The getsockopt error is a network issue in Minecraft that is usually caused by firewall blocks, DNS problems, or an unstable internet connection. The quick fixes ...

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The Entertainment Software Association has given its detailed stance on the use of private servers in games, after stating community servers in games like Minecraft could be considered illegal. The ...

The Protect Our Games Act–a piece of legislation endorsed by the Stop Killing Games movement–has been voted down at the California State Senate. However, one of the most noteworthy incidents from this ...

The ESA has made the head-scratching claim that private Minecraft servers are "illegal," arguing that they're considered a form of "piracy" in a recent hearing. During a California State Senate ...

In a remarkably strange statement at a recent California State Senate hearing over the Protect Our Games Act (AB 1921, California's Stop Killing Games-endorsed bill to compel publishers to provide ...

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Minecraft servers are "illegal" and "not in any way affiliated with Microsoft or Mojang." At least, that's what Jennifer Gibbons, Vice President of State Government Affairs at the Entertainment ...

Minecraft and Call of Duty community servers have been labelled as “illegal” by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) during a ‘Protect Our Games’ hearing. One of the biggest movements in the ...

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