“You don't make more than $5,000 USD in any calendar year from the sale of the product”
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The cap is measured per calendar year, meaning the limit resets annually but cannot be exceeded within any single calendar year regardless of when sales occur.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is a single condition and likely one of several conditions in a broader set of handcrafted product rules; the full context is not visible.
You may not earn more than $5,000 USD in any single calendar year from sales of the relevant product.
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"You don't make more than $5,000 USD in any calendar year from the sale of the productExcerpt from Minecraft's Usage Guidelines
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The cap is measured per calendar year, meaning the limit resets annually but cannot be exceeded within any single calendar year regardless of when sales occur.
You may not earn more than $5,000 USD in any single calendar year from sales of the relevant product.
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