The Confusing History of Minecraft.com

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Have you ever tried going to minecraft.com? Well, it didn't used to be what you expected.
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  • @CaptainAwsome
    @CaptainAwsome Жыл бұрын

    Brings a new meaning to 'my dad works at Minecraft'

  • @zakem

    @zakem

    Жыл бұрын

    Hhahahhaa

  • @zakem

    @zakem

    Жыл бұрын

    that actually made me laugh

  • @lmaoboxuser

    @lmaoboxuser

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣

  • @wolfsokaya

    @wolfsokaya

    Жыл бұрын

    It sounds better than working with the Nigerian Gasoline company. According to urban legend,someone did a shortening of the name. :]

  • @enpiesie

    @enpiesie

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@wolfsokaya Nig-Gas?

  • @superlynx98
    @superlynx98 Жыл бұрын

    Tbh it's more likely that Microsoft offered MineCraft Consulting a pretty penny for the domain, as they wouldn't have any legal basis for pursuing a court ordered takedown. Cheaper and easier to just buy the domain off them as they clearly weren't using it to its full potential anyway

  • @epearl_tv

    @epearl_tv

    Жыл бұрын

    microsoft is definitely using minecraft.com to its full potential by just turning it into a redirect to minecraft.net

  • @TheWrathAbove

    @TheWrathAbove

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@epearl_tv I mean, for their purposes, yeah that's basically the exact thing they need it for.

  • @ano_nym

    @ano_nym

    Жыл бұрын

    @@epearl_tv what did you expect? A different Minecraft site?

  • @takemyhandtakemymind8039

    @takemyhandtakemymind8039

    Жыл бұрын

    Everyone who dealt with MarkMonitor before knows that they don’t do this. I got a domain stolen by them too, and had no chance to argue against them. The domain registrar also didn’t offer me a chance to object. Fuck tucows and MM.

  • @TheBcoolGuy

    @TheBcoolGuy

    Жыл бұрын

    It's Microsoft. They almost seem to try to find the most evil way of achieving their goals.

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 Жыл бұрын

    "So, where do you work?" "Minecraft." "Oh, so you're a Mojang employee?" "...No."

  • @araigumakiruno

    @araigumakiruno

    Жыл бұрын

    I need consulting about my mining business, Minecraft does a good job

  • @30769s

    @30769s

    Жыл бұрын

    "So you made your wealth from Mojang?" "Na mate, mining" "Oh so way more than Mojang?" "Yeah mate"

  • @HungerGamesFan88

    @HungerGamesFan88

    Жыл бұрын

    "the hell is mojang"

  • @jonavene12

    @jonavene12

    2 ай бұрын

    Bruh. I read the whole other side of the conversation in an Australian accent

  • @PilaCiu

    @PilaCiu

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@jonavene12Everyone did

  • @deleteduser8652
    @deleteduser8652 Жыл бұрын

    I still found it funny that an consulting company had the same domain name as the game minecraft. It's a shame that they had to give up on that domain. It was very funny not gonna lie.

  • @debbiebernhardt5406

    @debbiebernhardt5406

    Жыл бұрын

    They hadn't expected a game name using minecraft with the website. Probably caused chaos as they didn't know how much fame the game got.

  • @letsgetto1millwithoutvids

    @letsgetto1millwithoutvids

    Жыл бұрын

    They probably didnt give it up as microsoft wouldnt have a leg to stand on so microsoft probably bought it from them for a pretty penny

  • @Jwellsuhhuh

    @Jwellsuhhuh

    Жыл бұрын

    @@letsgetto1millwithoutvids yeah I mean from their perspective they saw a game that kept growing in popularity so similar to stock trading, they probably just waited until it got popular enough to max the gains from from selling the domain

  • @DinnerForkTongue

    @DinnerForkTongue

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Jwellsuhhuh That sounds very reasonable.

  • @letsgetto1millwithoutvids

    @letsgetto1millwithoutvids

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Jwellsuhhuh well I think they genuinely wanted to keep the name and domain plus that's pretty hard to prove those intentions

  • @Fikrul
    @Fikrul Жыл бұрын

    I remember going to this site as a kid, felt like a jump scare at the time.

  • @Dusti_buns

    @Dusti_buns

    Жыл бұрын

    One of those: 'don't play this game at 3 am' stuff lol. Man I mis childhood

  • @DanielMemeSmith

    @DanielMemeSmith

    Жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @scattagain

    @scattagain

    Жыл бұрын

    mine consulting jumpscare

  • @DustySiren

    @DustySiren

    Жыл бұрын

    what

  • @minecraftify95

    @minecraftify95

    Жыл бұрын

    @@scattagain Mine consulting moment

  • @ReinSouls
    @ReinSouls Жыл бұрын

    In all likelihood Microsoft probably offered Minecraft Consulting a large sum of money. And the firm didn't want to budge, but as time went on got tired of dealing with it. So they ultimately accepted the offer.

  • @belnonaodh1520

    @belnonaodh1520

    Жыл бұрын

    My theory is that Minecraft Consulting wanted to hold onto it for as long as possible for the sake of selling it later at a higher price, coupled with good old Australian shitposting

  • @aaziikaaa2262

    @aaziikaaa2262

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @aaziikaaa2262

    @aaziikaaa2262

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @aaziikaaa2262

    @aaziikaaa2262

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @aaziikaaa2262

    @aaziikaaa2262

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @_jayb
    @_jayb Жыл бұрын

    That minecraft consulting worker/father using the domain to review his favorite games is honestly so wholesome

  • @MakusinMeringue

    @MakusinMeringue

    9 ай бұрын

    Wow.

  • @kota1471

    @kota1471

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah!

  • @veryblocky
    @veryblocky Жыл бұрын

    I certainly hope that Minecraft consulting wasn’t threatened to force them to give it up, and they were actually compensated fairly. Surely Microsoft would have no legal basis to demand the domain be handed over

  • @SawyerWX

    @SawyerWX

    Жыл бұрын

    Bold of you to assume Microsoft didn't pay the courts to make the company give up the domain without them paying them anything

  • @Davide0033

    @Davide0033

    Жыл бұрын

    it's microsoft, they will buy the entire australian political system to come up on top microsoft is a shitty company, don't feel bad about them, never

  • @cook_it

    @cook_it

    Жыл бұрын

    Even with no legal basis, you can still sue people into poverty if you have enough cash yourself to keep the case running for long enough. Just look at for example Karl Jobst, an Australian youtuber, who got sued by Billy Mitchell and how much that cost him, even when the lawsuit was complete bogus. On a related note look up SLAPP suits, they work the same way, scare victims into doing what you want with huge bogus lawsuits that costs then a TON of money just to defend themself (which many can't afford).

  • @MikeSturgeon22

    @MikeSturgeon22

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SawyerWX That's not how the US legal system works. It isn't Romania.

  • @chyza2012

    @chyza2012

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MikeSturgeon22 If you think corruption isn't a thing in every country you're very naive.

  • @patrikcath1025
    @patrikcath1025 Жыл бұрын

    Huh, the children really do yearn for the mines... Also I love the fact a company can just legally bully people into giving up something they rightfully own, solely because they now own something that shares the same name

  • @gibberishdump1610

    @gibberishdump1610

    Жыл бұрын

    We don't know that they forced them

  • @poroze8067

    @poroze8067

    Жыл бұрын

    They prob just bought it off them

  • @yeetandskeet

    @yeetandskeet

    Жыл бұрын

    They cant, it was likely paid for

  • @L30GH05TDUD3

    @L30GH05TDUD3

    Жыл бұрын

    @@yeetandskeet big corps like Microsoft can definitely do what they please. They have the money and resources to “convince” government officials in going in their favor.

  • @HungerGamesFan88

    @HungerGamesFan88

    Жыл бұрын

    i mean... surely they would be able to at least wiggle their way into a shitload of cash for a domain name that's not nearly as valuable for them as it is for microsoft/minecraft, literally game #1

  • @Hobbitcraft
    @Hobbitcraft Жыл бұрын

    Hi @SalC1 one point you missed in this is that MineCraft is part of the Glencore group - a company which would rank at the same level as Microsoft on global power.

  • @sidelkins

    @sidelkins

    Жыл бұрын

    @nezuai also what was the point of the video game review site portion? Just kinda glanced over that detail. Seems like the most interesting part.

  • @petepetti

    @petepetti

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, I've worked with some people from the company in the coal industry

  • @edenengland1883

    @edenengland1883

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@sidelkinsprobably either a test or someone at the company using it as a personal site it was only up for a short time so both are possible

  • @myalt3019

    @myalt3019

    5 ай бұрын

    Microsoft wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for Glencore and Freeport's cobalt

  • @lexikiq
    @lexikiq Жыл бұрын

    MineCraft Consulting presumably has a legal trademark on MineCraft in Australia in the domain of, idk, engineering consultation, so they couldn't just be totally forced to hand over the domain. More than likely they just got paid to hand it over.

  • @looijmansje

    @looijmansje

    Жыл бұрын

    That's the thing with the legal system. If you have a lot of money, you generally don't need to be right to get what you want. Just the threat of a long, drawn-out, and especially expensive legal battle, can be enough.

  • @DanTheStripe
    @DanTheStripe Жыл бұрын

    The really interesting part of this story is the site changing to game reviews! Would love to know what the hell that was all about. Enjoyable topic this one Sal.

  • @CaptOfWolves

    @CaptOfWolves

    Жыл бұрын

    I think maybe who ever worked on the site was just like well we don't use this domain so they decided to screw around a bit.

  • @mskiptr

    @mskiptr

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CaptOfWolves Or they thought that it's an opportunity to appeal to some gamers and build a new thing

  • @SalC1

    @SalC1

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I can't understand why they did that. It's very strange, especially for a mining consulting company to do.

  • @BeastonKing

    @BeastonKing

    Жыл бұрын

    Could it be that the game review thing was just a hack to deface the website? Since minecraft was getting popular then, i think it's possible that people just started attacking the website just to troll

  • @cleava959

    @cleava959

    Жыл бұрын

    Seems to me that the domain was hacked for a bit before it got retaken by Minecraft consulting

  • @RubricalChain25
    @RubricalChain25 Жыл бұрын

    I think MineCraft Consulting should have been able to keep their domain. They owned it way before Minecraft was a game, and they were using it for a little while before Microsoft was even involved in Minecraft. MineCraft Consulting should have gotten original ownership priority or something because they owned it for such a long period of time before the game was even made Edit: grammar mistakes, screw you comments >:(

  • @kendallcagna7448

    @kendallcagna7448

    Жыл бұрын

    It's understandable that you may feel that MineCraft Consulting should have been able to keep their domain if they had owned it before the game Minecraft was created. In domain name disputes, there are often different opinions on what is fair and just. One of the principles of domain name registration is the "first-come, first-served" rule, which means that the person or organization that registers a domain name first generally has the right to use it, as long as it doesn't infringe on any trademarks or copyrights. However, situations like this can be complex, and the best course of action depends on the specific circumstances. For instance, if MineCraft Consulting was using the domain in good faith and not causing any confusion with the game Minecraft, they could have a strong case to keep their domain. In practice, many domain disputes are resolved through negotiation, as it can be more efficient and cost-effective than pursuing legal action. If Microsoft and MineCraft Consulting reached an agreement for the domain transfer, it is possible that both parties felt the outcome was fair. In any case, it's important to remember that the interests of businesses and individuals should be balanced, and domain name disputes should be resolved in a way that respects the rights of all parties involved.

  • @byugoi

    @byugoi

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kendallcagna7448chatgpt response 😂

  • @ccaagg

    @ccaagg

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kendallcagna7448 This reads very much like a ChatGPT response.

  • @Wyvernnnn

    @Wyvernnnn

    Жыл бұрын

    It's always "should have" should of doesn't exist

  • @zen6591

    @zen6591

    Жыл бұрын

    native english speakers and their grammar mistakes smh

  • @DamianQualshy
    @DamianQualshy Жыл бұрын

    Knowing Notch, he didn't mind that the company used the same website name but different domain. Now, Microsoft though..

  • @Qvartz_Lite
    @Qvartz_Lite Жыл бұрын

    As a real Minecrafter, I really root for the Mining Company

  • @Renteks-
    @Renteks- Жыл бұрын

    I live in Australia, so when I first saw this as a kid I assumed they'd replaced minecraft with some random mining business and got super confused when I could google minecraft and get the correct website. Interesting to see that they did finally buy it out, I thought the domain was still up, but maybe I get redirected to the australian version because it makes more sense.

  • @shadesoftime

    @shadesoftime

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mskiptr or maybe it's the browser autocompleting the address last second

  • @mskiptr

    @mskiptr

    Жыл бұрын

    Aaand my reply is gone… Again 😔 Not after half a minute but more like after half an hour now. YT gets more and more sneaky when it comes to deleting people's comments. It's freakin' disgusting

  • @cyr0_gd

    @cyr0_gd

    Жыл бұрын

    sorry, i haven't watched the video but what does Microsoft buying a domain has anything to do with you being Australian?

  • @sneakin.

    @sneakin.

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cyr0_gd just watch the video???

  • @cyr0_gd

    @cyr0_gd

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sneakin. Honestly, i don't think i will, i was like 2 min in and it already felt like highly stretched out video of people finding out "Minecraft" was an actual word before it being a kids game so i left.

  • @bluey-next777
    @bluey-next7772 ай бұрын

    0:37 The best quote: "Why play a game to mine when you can do it IRL!" L O L

  • @Xarenth
    @Xarenth Жыл бұрын

    My opinion is that the consulting firm should have been allowed to keep the domain. Yes, it was neglected and deliberately used poorly for many years, they did end up using it 'properly' well before the Microsoft buyout. That's not even considering it was acquired before Minecraft was a thing at all. 0% chance it was intentionally domain-squatted, but maybe opportunistically at worst - which I don't really think is the case anyways. I like to imagine if they weren't based out of AU, it would be potentially damaging for the business. I don't think there's a '.country' for America, and having to sacrifice the domain would suck. Really, though, for the average person them losing the domain is probably for the best. Minecraft is so well known even outside of gaming communities, that if they just had a website called minecraftconsulting or something it wouldn't seem out of place, and it would prevent the most incorrect website visits. I'd bet 99% of people who accidentally visited the consulting website had no use for it, so there was no business opportunity by having extra traffic. (compared to something like, let's say, a hobby store that stocks things for arts, crafts, and yardwork?) Nice video, Sal.

  • @Xarenth

    @Xarenth

    Жыл бұрын

    @@scott420 Oh awesome, good to know. I've never bumped into it (clearly) Thanks!

  • @letsgetto1millwithoutvids

    @letsgetto1millwithoutvids

    Жыл бұрын

    Microsoft probably wouldn't have a leg to stand on in court so they probably bought it from the mining company for a lot of money

  • @k327dev

    @k327dev

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, there's no country code top-level domain for America because America is not a country. But there is a country code top-level domain for the United States (.us)

  • @rabbidpig3480

    @rabbidpig3480

    Жыл бұрын

    I doubt they were forced to. They had no legal reason to, they had the name king before the game. It’s more likely the website was just bought from Microsoft

  • @zanotellitb5457

    @zanotellitb5457

    Жыл бұрын

    @@k327dev you know what else isn't a country? Mexico (Mexican United States), Brazil (Federative Republic of Brazil), China (Popular Republic of China) and, of course AmERicA (United States of America). Don't play dumb, man, America is literally an abbreviation, just like any other country name, so you don't need to call it fully.

  • @Jankoekepannekoek
    @Jankoekepannekoek Жыл бұрын

    Yes I do think the mining company should have held on to it. There were completely in their right to do so.

  • @mr_kgtheog
    @mr_kgtheog Жыл бұрын

    This is one of the main reasons I love the internet. So many small and highly interesting pieces of history and things that are just there somewhere for us to find and document. Great video as usual mate.

  • @cyberdaemon
    @cyberdaemon Жыл бұрын

    The oldest Minecraft server was just discovered and its a miners consulting company!

  • @attheratehandle
    @attheratehandle Жыл бұрын

    Tldr: local Australian mining-consulting company has same name as best selling videogame years before it came out and multi-Trillion dollar corporation bullies them into selling their domain name.

  • @h-hues
    @h-hues Жыл бұрын

    I doubt Microsoft forced them into giving up their domain, otherwise they would've done so years ago. I really can't imagine the lawyers being able to do anything when the consulting company literally came first and bought the domain first as well. It was probably a long negotiation that resulted in the mining company selling the domain for an insane price.

  • @thephoenixking1086

    @thephoenixking1086

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe that is why it took so long, Microsoft tried to buy it many years earlier but the Mining company held their grounds on a steep price tag, Microsoft ended up caving and just buying it. This is what I think happened.

  • @totsugekiii

    @totsugekiii

    Жыл бұрын

    I mean with what Monster is doing with Monster Hunter and Pokemon it wouldn't surprise me

  • @craftyplayz_

    @craftyplayz_

    Жыл бұрын

    @@thephoenixking1086 microsoft has enough money to just send lawsuit after lawsuit for any number of reasons even if those reasons arent valid. and for each one the company has to send someone to go and refute the lawsuit costing them time and money. so eventually they ended up just giving up and caving to microsoft

  • @rya1701

    @rya1701

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@craftyplayz_ not really, they can counter-sue Microsoft for frivolous lawsuits

  • @craftyplayz_

    @craftyplayz_

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rya1701 and Microsoft has the money to buy the best lawyers in the world so they don't care

  • @dhkatz_
    @dhkatz_ Жыл бұрын

    "Digging a bit deeper I ran a whois search" Buddy that should be the first thing you do when investigating a domain 💀💀💀💀

  • @kevinwong_2016

    @kevinwong_2016

    2 ай бұрын

    Fr💀

  • @realityveil6151
    @realityveil6151 Жыл бұрын

    my guess is they got rid of it because the bandwidth bill was killing them. My guess is putting their site up on it was a sort of test they let run for a while to see if the exposure would counter the hosting bill. It probably didn't quarter over quarter, so they made the offer to microsoft, took a fair payout, and both sides signed nondisclosure agreements because that's just pro forma.

  • @sorenskousen7468
    @sorenskousen7468 Жыл бұрын

    The MikeRoweSoft story is actually pretty interesting, I'd recommend anyone who wants to know more to do some research about it.

  • @Deniil2000

    @Deniil2000

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't understand how this works. MikeRoweSoft domain name is mine, how can you sue me? On which basis?

  • @thenistthedev

    @thenistthedev

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@Deniil2000 "trademark infringement" thats what microsoft said.

  • @riley1636

    @riley1636

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Deniil2000Because it sounds like microsoft, which is trademarked.

  • @tankinator451
    @tankinator451 Жыл бұрын

    I can definitely see a scenario where MineCraft consulting realized the value held in their domain name and simply held out selling that domain until Microsoft was willing to pay them some big money for it. A figure like, say $10m, is next to nothing to a massive corporation like Microsoft, but $10m could mean bonuses and raises for all employees, a brand new office building and a state of the art website for a smaller consulting company like MineCraft. They likely weren't forced to give the domain up, they just were waiting for Microsoft to offer them something worth their while.

  • @asapjp

    @asapjp

    4 ай бұрын

    You would be surprised….. A company like that probably makes around 100 million a year. Mining consulting is no joke. I hope they got a lot more than 10 million lol

  • @LevitationMaster
    @LevitationMaster Жыл бұрын

    Imagine a kid who thought you would pay these people to find your diamonds, and would wonder why he suddenly became homeless.

  • @Lucaster1

    @Lucaster1

    Жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @TheEvilRayquaza
    @TheEvilRayquaza Жыл бұрын

    MineCraft Consulting must've been very confused why there was a sudden large increase in traffic to their website

  • @DrillimationSystems
    @DrillimationSystems Жыл бұрын

    I never knew Minecraft Consulting was a thing that predated the game.

  • @reinflame
    @reinflame Жыл бұрын

    SalC1 are you real?

  • @painlesschunk

    @painlesschunk

    Жыл бұрын

    No he is not

  • @GaffsNotLaffs

    @GaffsNotLaffs

    Жыл бұрын

    He’s obviously not

  • @larsthedude1984

    @larsthedude1984

    Жыл бұрын

    The accident was three years ago. You have to let him go.

  • @dimitri7615

    @dimitri7615

    Жыл бұрын

    No he is a spirt.

  • @gio1135

    @gio1135

    Жыл бұрын

    clinically insane

  • @georgehennen
    @georgehennen Жыл бұрын

    This video is literally "How long can I make a 1 minute explaination"

  • @SalC1

    @SalC1

    Жыл бұрын

    Ok. Download the video, paste it into a video editor, and speed it up until it totals 1 minute in length. Then watch it.

  • @septafan

    @septafan

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SalC1 dudes a hater lol. video was great, definitely needed the time u spent making the video to explain it

  • @dantisek

    @dantisek

    Жыл бұрын

    9 minutes of talking ahhhhhhhhhhhh im screaming in lava right now i need some parkour gameplay or else my brain will turn off

  • @SQUIRRELGUY3ybENrT

    @SQUIRRELGUY3ybENrT

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SalC1 You did go on for a bit, especially at the start where you just repeated yourself loads.

  • @junyaiwase

    @junyaiwase

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dantisekpointing out that you could’ve explained this faster ≠ my attention span is too low, just shows he is padding out the length for no reason

  • @Geology051
    @Geology051 Жыл бұрын

    While it’s unfortunate they lost their original domain, the (what I hope was a) transaction helps both sides, as it prevents excessive bandwidth usage for MineCraft consulting, and helps Minecraft players get to the website they’re trying to get to. Also, there’s no possible way the company was domain squatting, cause I’m a 100% sure they weren’t making any money off of the Minecraft players accessing the site

  • @cones914
    @cones914 Жыл бұрын

    6:42 finally, a heroic company to protect the poor, poor multi billion dollar corporate abominations from not getting what they want.

  • @has2give
    @has2give Жыл бұрын

    "Father of 2" the test: "Father of a Two Year Old"

  • @_GLXC
    @_GLXC Жыл бұрын

    I was kinda rooting for MineCraft consulting this video ngl.

  • @Shadxws
    @Shadxws Жыл бұрын

    My guess is that their company didn’t really have a large IT team and they had one guy doing all of the work so they have a website and he turned out to be a gamer and used the uptick in traffic to cater to the visitors for a while before taking it down and planning strategical changes at the right times to make bank off of microsoft

  • @-throat-
    @-throat- Жыл бұрын

    Imagine if there was an employee at MineCraft Consulting named… *Steve*

  • @finsflexin
    @finsflexin Жыл бұрын

    My kids keep talking about Minecraft. This video helped me understand what they mean. So weird how they talk about their consulting services all the time.

  • @samuel-wankenobi
    @samuel-wankenobi Жыл бұрын

    0:25 why are you using internet explorer in 2023

  • @SalC1

    @SalC1

    Жыл бұрын

    Stop being web-browser-ist!

  • @RedStone576

    @RedStone576

    Жыл бұрын

    why not

  • @Edward-pw6zz

    @Edward-pw6zz

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SalC1 care for your privacy

  • @melon-qm7ed

    @melon-qm7ed

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RedStone576 security vulnerability's

  • @indestructible247

    @indestructible247

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Edward-pw6zz says the guy who uses chrome

  • @weird_mango42
    @weird_mango42 Жыл бұрын

    I remember laughing my ass off and screaming at my friends whenever I would mistype the domain name sending screenshots in our chats

  • @sharpeylogic2907
    @sharpeylogic2907 Жыл бұрын

    Unrelated, but as an Octopath Traveler fan, hearing OT2 music after so many FitMC + Sal videos with OT1 songs makes me happy

  • @anamoyeee
    @anamoyeee Жыл бұрын

    This just really shows that money actually can buy you everything

  • @MichaelPohoreski

    @MichaelPohoreski

    Жыл бұрын

    _You can sell your values but you can’t buy integrity._

  • @headcrabn5347

    @headcrabn5347

    Жыл бұрын

    Yea money can buy you internet domains that's like kinda what money is for.

  • @brentoyisaac2538

    @brentoyisaac2538

    Жыл бұрын

    The happiness?

  • @nasimicin

    @nasimicin

    Жыл бұрын

    @@brentoyisaac2538 Maybe you can't buy happiness, but happiness needs money.

  • @masync183

    @masync183

    10 ай бұрын

    @@BlackLivesMatter1414 yeah you can also buy juice with it.

  • @Falkuzrules
    @Falkuzrules3 ай бұрын

    It's actually insane to me that I started playing Minecraft in 2012 and, to my memory at least, I have _never_ heard of this in my life until this day.

  • @murphplaya
    @murphplaya Жыл бұрын

    i never thought someone would make a video about this, I remember stumbling upon this site a few years ago

  • @IVEdge
    @IVEdge Жыл бұрын

    8:05 Trillion. Multi-trillion dollar company.

  • @textures2783
    @textures2783 Жыл бұрын

    Haha even the title and thumbnail made me confused 😆 Keep up the good content Sal

  • @chrono9503
    @chrono9503 Жыл бұрын

    Microsoft 100% forced them to do that. They obviously wanted to keep the domain, but you know, it’s Microsoft. You ain’t beating them no matter how in the right you are

  • @thephoenixking1086

    @thephoenixking1086

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup, Just like how the UK is trying to ban them from buying Activision, so someone made the joke that Microsoft will just Ban XBOX in the UK then. The thing is, Microsoft is Microsoft so this joke is not so much of a JOKE anymore and may infact hold some credence.

  • @Sivanot

    @Sivanot

    Жыл бұрын

    They have no legal basis for forcing them to do anything. Microsot must have just purchased it from them completely legitimately.

  • @chrono9503

    @chrono9503

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sivanot Well i'm talking about putting legal pressure on them with lawsuits and stuff

  • @jockin

    @jockin

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Sivanot well, when you have hella expensive and "good" (shady) lawyers and are a company worth billions and spent said billions to purchase a game I think you can some way or another find a legal loophole. One way that I have thought about is that they can use the argument that they for a few years didn't use their website for their company and instead used it to gain free views on their review site hence cybersquatting.

  • @Howtheheckarehandleswit

    @Howtheheckarehandleswit

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sivanot The thing about companies like Microsoft with effectively infinite money is that even without any real legal basis, they can still just keep filing suit over and over forever and MineCraft consulting has to show up every time to get it dismissed, which costs money and wastes time, and Microsoft can just do that until they give up

  • @Bsicly
    @Bsicly Жыл бұрын

    I have always wondered about this mysterious site. I first stumbled upon it when I was trying to go to the Minecraft website at school. I was so confused but I didn’t think to explore it further like you. Good job!

  • @jukmifgguggh
    @jukmifgguggh Жыл бұрын

    4:49 some people might use the . and , keys to frame-step, but i can just press the space bar with extreme precision :). anyways, cool video, saul!

  • @functional200

    @functional200

    Жыл бұрын

    I never knew you could frame step ty!

  • @CRT_YT

    @CRT_YT

    Жыл бұрын

    what? so? edit, nvm i see it now

  • @ditz3nfitness
    @ditz3nfitness Жыл бұрын

    7:30, Just shows how long this video has been in the making! Great one as always SalC1!

  • @Sevenigma777
    @Sevenigma777 Жыл бұрын

    I have tons to do today but a new upload from Salc1 is a perfect excuse to make another cup of coffee and procrastinate a bit longer lol

  • @junyaiwase
    @junyaiwase Жыл бұрын

    the entitlement to assume no one could possibly have the name minecraft and must immediately be squatting

  • @imaxvi
    @imaxvi Жыл бұрын

    I remember trying to buy Minecraft and getting really confused before someone told me the actual link lol

  • @MrAeral
    @MrAeral2 ай бұрын

    That's a truly funny story. I was pleased to hear about it. Thanks!

  • @falkeborg9432
    @falkeborg9432 Жыл бұрын

    Finally someone covered MineCraft Consulting

  • @thephoenixking1086

    @thephoenixking1086

    Жыл бұрын

    Now we need someone to book a Genuine appointment with them and talk about the game hah, SOMEONE has to do this (as 1 - It proves if they are indeed legit and 2 - it is a bit of fun, they get paid either way so it is not like they are losing out).

  • @judthebudd6910
    @judthebudd6910 Жыл бұрын

    Is that Internet Explorer? Love the content man!

  • @qy9MC
    @qy9MC Жыл бұрын

    Suing feels extremely biased. That mining company had it first and so he deserved it. That kind of shit makes me mad ngl.

  • @autumn_mnya
    @autumn_mnya Жыл бұрын

    thanks for starting to use the octopath 2 soundtrack, its so good, honestly might beat the octopath 1 soundtrack in my eyes

  • @martingogaming1777
    @martingogaming1777 Жыл бұрын

    Nice video as always!

  • @kjartannn
    @kjartannn Жыл бұрын

    Why assume Microsoft was suing them for it? Any competent lawyer would realise that is a very hard case to make given the age and maturity of the domain name.

  • @suzakucsgo

    @suzakucsgo

    Жыл бұрын

    U are forgetting that microsoft is worth 100+ billions

  • @timeglitch2472
    @timeglitch2472 Жыл бұрын

    I think its a good thing because if that domain got into the wrong hands it could be used for malicious phishing attacks

  • @tratin
    @tratin Жыл бұрын

    Nice video and very nostalgic for me!

  • @Epicness123
    @Epicness123 Жыл бұрын

    Nice to see a new upload from you, Sal! Great job as always

  • @therealjammit
    @therealjammit Жыл бұрын

    Let the mining company keep it. If I owned the mining company I would have simply put at the top of the page "If you're looking for the block game, click here, other than that we're a company who specializes in..."

  • @deality

    @deality

    Жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @ziongarner4485

    @ziongarner4485

    10 ай бұрын

    That's very unprofessional from a business-perspective.

  • @Napert
    @Napert Жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised neither Mojang nor Microsoft got sued yet for one of their products infringing on the company name

  • @siltdoctor3478

    @siltdoctor3478

    Жыл бұрын

    im pretty sure you cant sue a company for having the same name as long as its in different industries. Its why Mitsubishi the car company and Mitsubishi Pencil co can both exist

  • @paleoph6168

    @paleoph6168

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@siltdoctor3478add to the fact that Mitsubishi Pencil is unrelated to the Mitsubishi Group. So it still can use the name.

  • @poggingmilk9452
    @poggingmilk9452 Жыл бұрын

    I learned more about the Australian Mining Managements than about minecraft today, thanks salc

  • @computeruser6969
    @computeruser6969 Жыл бұрын

    i see this confusion as a way of adding a little more fun and history to the game itself i think this is a gem

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam Жыл бұрын

    Ending hit me like a bullet in the chest, I wish they held on to the com domain, ever since Microsoft bought MC it doesnt feel the same anymore

  • @MrViki60

    @MrViki60

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@Reapiu homosexual

  • @formerlymax
    @formerlymax Жыл бұрын

    The video could literally end at 2 minutes saying "MineCraft consulting existed before Minecraft (game) so it makes sense they'd have the domain."

  • @cyr0_gd

    @cyr0_gd

    Жыл бұрын

    gotta have that sweet watchtime

  • @hl2bigboss

    @hl2bigboss

    Жыл бұрын

    Brother, this video is talking about the history of the domain, not why the domain exists to MineCraft consulting.

  • @MisterPancake778
    @MisterPancake778 Жыл бұрын

    I remember this, I also remember some people held mw3 domain (before it was even announced) and asked Activision a lot of money for it and free copies of the game.

  • @NotNitehawk
    @NotNitehawk Жыл бұрын

    Website: "Father of a two year old" SalC1: "Father of Two"

  • @qwerty_studios
    @qwerty_studios Жыл бұрын

    its always a good day when salC1 uploads

  • @paulcittone3193

    @paulcittone3193

    Жыл бұрын

    its always a bad day when u see this coment

  • @duckyblender
    @duckyblender Жыл бұрын

    4:47 father of a two year old, not father of two ;)

  • @rxv-xdfn
    @rxv-xdfn Жыл бұрын

    Thx for entertaning me and WOOW U UPLOADED

  • @starlitsorrow
    @starlitsorrow Жыл бұрын

    I remember finding the site in middle school, being a bit confused and then forgetting about it ever since

  • @utopiandystopia1383
    @utopiandystopia1383 Жыл бұрын

    microsoft better have paid fairly for the domain name. minecraft consulting had both the company name and the website first, doesnt matter if microsoft and the game are bigger and better known wouldnt be surprised if they bullied them out of it tho

  • @iminumst7827

    @iminumst7827

    Жыл бұрын

    Sorta, but I think something to consider is that most of the time that minecraft consulting owned the domain they didn't even use it for their company's site, and at one point even just used it to host game reviews unrelated to the company. In this sense, it is a little selfish to hold onto the domain.

  • @suzakucsgo

    @suzakucsgo

    Жыл бұрын

    @@iminumst7827what selfish? It was theirs to begin with, you can’t tell someone how to use something they own

  • @BrownFoxWarrior
    @BrownFoxWarrior Жыл бұрын

    I remember getting confused but immediately finding it hilarious once I saw it was a company. Maybe they can offer me diamond mining consulting. It is their craft, after all.

  • @davidwatkinson5389
    @davidwatkinson5389 Жыл бұрын

    Another banger Sal

  • @mrn8032
    @mrn8032 Жыл бұрын

    My life will not be complete without a SalC¹ LONG

  • @ScallywagIsntAQuartermaster
    @ScallywagIsntAQuartermaster Жыл бұрын

    Ai sponge mentioned you

  • @CTcuber4K

    @CTcuber4K

    Жыл бұрын

    SFX

  • @cowsrbeefy
    @cowsrbeefy Жыл бұрын

    My guess is that MarkMonitor just used a bot to claim the domain when it expired before the Aussies had a chance to. That would kinda suck for MineCraft Consulting, as they wouldn't get any payout, but it is almost certainly the route they took as there is little to no legal precedent for domain squatting.

  • @vlOd_yt

    @vlOd_yt

    Жыл бұрын

    And it wasn't even domain squatting, they owned the domain before Minecraft was even a thing and before Microsoft even owned the game!

  • @gpman6937

    @gpman6937

    Жыл бұрын

    I doubt it, if markmonitor had a bot then so would a bunch of other hacky teen losers trying to squat a domain.

  • @TheTripleSpike
    @TheTripleSpike2 ай бұрын

    Bro it would be fair if Minecraft consulting still had this domain because their company and website excisted BEFORE the game Minecraft was even a thing.

  • @TheRussell747
    @TheRussell747 Жыл бұрын

    There's no way it was from legal action. If the consulting company existed before the game was even conceived & owned the domain at that time, then Microsoft has absolutely no legal ground to stand on.

  • @rookiepookie
    @rookiepookie Жыл бұрын

    here from ai sponge

  • @AT_HlRSlZl
    @AT_HlRSlZl Жыл бұрын

    The youtube channel named Charmquell has published the exact same video of yours in a different language. Stole this video from you.

  • @Ahmet.472

    @Ahmet.472

    Жыл бұрын

    Bende ordan geldim bro

  • @Rzayevakif

    @Rzayevakif

    Жыл бұрын

    neden kendi milletini satiyorsun simdiyene kadar orkun enes gibi bir cok youtuber binlerce vidoe caldi kimse birsey soylmedi ama

  • @mrporcayist

    @mrporcayist

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Rzayevakif yo söylediler mesela MrBeast tepki göstermişti Enes Batura

  • @LwithS

    @LwithS

    11 ай бұрын

    @@RzayevakifBi yanlışı başka bir yanlışla kapatmak mantıklı değil

  • @Rzayevakif

    @Rzayevakif

    11 ай бұрын

    @@LwithS yapılan yanlışı büyütüp dünyada ülkemizi kendi fikri olmayan video çalan gibi tanıtmakta doğru degil charmın kendisini linçleyip video çalmasına engel ola bilirdik.

  • @idc6808
    @idc6808 Жыл бұрын

    Love the videos bro

  • @MegoZ_
    @MegoZ_ Жыл бұрын

    God I love to see you use Octopath2 music!!!

  • @yummychips_
    @yummychips_ Жыл бұрын

    I dont think its that confusing or complicated. The info you provided already says it all. It probably seems like the company just got the site early on, but used their AU site for trust and reliability for its domestic customer base. They probalby forgot or didn't care to much about the main siste, but held on to it for future plans. I bet those game reviews started happening because of an uptick of traffic due to minecrafts popularity. Somebody there probably found out the site was getting an influx of traffic due to minecrafts popularity blow up. People likely contacted them to complain or rant about their site not being minecraft game related. They probably thought it was a great business venture to try out, and write game reviews if the traffic is mainly peopl ewho are coming for the minecraft game. Obviously they didn't konw anything aobut the gaming industry and didn't put to much effort. Them reverting to using the site is pretty easy to see that they saw what was happening. That they were going to get sued for the domain name if they didn't actually use it. So they started making it more official for their company. I think it was just fortunate for them that they did this a bit before minecraft being bought out by microsoft. I doubt microsoft had to battle hard and likely just paid off the company for the domain name. It is interseting to see that you coverd this. Would have been a piece of minecraft history that would have been forgotton. Now that info is immortallized here.

  • @glowiak3430
    @glowiak3430 Жыл бұрын

    You use internet explorer?

  • @dumbfloppa

    @dumbfloppa

    2 ай бұрын

    😅

  • @SQUIRRELGUY3ybENrT
    @SQUIRRELGUY3ybENrT Жыл бұрын

    They would have had no legal grounds to force the mining business to give it up since they owned the website years before Minecraft the game even existed.

  • @FantasmaNaranja
    @FantasmaNaranja Жыл бұрын

    4:47 not a father of two, a father of ONE two year old

  • @Mentalmadmanontt
    @Mentalmadmanontt Жыл бұрын

    Ai sponge just mentioned u lol

  • @MegaTang1234
    @MegaTang1234 Жыл бұрын

    8:35 yes, they deserved to keep it.

  • @RedStone576
    @RedStone576 Жыл бұрын

    MineCraft Consulting actually be doing minecraft irl frfr

  • @cherubin7th
    @cherubin7th5 ай бұрын

    MineCraft is a registered trademark of MineCraft Consulting Pty Ltd. So Microsoft would have had even more trouble in Australia to get the domain name. Not only were they first, they have a trademark on the name minecraft. And they are a business, so they also have money too. So yes Microsoft probably bought it for good money.

  • @machinegunlament
    @machinegunlament2 ай бұрын

    Stop yapping goddamn! This video was 50 times longer than it should be

  • @rrg.r2456
    @rrg.r2456 Жыл бұрын

    MineCraft Consulting got minors on their site instead of miners.

  • @universeclient
    @universeclient Жыл бұрын

    Nice! SalC1 uploaded!

  • @BierBart12
    @BierBart12 Жыл бұрын

    I like the logo design with the low poly Australia inside of a rotary digger

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