Microsoft Facing Class Action Lawsuit For Xbox Live Bannings

Last week Microsoft unleashed the unholy power of the ban hammer on over a million Live users. Those users were marked as modders and since they broke the Xbox Live Terms of Agreement they brought the banning on themselves. Of course, nothing is perfect and some users who followed the rules had their Xbox’s banned as well.

The law firm heading, AbingtonIP, the case against Microsoft states, “Microsoft has chosen to use one of the most indiscriminate ‘weapons’ in its arsenal in an effort to combat piracy — as a result, use of this ‘weapon’ has resulted in a great deal of collateral damage — many people were affected who had nothing to do with piracy.”

One of the reasons for the law suit is because Microsoft refuses to refund any money for remaining Live subscriptions on banned accounts. They also think that Microsoft staged the bans after the release of Modern Warfare 2 in order to boost up sales. Are you kidding me? Tons of those accounts were banned because they were playing pirated versions of Modern Warfare 2 they illegally downloaded off the internet. Hence why you need a modded console to play the game. Modding your console has nothing to do with your access to Live. It only allows you to play pirated games. Also, those innocent people who were affect could have also bought a used Xbox that was modded without their knowledge and had previously been flagged hence the person selling it. Now if someone had a fresh out of the box Xbox that was banned then I understand the law suit.

[Source: Kotaku via Game Politics]