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Shutting down of community-run Minecraft servers by Mojang

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For the past 5-8 years, Mojang, the developers of the title Minecraft, and a subsidiary of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios publishing brand, have enforced countless server shutdowns citing violations of the Minecraft End User License Agreement (EULA). However, said enforcements have been unfairly biased against operators of smaller Minecraft Java Edition servers, abusing vague and often inaccessible community guidelines to shut down these servers.[1][2][3]

An example of this occurred in late 2024 involving the Minecraft server 'McWar', wherein Mojang contacted the developer of the server to shut it down.[1][2][3]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brose, Kian (Dec 3, 2024). "Hold Mojang Accountable For Their Unlawful Behaviour". GoFundMe. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brose, Kian (Dec 3, 2024). "Suing Minecraft Because They Broke The Law & Pissed Me Off". YouTube. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Brose, Kian. "Lawsuit Video Accompanying Document". Google Docs. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
  4. ↑ Brose, Kian. "Minecraft: Consequences Edition Discord Server". Discord.


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