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		jillyboel on March 31, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Browsercraft: Java Minecraft in the browser Downloading a publicly available jar (https://piston-data.mojang.com/v1/objects/4a2fac7504182a97dc...), that gets linked on the minecraft wiki (https://minecraft.wiki/w/Java_Edition_1.2.5) and running it unmodified is "risking prison time"?

nicce on March 31, 2025 [–]

Depends on if the free trial is misused here somehow. I don’t know if it is.

jillyboel on March 31, 2025 | [–]

There is no circumvention of any access controls.

immibis on March 31, 2025 | | [–]

Due to the over-broad nature of the DMCA, almost anything is an access control that you aren't allowed to circumvent.

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