Debate over making money off of Minecraft leads to player outcry, Notch dismay - Polygon

According to a post on Mojang's website, server owners can charge other players to access their server, so long as the fee is the same for all players and no gameplay elements are restricted to paid tiers. Server owners can also accept donations and place ads in their in-game worlds.

In-game items can be sold so long as they are cosmetic and don't affect gameplay; this means a ban on the sale of swords, invincibility potions and other items of this kind. S pecial items, minigames and cosmetic mods can also be sold for money, but all players on a server must be able to access them.

If these mods or items affect gameplay, however, owners cannot charge for them. Without earning money, many of these player-run servers will inevitably shut down, players say.

If you do not play on any of these servers, I do not expect you to care if they disappear, but for those of us who have communities and games that go above and beyond, it's really sad to see that this might kill everything. Log In or Sign Up Log In Sign Up.

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