Microsoft Disconnects Xbox Pirates, No Three Strikes Needed
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Hundreds of thousands of Xbox 360 users who have illegally modified their console to play copied games have been disconnected from the online Xbox Live service as part of an annual drive to counter Xbox pirates. Guardian.co.uk puts the figure as high as one million of the service’s 20 million users—but Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) won’t comment on that, saying it doesn’t release such data. Disconnected gamers can still play on their Xbox, just not online.
Microsoft is playing its anti-piracy trump card here: the company owns and closely controls every aspect of the Xbox hardware and platform and can easily restrict online access through in-built DRM technology. Full story...
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