Microsoft bans 1 million Xbox Live players

Microsoft has banned as many as a million players from Xbox Live for playing pirated versions of games. Just last week, Call of Duty was released. Pirated versions of the game appeared on various sharing sites before it was released. This is illegal and Microsoft is taking a stand against it. "Players who find their Gamertags banned from Xbox Live have wound up in that situation due to violations of the Xbox Live Terms of Use," Major Nelson, Xbox Live Director of Programming wrote. These people may be banned a day, a week, or forever. While banned, players are not able to go online at all. As this article clearly shows, Microsoft is becoming very commited to stopping piracy and having secure gameplay.

Piracy is illegal and it violates the Xbox Live terms of use, so I agree with Microsoft for punishing those who commit this crime. This isn't just a ban on the particular game, it's a ban on the service as a whole. Some agrue that the game should just be banned, not the whole service. I personally think Microsoft is right with banning the whole service. If just that specific game is banned, people would continue to pirate other games because they know consequence is mild. Microsoft is not sure how long these people will be banned. I think they should definitely be banned longer than a day, but forever seems too extreme. Microsoft seems dedicated to stop this, and I hope they can achieve their goals.