Mojang EULA Changes

[niek88]

So are servers still allowed to make more then 5k per calender year?

 

[tjrgg]

So? No buycraft no more hosting companies and no more that 5k?

Not at all. Hosting companies will be fine. Buycraft should be fine as well. However, they did officially add in the rules from back when the server monetization posts were published, so depending on how hard Microsoft/Mojang plan on enforcing these new guidelines, you may need to reconsider donation packages on your server again.

Now this is just stupid. People that are big on YouTube for minecraft (BajanCanadian,Deadlox,SSundee,etc) are going to be majorly effected by this. YouTube is a job, you can't just "lay them off" like that. Whatever though, not my problem.

I think it means that they can be viewed for free, not charged for money. So youtubers can still make money (i still think they should ban this.. youtubers should play on servers and get people on the servers they actually like! not be paid damn it!)

As long as they don't charge people to watch their videos on YouTube, they will not be affected at all. And Mojang isn't responsible for "YouTube workers" so this is nothing at all like laying someone off lol.

You are not allowed to charge money or force viewers to have a paid subscription in order to view your video. They should be able to access the video and watch it for free without any sort of payment wall. If viewers must pay you money in any way, shape, or form in order to watch the video, that's a no-no. However, you ARE allowed to sell sponsorships and monetize videos with advertisements however you see fit. With streams, you are allowed to privately stream, but after 24 hours, the stream must be made available to the public free of charge, just like videos. I'm not sure that can be any more clear, to be honest.
From a YouTuber's point of view, this will do nothing to affect their business operations and they will most likely continue to offer videos as they usually do.

So are servers still allowed to make more then 5k per calender year?

Yes. The $5000 rule only applies to hand-crafted products. However, their rule is that your charges should be targeted toward paying the expense of running a server, not getting a profit from it.

 

[montyburly]

So are servers still allowed to make more then 5k per calender year?

They're not supposed to, but that's old news. The new rules they just added have nothing to do with server donations. The $5000 a year thing applies to hand-made Minecraft items.

 

[niek88]

They're not supposed to, but that's old news. The new rules they just added have nothing to do with server donations. The $5000 a year thing applies to hand-made Minecraft items.

Alright thanks for the quick response

 

[Jake]

MicroSoft have ruined Mojang.
inb4 someone makes a new mc clone

 

[montyburly]

MicroSoft have ruined Mojang.
inb4 someone makes a new mc clone

Yes, Minecraft is ruined because Microsoft is preventing its players from making more than $5000 a year off of their products. Let's all quit the game because we can't hand-make Steve plushes and sell more than 20 of them.

 

[montyburly]

Microsoft is being super selfish about this. The fact that they have a community growing minecraft for them like syndicate, captainsparklez, bajancanadian, and tons more is just delounged. Something needs to change in this community or its going to die out.

Do any of those YouTubers charge people to watch their videos? If not, they are not being affected in any way at all by this.

 

[Stuarrt]

I agree with montyburly %100

 

[montyburly]

I agree with montyburly %100

with what

 

[Stuarrt]

with what

Just with the stuff you're saying in this thread?

 

[montyburly]

Just with the stuff you're saying in this thread?

oh ok ^_^

 

[Stuarrt]

Calm down! Last Eula everyone thought it was the end but I fell almost no different

Exactly. Remember all of the #StopMicrosoft shit? I kept telling people it wont be any different but they wouldn't listen -.-

 

[chucK_]

All you people freaking out are stupid. It doesn't affect anyone who owns servers or YouTubers who aren't greedy af in anyways. NO ONE ON MCM IS AFFECTED.

 

[Helloimrex]

This doesn't change shit. Minecraft servers "make" money off of donations. That isn't selling anything. That's someone choosing to donate and getting a free gift in return. So it's not really profit. With the videos you can still post them on youtube and monetize them, that isn't charging the viewer.

In reality, they could put in the new eula you aren't allowed to build with cobblestone and it wouldn't matter unless they decided to enforce it which hasn't happened in the past.