Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes - Revision history

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	Minecraft as a multi-platform game is the best-selling video game of all time, with over 350 million copies sold (as of 2025) and 140 million monthly active players (as of 2021)<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-18 \|title=Wikipedia - Minecraft \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft \|url-status=live \|website=Wikipedia \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260221154727/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft \|archive-date=21 Feb 2026}}</ref></blockquote>		Minecraft as a multi-platform game is the best-selling video game of all time, with over 350 million copies sold (as of 2025) and 140 million monthly active players (as of 2021)<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-18 \|title=Wikipedia - Minecraft \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft \|url-status=live \|website=Wikipedia \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260221154727/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft \|archive-date=21 Feb 2026}}</ref></blockquote>

	===Source ~~obsurity~~:===		===Source obscurity:===
	Minecraft has many versions, editions, websites, shops, on multiple platforms, had two account migrations with corresponding terms. All changing throughout the years, as in content, in place of publication, and in the usage of dating or version history.		Minecraft has many versions, editions, websites, shops, on multiple platforms, had two account migrations with corresponding terms. All changing throughout the years, as in content, in place of publication, and in the usage of dating or version history.

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	}}[[wikipedia:Minecraft#:~:text=The%20first%20public%20alpha%20build\|Minecraft Alpha]] was published and sold by a small developer, advocating for consumer ownership, promising [[Digital rights management\|Digital Rights Management (DRM)]]-free software<ref name=":2">,{{Cite web \|date=2011-09-23 \|title=Minecraft - About the game \|url=http://www.minecraft.net/store/game \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923112156/http://www.minecraft.net/store/game \|archive-date=2011-09-23 \|website=www.minecraft.net}}</ref> free optional updates, and a free copy of the fully released version for every earlier buyer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2011-09-23 \|title=Minecraft Terms of Use \|url=http://www.minecraft.net/terms \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923135753/http://www.minecraft.net/terms \|archive-date=2011-09-23 \|website=www.minecraft.net}}</ref>		}}[[wikipedia:Minecraft#:~:text=The%20first%20public%20alpha%20build\|Minecraft Alpha]] was published and sold by a small developer, advocating for consumer ownership, promising [[Digital rights management\|Digital Rights Management (DRM)]]-free software<ref name=":2">,{{Cite web \|date=2011-09-23 \|title=Minecraft - About the game \|url=http://www.minecraft.net/store/game \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923112156/http://www.minecraft.net/store/game \|archive-date=2011-09-23 \|website=www.minecraft.net}}</ref> free optional updates, and a free copy of the fully released version for every earlier buyer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2011-09-23 \|title=Minecraft Terms of Use \|url=http://www.minecraft.net/terms \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923135753/http://www.minecraft.net/terms \|archive-date=2011-09-23 \|website=www.minecraft.net}}</ref>

	After years of changes in the title and content of the terms of use, all the previous buyers who failed to stop accepting updates in time, had to choose between forfeiting the ownership or losing the option to use the software offline.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-18 \|title=Minecraft account migration \|url=https://consumerrights.wiki/Minecraft_account_migration \|url-status=live \|access-date= \|website=Consumer Rights Wiki}}</ref> The product became a license with DRM that can be terminated at anytime by [[Microsoft]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web \|date=2024-09-30 \|title=Microsoft Services Agreement \|url=https://www.microsoft.com/servicesagreement \|url-status= \|access-date=2025-08-18 \|website=microsoft.com}}</ref>		After years of changes in the title and content of the terms of use, all the previous buyers who failed to stop accepting updates in time, had to choose between forfeiting the ownership or losing the option to use the software offline.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-18 \|title=Minecraft account migration \|url=https://consumerrights.wiki/Minecraft_account_migration \|url-status=live \|access-date= \|website=Consumer Rights Wiki \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250910073703/https://consumerrights.wiki/Minecraft_account_migration \|archive-date=10 Sep 2025}}</ref> The product became a license with DRM that can be terminated at anytime by [[Microsoft]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web \|date=2024-09-30 \|title=Microsoft Services Agreement \|url=https://www.microsoft.com/servicesagreement \|url-status= \|access-date=2025-08-18 \|website=microsoft.com \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241226103701/https://www.microsoft.com/servicesagreement \|archive-date=26 Dec 2024}}</ref>

	The user side of legal contract to use Minecraft at the 2011 full release is called ''“Terms of use” (TOU)'',<ref name=":0" /> later ''“End-user license agreement” (EULA)'',<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-18 \|title=Minecraft EULA \|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/eula \|url-status=live \|website=minecraft.net}}</ref> and the changes it went through since 2011, can imply most of the existing [[:Category:Anti-Consumer Practices\|anti-consumer practices]], not just consumer ownership rights erosion.		The user side of legal contract to use Minecraft at the 2011 full release is called ''“Terms of use” (TOU)'',<ref name=":0" /> later ''“End-user license agreement” (EULA)'',<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-18 \|title=Minecraft EULA \|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/eula \|url-status=live \|website=minecraft.net \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260223043059/https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/eula \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref> and the changes it went through since 2011, can imply most of the existing [[:Category:Anti-Consumer Practices\|anti-consumer practices]], not just consumer ownership rights erosion.

	Note: this article focuses on the original Minecraft (Java Edition).		Note: this article focuses on the original Minecraft (Java Edition).
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	<blockquote>In 2014, Mojang and the Minecraft intellectual property were purchased by Microsoft for US$2.5 billion.		<blockquote>In 2014, Mojang and the Minecraft intellectual property were purchased by Microsoft for US$2.5 billion.

	Minecraft as a multi-platform game is the best-selling video game of all time, with over 350 million copies sold (as of 2025) and 140 million monthly active players (as of 2021)<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-18 \|title=Wikipedia - Minecraft \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft \|url-status=live \|website=Wikipedia}}</ref></blockquote>		Minecraft as a multi-platform game is the best-selling video game of all time, with over 350 million copies sold (as of 2025) and 140 million monthly active players (as of 2021)<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-18 \|title=Wikipedia - Minecraft \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft \|url-status=live \|website=Wikipedia \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260221154727/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft \|archive-date=21 Feb 2026}}</ref></blockquote>

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	2020-10 - 2022-08 Mandatory [[Minecraft account migration\|account migration]] from Mojang account to Microsoft account with new EULA<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-07-15 \|title=account.mojang.com/documents/minecraft_eula \|url=https://account.mojang.com/documents/minecraft_eula \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715120420/https://account.mojang.com/documents/minecraft_eula \|archive-date=2019-07-15 \|website=account.mojang.com}}</ref>		2020-10 - 2022-08 Mandatory [[Minecraft account migration\|account migration]] from Mojang account to Microsoft account with new EULA<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2019-07-15 \|title=account.mojang.com/documents/minecraft_eula \|url=https://account.mojang.com/documents/minecraft_eula \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715120420/https://account.mojang.com/documents/minecraft_eula \|archive-date=2019-07-15 \|website=account.mojang.com}}</ref>

	Buyers who failed to migrate, but kept their launcher up to date, lost their access to the software.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-03-08 \|title=I DIDN’T Migrate my Minecraft Account - Here’s What Happened \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUFDRAEducI \|url-status=live \|website=youtube.com}}</ref>		Buyers who failed to migrate, but kept their launcher up to date, lost their access to the software.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-03-08 \|title=I DIDN’T Migrate my Minecraft Account - Here’s What Happened \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUFDRAEducI \|url-status=live \|website=youtube.com \|archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=rUFDRAEducI \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>

	Microsoft Services Agreement also included in minecrafts’ EULA:<ref name=":11">{{Cite web \|date=2019-07-16 \|title=Minecraft Community Standards \|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/community-standards \|url-status=deviated \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716182927/https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/community-standards \|archive-date=2019-07-16 \|website=minecraft.net}}</ref>		Microsoft Services Agreement also included in minecrafts’ EULA:<ref name=":11">{{Cite web \|date=2019-07-16 \|title=Minecraft Community Standards \|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/community-standards \|url-status=deviated \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716182927/https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/community-standards \|archive-date=2019-07-16 \|website=minecraft.net}}</ref>
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	Estimated minimum number of Minecraft Java edition copies sold before ownership changes in the TOU/EULA<!-- ver. version history / launcher history unfound. proof for date of DRM inclusion missing -->		Estimated minimum number of Minecraft Java edition copies sold before ownership changes in the TOU/EULA<!-- ver. version history / launcher history unfound. proof for date of DRM inclusion missing -->
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	\|+Version history from minecraft.wiki.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-19 \|title=minecraft.wiki Java Edition version history \|url=https://minecraft.wiki/w/Java_Edition_version_history/Development_versions \|url-status=live \|website=minecraft.wiki}}</ref> Date specific 'Terms' and 'Number of Java copies sold' from archived Minecraft websites		\|+Version history from minecraft.wiki.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-19 \|title=minecraft.wiki Java Edition version history \|url=https://minecraft.wiki/w/Java_Edition_version_history/Development_versions \|url-status=live \|website=minecraft.wiki \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260219050951/https://minecraft.wiki/w/Java_Edition_version_history/Development_versions \|archive-date=19 Feb 2026}}</ref> Date specific 'Terms' and 'Number of Java copies sold' from archived Minecraft websites
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	==See also==		==See also==
	*Block of access by mandatory account migration - [[Minecraft account migration]]		*Block of access by mandatory account migration - [[Minecraft account migration]]
	*[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms\|Hidden rules regarding private servers]] - [[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-12-03 \|title=Suing Minecraft Because They Broke The Law & Pissed Me Off \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5RvoPQZQeM \|url-status=live \|website=youtube.com}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-16 \|title=We’re Suing Minecraft in a Class Action Lawsuit \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819223737/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI \|archive-date=2025-08-19 \|website=youtube.com}}</ref>		*[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms\|Hidden rules regarding private servers]] - [[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-12-03 \|title=Suing Minecraft Because They Broke The Law & Pissed Me Off \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5RvoPQZQeM \|url-status=live \|website=youtube.com \|archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=C5RvoPQZQeM \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-16 \|title=We’re Suing Minecraft in a Class Action Lawsuit \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819223737/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI \|archive-date=2025-08-19 \|website=youtube.com}}</ref>
	*Chat moderation enforcement on private servers and single player mode resulting in unexpected loss of license		*Chat moderation enforcement on private servers and single player mode resulting in unexpected loss of license
	*DRM spiked launcher updates - [[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]		*DRM spiked launcher updates - [[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]

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	*Chat moderation enforcement on private servers and single player mode resulting in unexpected loss of license		*Chat moderation enforcement on private servers and single player mode resulting in unexpected loss of license
	*DRM spiked launcher updates - [[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]		*DRM spiked launcher updates - [[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]
	*[[Post-purchase EULA modification\|Post-purchase retroactive EULA ~~modofication~~]]		*[[Post-purchase EULA modification\|Post-purchase retroactive EULA modification]]
	*[[:Category:Feature Ransom\|Feature ransom]]		*[[:Category:Feature Ransom\|Feature ransom]]
	*[[Forced arbitration]]		*[[Forced arbitration]]

Sojourna: /* See also */ Update intra-wiki link.

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SinexTitan: /* See also */ misspell

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Szaty at 09:24, 17 November 2025

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	{{Main\|Mojang}}		{{Main\|Mojang}}

	Minecraft is a sandbox game developed and published by Mojang Studios. Formally released on 18 November 2011 for PCs, following ~~its~~ initial public alpha release on 17 May 2009. The first sold version is later designated as Java edition.		Minecraft is a sandbox game developed and published by Mojang Studios. Formally released on 18 November 2011 for PCs, following it's initial public alpha release on 17 May 2009. The first sold version is later designated as Java edition.

	The game was downloaded more than 100 million times before Microsoft purchased Mojang AB.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web \|date=2014-09-15 \|title=Minecraft sold: Microsoft buys Mojang for $2.5bn \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/15/microsoft-buys-minecraft-creator-mojang-for-25bn \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426211234/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/15/microsoft-buys-minecraft-creator-mojang-for-25bn \|archive-date=2025-04-26 \|access-date=2025-08-18 \|website=The Guardian}}</ref>		The game was downloaded more than 100 million times before Microsoft purchased Mojang AB.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web \|date=2014-09-15 \|title=Minecraft sold: Microsoft buys Mojang for $2.5bn \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/15/microsoft-buys-minecraft-creator-mojang-for-25bn \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426211234/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/15/microsoft-buys-minecraft-creator-mojang-for-25bn \|archive-date=2025-04-26 \|access-date=2025-08-18 \|website=The Guardian}}</ref>

Szaty at 09:20, 17 November 2025

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	==Reasoning for TOU/EULA modification practices==		==Reasoning for TOU/EULA modification practices==
	<!-- Provide quote here -->The EULA contains in itself the terms for the publishers right to change said EULA retroacively:		<!-- Provide quote here -->The EULA contains in itself the terms for the publishers right to change said EULA retroacively:
	since the first terms the publisher can change the terms:<ref name=":0" /><blockquote>We reserve the right to change this agreement at any time with or without notice, with immediate and/or retroactive effect.</blockquote>since 2013-08-27 the publisher has the right to revoke permission ot use:<ref name=":7" /> <blockquote>The permission we give you to use and play our Game can be revoked if you break the terms of this EULA. </blockquote>2013-12 - 2023-08 the EULA suggests not accepting updates, for thoose users who ~~dont with~~ to accept new EULAs. :<ref name=":7" /><blockquote>We may also change this EULA from time to time but those changes will only be effective to the extent that they can legally apply. For example if you only use the Game in single player mode and don‘t use the updates we make available then the old EULA applies but if you do use the updates or use parts of the game that rely on our providing ongoing online services then the new EULA will apply. In that case we may not be able to / don‘t need to tell you about the changes for them to have effect so you should check back here from time to time so you are aware of any changes to the EULA. We‘re not going to be unfair about this though - but sometimes the law changes or someone does something that affects other users of the Game and we therefore need to put a lid on it. </blockquote>		since the first terms the publisher can change the terms:<ref name=":0" /><blockquote>We reserve the right to change this agreement at any time with or without notice, with immediate and/or retroactive effect.</blockquote>since 2013-08-27 the publisher has the right to revoke permission ot use:<ref name=":7" /> <blockquote>The permission we give you to use and play our Game can be revoked if you break the terms of this EULA. </blockquote>2013-12 - 2023-08 the EULA suggests not accepting updates, for thoose users who don't want to accept new EULAs. :<ref name=":7" /><blockquote>We may also change this EULA from time to time but those changes will only be effective to the extent that they can legally apply. For example if you only use the Game in single player mode and don‘t use the updates we make available then the old EULA applies but if you do use the updates or use parts of the game that rely on our providing ongoing online services then the new EULA will apply. In that case we may not be able to / don‘t need to tell you about the changes for them to have effect so you should check back here from time to time so you are aware of any changes to the EULA. We‘re not going to be unfair about this though - but sometimes the law changes or someone does something that affects other users of the Game and we therefore need to put a lid on it. </blockquote>

	==See also==		==See also==

AnotherConsumerRightsPerson: Fix link.

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	\|Type=Terms of Service		\|Type=Terms of Service
	\|Description=A game first sold as a DRM-fee product, slowly became a license to a service.		\|Description=A game first sold as a DRM-fee product, slowly became a license to a service.
	}}[[wikipedia:Minecraft#:~:text=The%20first%20public%20alpha%20build\|Minecraft Alpha]] was published and sold by a small developer, advocating for consumer ownership, promising [[Digital ~~Rights Management(DRM)~~\|Digital Rights Management (DRM)]]-free software<ref name=":2">,{{Cite web \|date=2011-09-23 \|title=Minecraft - About the game \|url=http://www.minecraft.net/store/game \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923112156/http://www.minecraft.net/store/game \|archive-date=2011-09-23 \|website=www.minecraft.net}}</ref> free optional updates, and a free copy of the fully released version for every earlier buyer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2011-09-23 \|title=Minecraft Terms of Use \|url=http://www.minecraft.net/terms \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923135753/http://www.minecraft.net/terms \|archive-date=2011-09-23 \|website=www.minecraft.net}}</ref>		}}[[wikipedia:Minecraft#:~:text=The%20first%20public%20alpha%20build\|Minecraft Alpha]] was published and sold by a small developer, advocating for consumer ownership, promising [[Digital rights management\|Digital Rights Management (DRM)]]-free software<ref name=":2">,{{Cite web \|date=2011-09-23 \|title=Minecraft - About the game \|url=http://www.minecraft.net/store/game \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923112156/http://www.minecraft.net/store/game \|archive-date=2011-09-23 \|website=www.minecraft.net}}</ref> free optional updates, and a free copy of the fully released version for every earlier buyer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2011-09-23 \|title=Minecraft Terms of Use \|url=http://www.minecraft.net/terms \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923135753/http://www.minecraft.net/terms \|archive-date=2011-09-23 \|website=www.minecraft.net}}</ref>

	After years of changes in the title and content of the terms of use, all the previous buyers who failed to stop accepting updates in time, had to choose between forfeiting the ownership or losing the option to use the software offline.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-18 \|title=Minecraft account migration \|url=https://consumerrights.wiki/Minecraft_account_migration \|url-status=live \|access-date= \|website=Consumer Rights Wiki}}</ref> The product became a license with DRM that can be terminated at anytime by [[Microsoft]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web \|date=2024-09-30 \|title=Microsoft Services Agreement \|url=https://www.microsoft.com/servicesagreement \|url-status= \|access-date=2025-08-18 \|website=microsoft.com}}</ref>		After years of changes in the title and content of the terms of use, all the previous buyers who failed to stop accepting updates in time, had to choose between forfeiting the ownership or losing the option to use the software offline.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-18 \|title=Minecraft account migration \|url=https://consumerrights.wiki/Minecraft_account_migration \|url-status=live \|access-date= \|website=Consumer Rights Wiki}}</ref> The product became a license with DRM that can be terminated at anytime by [[Microsoft]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web \|date=2024-09-30 \|title=Microsoft Services Agreement \|url=https://www.microsoft.com/servicesagreement \|url-status= \|access-date=2025-08-18 \|website=microsoft.com}}</ref>

Szaty at 14:12, 8 September 2025

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	The user side of legal contract to use Minecraft at the 2011 full release is called ''“Terms of use” (TOU)'',<ref name=":0" /> later ''“End-user license agreement” (EULA)'',<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-18 \|title=Minecraft EULA \|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/eula \|url-status=live \|website=minecraft.net}}</ref> and the changes it went through since 2011, can imply most of the existing [[:Category:Anti-Consumer Practices\|anti-consumer practices]], not just consumer ownership rights erosion.		The user side of legal contract to use Minecraft at the 2011 full release is called ''“Terms of use” (TOU)'',<ref name=":0" /> later ''“End-user license agreement” (EULA)'',<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-18 \|title=Minecraft EULA \|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/eula \|url-status=live \|website=minecraft.net}}</ref> and the changes it went through since 2011, can imply most of the existing [[:Category:Anti-Consumer Practices\|anti-consumer practices]], not just consumer ownership rights erosion.

	Note: this article focuses on the original Minecraft (Java Edition) ~~and is not relevant to other versions of Minecraft~~.		Note: this article focuses on the original Minecraft (Java Edition).

	==Background==		==Background==
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	Estimated minimum number of Minecraft Java edition copies sold before ownership changes in the TOU/EULA<!-- ver. version history / launcher history unfound. proof for date of DRM inclusion missing -->		Estimated minimum number of Minecraft Java edition copies sold before ownership changes in the TOU/EULA<!-- ver. version history / launcher history unfound. proof for date of DRM inclusion missing -->
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+Version history from minecraft.wiki.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-19 \|title=minecraft.wiki Java Edition version history \|url=https://minecraft.wiki/w/Java_Edition_version_history/Development_versions \|url-status=live \|website=minecraft.wiki}}</ref> Date specific 'Terms' and 'Number of Java copies sold' from archived ~~Mincrafts~~ websites		\|+Version history from minecraft.wiki.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-19 \|title=minecraft.wiki Java Edition version history \|url=https://minecraft.wiki/w/Java_Edition_version_history/Development_versions \|url-status=live \|website=minecraft.wiki}}</ref> Date specific 'Terms' and 'Number of Java copies sold' from archived Minecraft websites
	!Date of change		!Date of change
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Szaty: Markus Persson statement

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Markus Persson statement

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	You have bought the game so you can use it, yourself, on your computer.</blockquote>Publisher can change the TOU		You have bought the game so you can use it, yourself, on your computer.</blockquote>Publisher can change the TOU
	<blockquote>We reserve the right to change this agreement at any time with or without notice, with immediate and/or retroactive effect. </blockquote>		<blockquote>We reserve the right to change this agreement at any time with or without notice, with immediate and/or retroactive effect. </blockquote>2012-01-12 Statement by Markus Persson aka Notch, founder of Mojang:<blockquote>Just pirate it. If you still like it when you can afford it in the future, buy it then. Also don't forget to feel bad. ;) <ref>{{Cite web \|title=twitter.com/notch/status \|url=https://x.com/notch/status/157261795139125248 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025133021/https://twitter.com/notch/status/157261795139125248 \|archive-date=2013-10-25 \|website=twitter.com}}</ref></blockquote>

	==Customer ownership changes before Microsoft==		==Customer ownership changes before Microsoft==

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	==See also==		==See also==
	*Block of access by mandatory account migration - [[Minecraft account migration]]		*Block of access by mandatory account migration - [[Minecraft account migration]]
	*[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms\|Hidden rules regarding private servers]] - [[~~Shutting~~ down of community-run Minecraft servers ~~by Mojang~~]]<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-12-03 \|title=Suing Minecraft Because They Broke The Law & Pissed Me Off \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5RvoPQZQeM \|url-status=live \|website=youtube.com}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-16 \|title=We’re Suing Minecraft in a Class Action Lawsuit \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819223737/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI \|archive-date=2025-08-19 \|website=youtube.com}}</ref>		*[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms\|Hidden rules regarding private servers]] - [[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-12-03 \|title=Suing Minecraft Because They Broke The Law & Pissed Me Off \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5RvoPQZQeM \|url-status=live \|website=youtube.com}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-16 \|title=We’re Suing Minecraft in a Class Action Lawsuit \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819223737/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI \|archive-date=2025-08-19 \|website=youtube.com}}</ref>
	*Chat moderation enforcement on private servers and single player mode resulting in unexpected loss of license		*Chat moderation enforcement on private servers and single player mode resulting in unexpected loss of license
	*DRM spiked launcher updates - [[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]		*DRM spiked launcher updates - [[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]

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	==See also==		==See also==
	*Block of access by mandatory account migration - [[Minecraft account migration]]		*Block of access by mandatory account migration - [[Minecraft account migration]]
	*[[Minecraft ~~enforceing~~ undisclosed server EULA terms\|Hidden rules regarding private servers]] - [[Shutting down of community-run Minecraft servers by Mojang]]<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-12-03 \|title=Suing Minecraft Because They Broke The Law & Pissed Me Off \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5RvoPQZQeM \|url-status=live \|website=youtube.com}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-16 \|title=We’re Suing Minecraft in a Class Action Lawsuit \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819223737/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI \|archive-date=2025-08-19 \|website=youtube.com}}</ref>		*[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms\|Hidden rules regarding private servers]] - [[Shutting down of community-run Minecraft servers by Mojang]]<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-12-03 \|title=Suing Minecraft Because They Broke The Law & Pissed Me Off \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5RvoPQZQeM \|url-status=live \|website=youtube.com}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web \|date=2025-08-16 \|title=We’re Suing Minecraft in a Class Action Lawsuit \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819223737/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI \|archive-date=2025-08-19 \|website=youtube.com}}</ref>
	*Chat moderation enforcement on private servers and single player mode resulting in unexpected loss of license		*Chat moderation enforcement on private servers and single player mode resulting in unexpected loss of license
	*DRM spiked launcher updates - [[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]		*DRM spiked launcher updates - [[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]