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The video game industry just told lawmakers Minecraft and Call of Duty private servers are illegal piracy (www.techspot.com)
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[โ€“] vogi@piefed.social 42 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Here is the timestamped source: https://www.senate.ca.gov/media/senate-business-professions-and-economic-development-committee-20260629?time%5Bmedia-element-18589%5D=964.496363

Its so stupid especially as Minecraft (not sure about cod), the example they have given, provides community server as a built in feature. Its always so weird to see people lie so blatantly through their teeth in the name of companies. There are of more serious examples than videogame servers, but its even weird on this level.

[โ€“] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm probably wrong but from what I'm aware of, Donald Trump started the trend of saying something's illegal just because their interest doesn't align with it. The ESA might be referring to their individual corporate law/s instead of, and which in the USA are sometimes more powerful than, state law - doesn't change the fact their statement is false.

It also stands as testament that the lawmakers know so little about the law that they take face-value advice from some random individual