Cobb Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Source: CNN.com It's oh-so enticing: you find a copy of a brand new game like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on a pirate site and the temptation to download it is too strong. Well, that temptation may have cost up to 1 million users of Microsoft's Xbox Live the ability to use that service. According to a report in InformationWeek, Microsoft has banned as many as a million players from Xbox Live for altering their consoles in order to play pirated versions of games. This week, Activision's new Call of Duty was released, and InformationWeek speculated that because pirated versions of the game appeared on various sharing sites in advance of the release, the game's developer may have exhorted Microsoft to enact the bans. "Xbox 360 consoles are equipped with digital rights management technologies designed to detect pirated software," InformationWeek wrote, "but some players have successfully 'modded,' or modified, their machines to circumvent DRM protections."Wow, that's crazy. I didn't think that many people had gotten the game via modding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Talk about redemption for those who had to wait lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Thats kinda stupid because although people can pirate games for free they still have to pay for the xbox live service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted November 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 They'll just make even more money if the ban is indeed permanent and people buy a new Xbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 I'm surprised it took this long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdog17k Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 They'll just make even more money if the ban is indeed permanent and people buy a new Xbox. Wow, yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeroadkill Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 people should just wait. its their own fault Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted November 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 people should just wait. its their own faultHave they announced how long the ban will be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 ^It's permanent. And idk why people would even log on with a modded one lol. Everyone eventually gets caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Hopefully this will take care of people using modded disk's on Gears of War 2 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted November 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 ^It's permanent. And idk why people would even log on with a modded one lol. Everyone eventually gets caught.Where did you see that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Bans in general are supposed to be permanent. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWaLL Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Wow, I don't think they should ban them permanently... That's pretty ridiculous. A couple week suspension would be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Wow, I don't think they should ban them permanently... That's pretty ridiculous. A couple week suspension would be better.They are pirating games. Why would MS let them back? Removes cheaters and piraters at the same time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWaLL Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 They are pirating games. Why would MS let them back? Removes cheaters and piraters at the same timeThose people still paid for xbox live. Suspending them almost immediately after they attempt to play pirating games would at least make them realize that they shouldn't even bother wasting their time attempting to get away with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 (edited) Those people still paid for xbox live. Suspending them almost immediately after they attempt to play pirating games would at least make them realize that they shouldn't even bother wasting their time attempting to get away with it.MS has been warning for years. They stole, now they're banned. I can't believe you feel bad for them. You either buy your games and not have problems, or you pay the penalties for stealing the games. They should be lucky MS isn't handing their personal info over to publishers so they can sue them. Edited November 13, 2009 by Lkr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWaLL Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 I never said I felt bad, I just think the punishment is harsh, especially with there being over 1 million victims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trutrojan8 Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Those people still paid for xbox live. Suspending them almost immediately after they attempt to play pirating games would at least make them realize that they shouldn't even bother wasting their time attempting to get away with it.So if I stole something from Target, could i make a legitimate case to a judge with, "Well I still PAID for the gas to get there." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 I never said I felt bad, I just think the punishment is harsh, especially with there being over 1 million victims.LOL at calling the people getting banned victims Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWaLL Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Haha whatever guys, I don't need to argue about this. We're talking about video games here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Haha whatever guys, I don't need to argue about this. We're talking about video games here...downloading 6 games is stealing $600 worth of products. That isn't a big deal at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWaLL Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 I guess I just didn't understand the severity of it, but now I do. My bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted November 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Bans in general are supposed to be permanent. lolNot on Xbox. People I know have gotten banned for a month and three months. If you read the article they said they didn't know whether they were permanent or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celtics3420 Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Not on Xbox. People I know have gotten banned for a month and three months. If you read the article they said they didn't know whether they were permanent or not. Those were probably suspensions from being reported by other users. These were more severe. Anyways, they deserve what they got just for being stupid enough to go online a week before the game came out. And this is COD, you rank up and they log stats, so if they were stupid enough to think they wouldn't get caught, just lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasX Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 lol a friend of mine got caught with this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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