Mojang can update these terms when they have a reason to, and they will notify you of changes by posting on their website or through other reasonable means before the changes take effect.
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Unlike the Usage Guidelines which can be withdrawn without notice, EULA changes require some form of advance notification, though the form of that notice (website posting) may be easy to miss.
Interpretive note: The adequacy of website-only notice for material EULA changes varies by jurisdiction; EU and UK consumer law may require more direct notification for certain types of changes.
Removed the reassuring language "We're not going to be unfair about this though - but sometimes the law changes or someone does something that affects other users of the game" and cleaned up the sentence ending.
View full change record →Users are bound by updated EULA terms after Mojang provides notice, which may be only a website post; the practical effect is that continuing to use Minecraft after a notice date constitutes acceptance of new terms without requiring active agreement.
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"We may change this EULA from time to time, if we have reason to, such as changes to our games, our practices, or our legal obligation. But those changes will be effective only to the extent that they can legally apply. In that case we'll inform you of the change before it takes effect, either by posting a notice on our website or by other reasonable means.Excerpt from Minecraft's End User License Agreement
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Unlike the Usage Guidelines which can be withdrawn without notice, EULA changes require some form of advance notification, though the form of that notice (website posting) may be easy to miss.
Users are bound by updated EULA terms after Mojang provides notice, which may be only a website post; the practical effect is that continuing to use Minecraft after a notice date constitutes acceptance of new terms without requiring active agreement.
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