Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes: Difference between revisions
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{{Ph-I-Int}} | {{Ph-I-Int}}Minecraft Alfa was published and sold by a small developer, advocating for consumer ownership, promising Digital Rights Management(DRM)-free software, free optional updates, and a free copy of the fully released version for every earlier buyer. | ||
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''.'' The product became a license with DRM terminatable anytime by a tech-giant. | |||
The user side of legal contract to use minecraft at the 2011 full release is called ''“Terms of use” (TOU)'' ,later ''“End-user license agreement” (EULA)'', and the changes it went through since 2011, can imply most of the existing consumer rights violations types listed in consumer.wiki, not just consumer ownership rights erosion. | |||
This article is focusing on the oldest running version: Java edition, and the changes in consumer ownership rights in the TOU/EULA from 2011 - 2025. | |||
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