Stop Killing Games was in the news yesterday as it appeared on the California Senate committee hearing, where it continued to draw much debate and failed to proceed forward, but the real fire works came from video game lobbyist The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), formerly best known for running E3.
During the committee hearing, Jennifer Gibbons the ESA's vice president for state government affairs interrupted assembly member Chris Ward to state about community servers like Minecraft's that, "They're illegal. They are not in any way affiliated with Microsoft. Microsoft, for Minecraft, has gotten a lot of criticism because of those community servers not employing the same safety standards that Microsoft does on their Minecraft servers."
That drastic a statement prompted followups, such as state senator Caroline Menjivar asking if Gibbons would compare it to a black market of video games, which Gibbons responded positively to before going further in stating that they consider it piracy. Given that we're in a world where Minecraft openly brags about its community servers, and allows players to download files specifically to host them, it is not the wisest decision to call all community servers illegal pirate black markets.
In fact, it seems the...
