Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes: Difference between revisions
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*Minecraft’s TOU/EULA was published as a page on the publisher’s game store site and as a .txt file in the game directory. | *Minecraft’s TOU/EULA was published as a page on the publisher’s game store site and as a .txt file in the game directory. | ||
*Earlier verifiable versions of the TOU/ EULA are only available on archived versions of Minecraft’s website, but there were time when multiple terms were aviable simultaneously. Exact dates of changes may vary, and the sources should respectively be the earliest or the latest found versions. These changes were mainly announced to the customer upon downloading and installing an update. | *Earlier verifiable versions of the TOU/ EULA are only available on archived versions of Minecraft’s website, but there were time when multiple terms were aviable simultaneously. Exact dates of changes may vary, and the sources should respectively be the earliest or the latest found versions. These changes were mainly announced to the customer upon downloading and installing an update. | ||
*The .txt file changes containing the TOU/EULA, that were downloaded and agreed to by the users with software updates, mostly exist in non-verifiable user directories. | *The .txt file changes containing the TOU/EULA, that were downloaded and agreed to by the users with software updates, mostly exist in non-verifiable user directories. | ||
*Minecraft has many versions, editions, websites, shops, on multiple platforms 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, with 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 | ||
===2009-2011 Ownership in Minecraft Alpha and Beta=== | ===2009-2011 Ownership in Minecraft Alpha and Beta=== | ||
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====2012-10-11 The new account.mojang.com site arrives with a set of its own terms<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-06-29 |title=Mojang Terms and Conditions |url=https://account.mojang.com/terms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011213958/https://account.mojang.com/terms |archive-date=2012-10-11 |website=account.mojang.com}}</ref>==== | ====2012-10-11 The new account.mojang.com site arrives with a set of its own terms<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-06-29 |title=Mojang Terms and Conditions |url=https://account.mojang.com/terms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011213958/https://account.mojang.com/terms |archive-date=2012-10-11 |website=account.mojang.com}}</ref>==== | ||
<blockquote>These terms and conditions incorporates the terms of use for the mojang.com webite, our end user license agreement, our brand and asset usage guidelines, and our privacy policy.</blockquote>These contain parts of the older TOU, but new parts worded for the new accounts and the new website appear. The minectaft.net/terms page with the TOU is also available from the store page until 2013-12-04. | <blockquote>These terms and conditions incorporates the terms of use for the mojang.com webite, our end user license agreement, our brand and asset usage guidelines, and our privacy policy.</blockquote>These contain parts of the older TOU, but new parts worded for the new accounts and the new website appear. The minectaft.net/terms page with the TOU is also available from the store page until 2013-12-04.<ref name=":8" /> | ||
====2013-12-12 The TOU fully merges into the EULA of account.mojang.com with the end of minecraft.net/terms<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-04 |title=Minecraft Terms of Use |url=https://minecraft.net/terms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204204127/https://minecraft.net/terms |archive-date=2013-12-04 |website=minecraft.net}}</ref><ref name=":7" />==== | ====2013-12-12 The TOU fully merges into the EULA of account.mojang.com with the end of minecraft.net/terms<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2013-12-04 |title=Minecraft Terms of Use |url=https://minecraft.net/terms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204204127/https://minecraft.net/terms |archive-date=2013-12-04 |website=minecraft.net}}</ref><ref name=":7" />==== | ||
Publisher can revoke permission to use the software<blockquote>The permission we give you to use and play our Game can be revoked if you break the terms of this EULA. </blockquote> | Publisher can revoke permission to use the software<blockquote>The permission we give you to use and play our Game can be revoked if you break the terms of this EULA. </blockquote> | ||
====Publisher is the owner of the software==== | ====Publisher is the owner of the software==== | ||
<blockquote>OWNERSHIP OF OUR GAME AND OTHER THINGS | <blockquote>OWNERSHIP OF OUR GAME AND OTHER THINGS | ||
Although we give you permission to play our Game, we are still the owners of it. We are also the owners of our brands and any content contained in the Game. Therefore, when you pay for our Game, you are buying a permission to play / use our Game in accordance with this EULA - you are not buying the Game itself. The only permissions you have in connection with the Game are the permissions set out in this EULA.</blockquote> | Although we give you permission to play our Game, we are still the owners of it. We are also the owners of our brands and any content contained in the Game. Therefore, when you pay for our Game, you are buying a permission to play / use our Game in accordance with this EULA - you are not buying the Game itself. The only permissions you have in connection with the Game are the permissions set out in this EULA.</blockquote> | ||
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You have been granted a license to the Game so you can play and use it, yourself, on your devices.</blockquote> | You have been granted a license to the Game so you can play and use it, yourself, on your devices.</blockquote> | ||
====2020-10 - 2022-08 Mandatory account migration from Mojang account to Microsoft account with new EULA==== | ====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" /> | Buyers who failed to migrate, but kept their launcher up to date, lost their access to the software.<ref name=":5" /> | ||
Microsoft Services Agreement also included in minecrafts’ EULA:<ref | Microsoft Services Agreement also included in minecrafts’ EULA:<ref>{{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> | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote>b. The software is licensed, not sold, and Microsoft reserves all rights to the software not expressly granted by Microsoft, whether by implication, estoppel, or otherwise.</blockquote><blockquote>The application is licensed, not sold. This agreement only gives you some rights to use the application. If Microsoft disables the ability to use the applications on your devices pursuant to your agreement with Microsoft, any associated license rights will terminate.</blockquote> | ||
====2023-08-02 Removed the information about the option of users avoiding EULA changes by not accepting updates==== | ====2023-08-02 Removed the information about the option of users avoiding EULA changes by not accepting updates<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-02 |title=minecraft.net/en-us/eula |url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/eula |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802210823/https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/eula |archive-date=2023-08-02 |website=minecraft.net}}</ref>==== | ||
<blockquote>We may change this EULA from time to time, if we have reason to, such as changes to our games, our practices, or our legal obligation. But those changes will be effective only to the extent that they can legally apply. In that case we'll inform you of the change before it takes effect, either by posting a notice on our website or by other reasonable means. 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> | |||
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