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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.

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.

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 ...

Minecraft, Call Of Duty Community Servers Are “Illegal,” Claims ESA Rep

The Protect Our Games Act–a piece of legislation endorsed by the Stop Killing Games movement–has been voted down at the ...
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MotherDuck Previews Flights, an Agent-Native Ingest Tool Inside Python

MotherDuck is launching Flights, an agent-native data pipeline that enables users to choose the MCP server and AI agent of their choice to build and deploy data pipelines in minutes using a flexible, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...