The ESA quietly starts walking back baffling statements about private servers being 'illegal', though it's still tutting and wagging its finger
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has softened its stance on private game servers, clarifying that concerns primarily relate to those that host or distribute copyrighted content without authorization. While still asserting publishers' rights to enforce intellectual property, the ESA's updated statement acknowledges that private servers are not inherently illegal and that publishers may approach them differently. This follows earlier, more condemnatory statements made by the ESA regarding private servers for games like Minecraft.
- Entities
- Game: Minecraft
- Company: Microsoft
- Company: Entertainment Software Association of Canada
- Topic: Online Safety
- Game: World of Warcraft
- Topic: Game Preservation
- Game: City of Heroes
- Topic: Intellectual Property
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