[HN Gopher] Git bundles of Eaglercraft repositories disabled due...
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Git bundles of Eaglercraft repositories disabled due to DMCA
takedown
Author : enten
Score : 15 points
Date : 2023-04-23 20:02 UTC (2 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
| charcircuit wrote:
| Eaglercraft is a pirated version of Minecraft that was ported to
| the web.
| enten wrote:
| Eaglercraft is a proof that it's possible to apply changes in
| Minecraft Java source and wasm-compile it. Isn't that so cool?
|
| The main developers of Eaglercraft have done great work that
| deserves to be archived. And it seems that it isn't illegal to
| do reverse engineering on Minecraft Java Edition.
|
| I don't known the community around Eaglercraft, but I guess
| that the illegal issues come from people who don't care about
| software development and serves tons of static sites with
| Eaglercraft client but mostly ad$.
|
| I don't think that Eaglercraft is illegal but some uses are
| made of it. Spigot and other servers are not illegal. But if
| someone publish a software for dev purposes to run Spigot
| server which allow to join without mojang auth: this is where
| that dishonest persons comes in.
| mlyle wrote:
| Here, we're talking about tools that can format shift Minecraft
| binaries to the web. The repos themselves contain no Minecraft
| code, I believe.
|
| There are obvious IPR concerns (EULA, derivative work, etc),
| but it's not a "pirated version" in the conventional sense.
| charcircuit wrote:
| I just checked one of the bundles and I found copyrighted
| textures, audio, and game code.
| jesprenj wrote:
| And Minecraft is a computer game one can no longer play legally
| after microsoft bought it (without creating a microsoft
| account). That's worse than piracy.
| readthenotes1 wrote:
| Who is the pirate here? The former developers or the users?
| Surely you're not suggesting that someone can pirate their
| own property?
| charcircuit wrote:
| >Who is the pirate here?
|
| The users of Eaglercraft.
|
| >Surely you're not suggesting that someone can pirate their
| own property?
|
| Mojang owns Minecraft. People who have a license to play
| the game can still pirate the game if they download the
| game from someone who does not have the rights to
| distribute the game. Eaglercraft did not even require
| someone to own an account to run.
| charcircuit wrote:
| Before to legally play it you had to create a Mojang account
| and before that you had to make a Minecraft account.
| Minecraft has always required an account.
| tehbeard wrote:
| Previous accounts trusted you at your word/cc regarding who
| you are.
|
| Quite a few of us migrated to ms accounts, only to get
| blocked and the minecraft username/account ransomed until
| we gave Microsoft our mobile phone numbers due to
| "suspicious activity".
|
| Said activity being signing in to the launcher post
| migration....
| McGlockenshire wrote:
| I'm not sure if "always" is right here, but this has been
| true since at least 2015.
| tough wrote:
| Just use Gitlab? Or Gitea, or Gogs, I dunno but yeah MS does only
| care about their investments and not about the little guy, not
| suprising in 2023
|
| DMCA is just as broken, as always has been
| enten wrote:
| I don't want to push a fork related to a DMCA takedown notice.
|
| And it seems that some repositories disappearing from gitlab
| too (example: https://gitlab.com/lax1dude/eaglercraftx-1.8).
| dgellow wrote:
| It's a very clear case of copyright infringement.
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