Private DIY Servers Are "Illegal Black Markets of Piracy" | The ESA's Shady Ties

SUPPORT US: GET A COPYRIGHT Strike Shirt, Mouse Mat, and more on the store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ The ESA recently lied through its teeth as it called Minecraft servers "illegal," "piracy," and "black markets," despite Minecraft itself formally sanctioning and permitting player-hosted servers. We dig through the ESA's IRS filings, lobbying history, corporate partnerships, and flow of money to better understand whether (1) the ESA has ulterior motives, or simply (2) there actually are no non-clowns left in the clown car. This follows the recent committee hearing on the California Protect Our Games Act, which aimed to provide some base level of ownership guarantee to players. The ESA opposed it, and the ESA also advocates for both AI and subscriptions. Watch our coverage of SEGA and the City of London Police coordinating on a raid for game cartridges:    • RAIDED BY THE POLICE | Investigating Ninte...   Or our Component Mouse Mat on sale: https://store.gamersnexus.net/product... Grab our new Wireframe Mouse Mat V2 on the store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/product... Grab one of our Copyright Strike T-shirts: https://store.gamersnexus.net/product... Or try out our new ESD-safe stackable CPU trays (sold in sets): https://store.gamersnexus.net/product... Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us:   / gamersnexus   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Minecraft Servers are Illegal Black Markets 02:32 - Lobbying Money 05:11 - IRS Documents and Questionable Ties 07:50 - WTF Happened 13:27 - What the Bill Actually Does 15:34 - Funneling Money into the Government 17:22 - No Non-Clowns in the Clown Car 20:03 - Conflicts of Interest 22:08 - Steve Loses It ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t:   / gamersnexus   f:   / gamersnexus   w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Conduit of Rage Mike Gaglione: Editing Tim Phetdara: Editing Jimmy Thang: Writing, Research Ben Benson: Writing, Research