Microsoft to penalise users of illegal points
A few days ago a forum user, on the website ‘The Tech Game’, told all the other users how to generate codes for Microsoft Points on the Xbox Live service.
Since this Microsoft have looked into it and they are looking to punish those who participated in obtaining the free codes. Microsoft has now invalidated the codes generated illegitimately and come out with the following statement:
“Codes obtained legitimately by users will not be impacted”. Microsoft found out about the generator within hours but a reported $1.2 million worth of codes were generated and used. Microsoft has said that the figures are far too high adding “We can’t share specific numbers”.
Microsoft’s full statement:
“We are aware of the situation and have taken steps to invalidate the codes obtained illegitimately. We take safety and security very seriously and require that Xbox LIVE members use the service in compliance with applicable laws and specifically prohibit people from engaging in illegal activity as a part of our Terms of Use and Code of Conduct. Our Policy and Enforcement team is evaluating whether or not certain individuals have violated the Terms of Use for Xbox LIVE and will take the appropriate enforcement on an individual basis. Codes obtained legitimately by users will not be impacted.“
It has not been revealed yet how Microsoft are going to penalize the users who used the points but bans may be put in place and Microsoft’s ‘Terms of Use’ changed.
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I came across a slew of sites when I Googled “Buy Xbox Live Points”. About a third of the search results were sites for these “Code Generators”. It’s amazing how many sites are out there offering the “code generator”. Still highly active ads on the web about this. One site claimed that it was “perfectly safe”, yet they did not like it when I posted the uber obvious question, “What happens when someone buys the code that you have already used?” Answer = You get banned and who knows what else, or if your lucky it just won’t work. So the site is now offline. What a surprise. I understand why MS has to take steps to prevent it but they should be entitled to do more then just ban them. This is clearly theft and those who attempt it should be legally prosecuted by MS. Not just banned.