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Stop Killing Games@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month ago

Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Person backed the Stop Killing Games campaign. criticizing digital game licenses. He argued that if players don't truly own games, then piracy isn't theft.

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Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Person backed the Stop Killing Games campaign. criticizing digital game licenses. He argued that if players don't truly own games, then piracy isn't theft.

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Stop Killing Games@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month ago

Minecraft Creator Says That If Buying a Game Is Not a Purchase, Then Pirating It Is Not Theft

Minecraft creator Markus Persson commented on the Stop Killing Games initiative: 'if buying a game is not a purchase, pirating is not theft'.

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It still blows my mind that someone thought Minecraft was worth two billion dollars. …in 2014. …and they seemed to be mostly correct.
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  Mostly? Pretty sure Microsoft has seen s profit on that purchase.

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The consumer movement to stop game publishers from intentionally destroying older games with kill switches.

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