Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Stop Killing Games came within one serious committee hurdle of winning new protections in California. Then AB 1921 stalled without a single senator voting against it.
The ESA’s warning that game preservation could involve potentially “illegal” private servers produced an absurd Minecraft-sized controversy, but that was not the whole reason the bill stalled. We break down what the legislation required, what happened inside the hearing, and why this setback may not truly be a loss for the campaign.
Join us at https://bellular.games for early access content, 20 editions of 'Loading Screen' a month and to support our team!
00:00 Stop Killing Games Almost Won
00:50 Protect Our Games Reached The Senate
03:35 “Illegal” Servers
10:59 Is It Truly A Loss?
SOURCES
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1921
calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/279752#t=1520&f=f6e59d7d0bdf67adf89b49a03a31b029
minecraft.net/en-us/download/server
minecraft.net/en-us/eula
https://bellular.games/epics-billion-dollar-store-victory-and-activision-profits-from-cancelled-mod/
pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-esa-quietly-starts-walking-back-baffling-statements-about-private-servers-being-illegal-though-its-still-tutting-and-wagging-its-finger
https://www.esafety.gov.au/newsroom/media-releases/esafety-asks-gaming-giants-what-they-are-doing-to-prevent-grooming-and-radicalisation
reddit.com/r/StopKillingGames/comments/1uj16th/industry_lobby_says_minecraft_community_servers
Stop Killing Games came within one serious committee hurdle of winning new protections in California. Then AB 1921 stalled without a single senator voting against it.
The ESA’s warning that game preservation could involve potentially “illegal” private servers produced an absurd Minecraft-sized controversy, but that was not the whole reason the bill stalled. We break down what the legislation required, what happened inside the hearing, and why this setback may not truly be a loss for the campaign.
Join us at https://bellular.games for early access content, 20 editions of 'Loading Screen' a month and to support our team!
00:00 Stop Killing Games Almost Won
00:50 Protect Our Games Reached The Senate
03:35 “Illegal” Servers
10:59 Is It Truly A Loss?
SOURCES
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1921
calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/279752#t=1520&f=f6e59d7d0bdf67adf89b49a03a31b029
minecraft.net/en-us/download/server
minecraft.net/en-us/eula
https://bellular.games/epics-billion-dollar-store-victory-and-activision-profits-from-cancelled-mod/
pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-esa-quietly-starts-walking-back-baffling-statements-about-private-servers-being-illegal-though-its-still-tutting-and-wagging-its-finger
https://www.esafety.gov.au/newsroom/media-releases/esafety-asks-gaming-giants-what-they-are-doing-to-prevent-grooming-and-radicalisation
reddit.com/r/StopKillingGames/comments/1uj16th/industry_lobby_says_minecraft_community_servers
