Microsoft is banning Xbox Live accounts for what it describes as "Marketplace Theft".

[nightsurge]

gamelover2000 said:

nightsurge said:

gamelover2000 said:

MonstaMack said:
My friend said JTagged consoles had the ability to get DLC for free, or outright XBLA games and It's been going on for quite some time now.

No this is not the case at all.

Microsoft gave a few thousand accounts live points on accident. The people getting banned spend those live points in the mean time instead of reporting it.

I highly doubt that is the case as well.

http://www.gamed.nl/view/91552

It's in Dutch but I am sure there are a few Dutch people here that will be able to translate it too incase you don't trust me :)

It's a credible news source.

Credible, yet the source itself is entire speculation. This is not an explanation or proof that what you said is happening, therefore I stand by my original statement that Microsoft is not permanently banning people for using points they received via a glitch MS caused.

Now, if the story is also mistaken on the glitch, and it was actually points given via means of hacked/stolen points codes and other jtagg-enabled glitches, then yes, those people who got free points should be banned for knowingly receiving those points in an illegal way.

If MS caused the glitch, they would NOT be banning people as that article speculates. That's not theft and it would be MS responsibility to remove the content from the person, not ban them. Same as when a bank makes an error and gives someone money that isn't theirs. They don't arrest the person if that someone uses the money. They either take it back (if not already spent) or take they cut themselves.