A Lawyer Explains the New Minecraft EULA

Is the New Minecraft EULA Literally 1984?
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The recent changes to the Minecraft EULA have the community of Minecraftiers in a bit of a tizzy! Some players have alleged that the new EULA bans a whole host of previously allegedly acceptable ativities: everything from putting "Minecraft" in the title of your YouTube video, to paying money for preferential queuing appears to be on the chopping block!

But, is this really the case? How much has the EULA actually changed?

And why do we even have things like EULAs and usage guidelines? How do they work?

We'll find out all of this, and more, in this episode of Moon Channel!
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro, Yozora Aoi Collab
01:22 - Sponsored By Factor
02:27 - Business History of Minecraft
05:48 - What is a EULA?
10:49 - Why Do EULAs Exist?
15:34 - Minecraft EULA History (2010)
17:36 - Minecraft EULA History (2013)
22:49 - Microsoft Purchases Mojang (2014)
24:08 - Mojang and the Story of Bukkit (Pre-Microsoft)
27:35 - Minecraft EULA History (On the Road to 2023)
29:04 - 2023 Minecraft EULA Analysis
34:35 - 2023 Minecraft Usage Guidelines Analysis
38:36 - Quick Summary of What We've Learned
38:58 - 2023 EULA ctnd.
41:00 - The Minecraft Community's Complaints Directly Addressed
48:33 - Comparing the Minecraft EULA to the ROBLOX EULA
51:10 - Conclusion
52:30 - Special Thanks
52:55 - End Credits Gag
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Track list:
Intro - Subwoofer Lullaby, Minecraft
" - Overworld Day, Terraria
Sponsor - Sweet Sweet Canyon, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Business History - Sweden, Minecraft
" - Minecraft, Minecraft
What is a EULA - No One's Around to Help
   • No one's around to help.  
[God, I love this video]
" - Swing Doors, Fallout 3
" - No One's Around to Help (again)
Why Do EULA's Exist - Halland Dalarna, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Minecraft EULA History - Underground, Terraria
" - [8-bit] Auferstanden aus Ruinen
   • [8-bit] Auferstanden aus Ruinen (폐허에서...  
[the superior choice for all of your Communist jokes]
" - Underground, Terraria
Microsoft Purchases Mojang - Corruption, Terraria
On the Road to 2023 - Alternate Day, Terraria
2023 Usage Guidelines - Hallow, Terraria
2023 EULA ctnd. - Jungle Day, Terraria
Complaints Directly Addressed - Underground Snow, Terraria
ROBLOX EULA - The Great Strategy, ROBLOX
Conclusion - Chirp, Minecraft
End Credits Gag - Spiderman 2, Pizza Theme [Funiculì, Funiculà]
   • Spider-Man 2: The Game Pizza Theme  
[With apologies, to Naples]

[The story of this song is amazing, by the way. So, in around 1880, a funicular railway opens on Mount Vesuvius. Yes, that Mount Vesuvius. And yes, a funicular. Like in Psychonauts 2. Funicular. Here's a picture of it:

https://tinyurl.com/funicula

Anyways, a journalist, Peppino Turco, approaches his friend, local composer Luigi Denza, to compose a song about the opening of this funicular, half as a joke. Now, if you know how funiculars work, or if you've played Psychonauts 2, you know that a funicular is unbelievably slow. The song's lyrics, half joking, talk about this funicular like it's God's greatest gift to man, with lyrics like these (translated, of course):

"We can see France, Procida and Spain...
and I can see you!
Pulled by a rope, no sooner said than done,
We'll go to heaven..."

and

"This heart always sings, my love,
Let's get married one day!
Let's go up to the top, let's go,
Funicular up, funicular down!"

The song was sung for the first time at the Quisisana Hotel, and from there, it exploded in popularity. It was presented that same year at the Piedigrotta festival, and was then published as sheet music by Casa Ricordi, where it proceeded to sell a million copies in a year. In 1880!!

Richard Strauss, yes, that Strauss, then heard the song in Italy six years later. And he thought it was this incredible, ancient Neapolitan folk song, and incorporated it into his own work, Aus Italien, Op. 16, only for Denza to then file a lawsuit against him, which Denza won.

   • R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Op. 16: 4. N...  
{From the 4th Movement, Neapolitanisches Volksleben}

In other words, Funiculì, Funiculà is a s**tpost that, to this day, remains an international phenomenon. As such, I propose that Spiderman 2's use of the song, as a continuation of that legacy, is exactly what Turco and Denza would have wanted, and is a celebration of the song's rich, Neapolitan roots.]