[Avenger42]

> The servers don't have to remove the perks, they just have to give them to everyone.

Either way, I imagine you get a bit of an uproar - either you're giving things away for free that you sold before, so the people who bought them are upset and want their money back; or you steal the items back so no one can have them, so the people who bought them are upset and want their money back.

[potatolicious]

Or you do it the same way everyone else does it when the rules change: everyone who already has Banned Thing is grandfathered in but it's no longer transferrable or acquirable.

Or you do it the Valve way: give everyone the Thing and make existing Things the Extra Special Limited Edition Thing that's functionally identical but still confers bragging rights - this would still be within Mojang's rules.

[Avenger42]

#1 is probably easier, but #2 is probably a better user experience. Either way, you're right in that deleting the item wouldn't be necessary.

[ripter]

You were never allowed to sell them in the first place. This part of the EULA was being ignored so Notch clarified.