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US bill against paid game server shutdowns fails as ESA declares private Minecraft servers "illegal"

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What just happened? Stop Killing Games, a consumer advocacy group seeking stronger protections for paid online video games, has lost its two biggest legal battles in Europe and the US over the past few weeks but remains undeterred. Accusing video game industry lobbyists of fearmongering and making false statements, the group plans to take its fight to other US courts and has launched a recruitment drive.

California's Protect Our Games Act, which would have required publishers to provide remedies when ending support for paid online games, stalled in the state Senate after falling just three votes short of a majority. The bill's leading supporter, Stop Killing Games, quickly seized on an opposing lobbyist's claim that private Minecraft and Call of Duty servers amount to illegal piracy.

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