Hi,Numerous server admins have recently been receiving emails from '[email protected]', regarding their purchases available from their websites being against the terms laid out in the EULA. The emails specifically state that all servers must be in accordance withhttps://account.mojang.com/terms#brand and https://account.mojang.com/terms#commercial. They then list out all issues they find with the server, their suggested fixes, and give you 7 days to respond stating that you are going to comply, otherwise legal action may follow. Both of the emails that I have personally seen have come from the same Mojang Brand Enforcement Agent, 'Brandon Andersson'. My first reaction was to think that an email spoofing service had been used, as emails are scarily easy to fake, but after analysing the headers of multiple of these emails, they all point to being legitimate. The ISP that the emails originated from is the ISP that Mojang uses, and many online email address validators see the address as valid. I've spent quite a while looking through these headers, and nothing appears out of the ordinary. Mojang have semi-recently acquired an entire team of Brand Enforcers, as seen here,https://help.mojang.com/customer/en/portal/articles/331367-employees. Around this time last year Mojang started cracking down on 'Minecraft clones' on mobile app stores that used assets from the game, and now it appears they are closing in on server admins that don't follow the EULA. Thanks, - Me4502 (CraftBook Lead Developer and Sponge Staff)
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