and 'Piracy' in Stop Killing Games Hearing

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Minecraft servers are apparently "illegal," according to the Vice President of America's biggest gaming association

The Entertainment Software Association's Jennifer Gibbons claimed that Minecraft servers were "illegal" and "not affiliated ...

'This Is Borderline Evil' - Minecraft Creator Speaks Out Against ESA Calling Private Servers 'Illegal'

"I did not wish for my work to be used against people." ...