When you have ever tried finishing Minecraft, you’d know that the sport serenades you with a poem when you kill the Ender Dragon within the Finish dimension.
Referred to as The Finish Poem, most Minecraft fanatics know what’s in retailer for them earlier than the credit roll. However do you know who owns the copyright to it? And no, it is not owned by Minecraft builders Mojang or its mother or father firm Microsoft.
Let me shed some gentle on that side. The Finish Poem was written by Irish author Julian Gough. In a latest weblog submit, Gough shared the origins of The Finish Poem and its journey over the course of the earlier decade, beginning with Minecraft creator Notch’s tweet, asking for a author to pen “a foolish over-the-top out-of-nowhere textual content for once you win Minecraft.”
This is the contract I by no means signed: pic.twitter.com/WA2FAizXkI
— Julian Gough (@juliangough) December 7, 2022
Gough acquired the chance, and he quickly wrote what later turned the well-known poem. Nevertheless, when he was requested to signal a contract to provide away the rights to The Finish poem to Mojang, he refused following failed negotiations with former CEO Carl Manneh.
The author was then requested to signal the contract as soon as once more previous to Microsoft’s acquisition of Mojang. However Gough refused once more. And ever because it was written and added to the sport, neither Mojang nor Microsoft have ever owned the rights to one of many primary facets of the highest-selling recreation of all time.
So, what occurred to Gough’s possession of The Finish poem in the long run (No pun meant)? In the identical submit, Gough revealed that he has “liberated” The Finish Poem by giving it away to the general public area, after renouncing his rights to the copyright.
Because of this anybody can do no matter they need with the Finish Poem and its contents, as a result of like Gough stated, “It is a reward from the universe.”
