Minecraft is easy to pirate…but why? Well to answer you: there is 0 effort to pirate it, download the client.jar from mojang official APIs (which is totally FREE) and run the jar without using any valid session ID, done! What…that’s too easy, were is the catch? Well you can’t have a skin, you can’t play minecraft servers that don’t allow un-authenticated users and anyone can use the same user without any password
Is that really piracy? I mean i am using a free thing, not messing with microslop shit and servers - yes i did read mojang eula and no- it’s not against it.
So i wonder: can we not call it piracy? Dunno…i leave the words to y’all!

Edit: i don’t think it’s piracy because when you buy minecraft they give you an account to login in their auth servers, but you don’t even need to use the auth servers to access the game, just to use realms, access servers that don’t allow non authenticated users etc etc

  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
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    7 months ago

    All IP laws are fundamentally “honor system”. The idea of digital locks is a pipe dream, only possible as long as legal threats scare people away from looking too closely at how the lock works.

    But every digital lock can be broken, because we only know how to make one type of computer: the turing-complete universal von neumann machine. It can run any program, as long as it’s presented the right way.

    So yes, it’s piracy. Just like how the crime of “breaking and entering” means “breaking the seal” and entering without permission (not necessarily breaking a physical lock), piracy just means unauthorized use of IP-law-protected content (not necessarily breaking a digital lock).

    Breaking a digital lock is an additional crime on top of piracy, under the DMCA. 5 years and 50k fine for a first offense, I believe.

    Now as to whether we should even have a concept of “piracy” to begin with… that’s a reasonable question.

  • peeonyou [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 months ago

    oh well now i feel stupid for being angry that i bought minecraft way back when it was beta and just tried to install it the other day and found that my key no longer works and I missed some window for converting to whatever microsoft’s bullshit scheme is by like a year.

  • Pokexpert30 🌓@jlai.luEnglish
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    7 months ago

    It’s as piracy as using windows without a key. Thats against TOS. Which is not important if you are not a company that can be sued.

    Also it’s the first free hit at the dealer. They hope you come back and pay

    • Axolotl@feddit.itOPEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Can you find me in the EULA and TOS where they say that you can’t? Already searched and maybe i missed that

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Microslop, a corporation i never did any business with, stole my copy of Minecraft that I purchased years ago. They deserve to lose everything.