Microsoft Responds to Possible Class Action Lawsuit

“Microsoft Corp. has responded to a possible class-action lawsuit over banning up to one million Xbox 360 consoles from accessing its online gaming service, arguing the company is well within its rights to ban users from Xbox Live.

A spokesperson from Microsoft reacted to the possible lawsuit on Friday. “Piracy is illegal and modifying an Xbox 360 is a violation of the Xbox Live Terms of Use. Microsoft is well within its legal rights to ban these users from Xbox Live.”

I’m pretty sure they planned on saying “go F$#^ Yourselves, and then the legal team said “maybe you should try this”.  It all works just the same.

This all getting to be so ridiculous are these pirates for real?

I would sue the pirates over illegal games, fucking losers.

I'd go with the second option.

Also, corporate tyranny? more like proper terms of use.

You reap what you sow.

can they proof they actually pirate games?.
playing games early will be hard especially since some leaks like modern warfare 2

Modding is illegal according to the terms of use, no proof of piracy needed.

Besides, modding a 360 is mostly done for piracy.

I believe the lawsuit isn't about piracy or banning at all.

It's about RETURNING the funds that banned console still have.

Frankly, I think if Microsoft were to ban people for violation of "terms of agreement", themselves should refund the remaining months of fee already paid.

That's what Accounting is about, You can't kick someone out and keep their unaccord expenses

exactly, they deserve what they get for pirating games. i mean come on,seriously?

it's like this thing i saw in the movie "Liar Liar" where a theif decides to sue this woman because while he was breaking into her house, he fell on a knife + cutting board and injured himself.

are these guys for real? I say ban their a$$es!

@king of whale

The ban is for the console, not the account. The account will work if used on any other console.

I agree with kowenicki!

well said,Garnett