You need a premium Minecraft account to play online with other people.
No, to play the full version of Minecraft, you need a premium account which has to be done online.
No. Two people can not play on the same Minecraft account. You can buy it for some few dollars (the price changes now and then when new updates come) on Minecraft's home page. The link can be found under "Sources and related links" below this answer.
As of the date of this answer, over 42 million people have created accounts on minecraft.net, the game's website, and over 8,293,494 have upgraded their accounts to premium and bought the game.
That means that you cannot do premium things (Example: playing multiplayer). To do these things, you must buy the game. If you live in Europe, buy it with euros. However, if you live in America and want to buy the game, but cannot because you have to pay euros for it, there are people on eBay selling Minecraft gift codes in U.S. dollars. Most bank companies convert anyway.
You need a premium Minecraft account to play online with other people.
No but you can play Minecraft Classic
Millions of people have them.
About six million people do.
No, to play the full version of Minecraft, you need a premium account which has to be done online.
No. Two people can not play on the same Minecraft account. You can buy it for some few dollars (the price changes now and then when new updates come) on Minecraft's home page. The link can be found under "Sources and related links" below this answer.
No, you get it from the website. There's no point distributing such a small client program on DVD, it's easier to let people get it there on site after they get their premium account.
No, there's no point releasing the 10MB client on a disc, when it's easier to just give it to people after the finish purchasing their premium account online.
They'll never put it on a disc, because it's too wasteful. The client program is only small, and the premium account is more important. People register their accounts online, upgrade to premium and get the client software there.
There is no way to get a free premium account. However there are very few people out there who have a premium account and accept requests to download them and reupload them under different sites.
While i'm typing this;more than 40,000,000 people registered for an account.
No, it lasts for your lifetime. The premium account never expires. Many people paid for the account when it was much cheaper back in the alpha version days. These people are now playing the full current version without having to pay a penny more.