Original creations you make in Minecraft belong to you, but anything that copies or is substantially derived from Mojang's own game assets, textures, or content belongs to Mojang.
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The provision creates an intellectual property boundary that clarifies ownership rights between user-generated content and Microsoft's proprietary game elements. This distinction governs what users may commercially exploit, license, or claim ownership over when operating within the Minecraft ecosystem.
Interpretive note: The boundary between an original user creation and a derivative of Mojang's copyrightable assets is a legal question not definitively resolved by the EULA language; its application in specific cases may depend on copyright law analysis.
The removal of this clarification on user content ownership boundaries reduces explicit protections explaining what users create versus what Microsoft owns.
View full change record →Players who create original worlds, structures, or content within Minecraft retain ownership of those creations under the agreement, but content that incorporates or reproduces Mojang's game assets is treated as Mojang's property, which may affect how users can share or commercialize their in-game work.
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"The Microsoft Services Agreement says "Your Content remains Your Content", and that applies to Minecraft. We don't own the original stuff that you create. We will however own things that are copies (or substantial copies) or derivatives of our property and creations - but if you create original things, they aren't ours. So, as an example: a single Minecraft block (including its textures and its "look and feel") - we own that; your creation of a Gothic Cathedral with a rollercoaster running through it - we don't own that.Excerpt from Minecraft's End User License Agreement
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision reflects copyright ownership principles under US copyright law and EU copyright frameworks.
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The provision creates an intellectual property boundary that clarifies ownership rights between user-generated content and Microsoft's proprietary game elements. This distinction governs what users may commercially exploit, license, or claim ownership over when operating within the Minecraft ecosystem.
Players who create original worlds, structures, or content within Minecraft retain ownership of those creations under the agreement, but content that incorporates or reproduces Mojang's game assets is treated as Mojang's property, which may affect how users can share or commercialize their in-game work.
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