ESA clarifies views on private servers after saying Minecraft servers are ‘illegal’ and ‘considered piracy’

The Entertainment Software Association has given its detailed stance on the use of private servers in games, after stating community servers in games like Minecraft could be considered illegal. The Protect Our Games Act – a US bill designed to stop paid games being terminated and being made unplayable in the future – recently failed to pass a Senate vote. In a Reddit post summarising the decision, a campaigner for consumer movement Stop Killing Games claimed that the ESA “brought in a high-paid, DC-based lobbyist, Jennifer Gibbons [ESA vice president of State Government Affairs], who worked the offices with claims that ranged from misleading to flatly false”. Read More...

Jul 1, 2026 - 18:00
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ESA clarifies views on private servers after saying Minecraft servers are ‘illegal’ and ‘considered piracy’
The Entertainment Software Association has given its detailed stance on the use of private servers in games, after stating community servers in games like Minecraft could be considered illegal.

The Protect Our Games Act – a US bill designed to stop paid games being terminated and being made unplayable in the future – recently failed to pass a Senate vote.

In a Reddit post summarising the decision, a campaigner for consumer movement Stop Killing Games claimed that the ESA “brought in a high-paid, DC-based lobbyist, Jennifer Gibbons [ESA vice president of State Government Affairs], who worked the offices with claims that ranged from misleading to flatly false”.

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