A million Xbox accounts banned
“Xbox 360 consoles are equipped with digital rights management technologies designed to detect pirated software,” InformationWeek wrote, “but some players have successfully ‘modded,’ or modified, their machines to circumvent DRM protections.”
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Over the last few years there has been a drastic increase in the number of modified Xbox 360′s. The amount of pirated material available is constantly growing, and more people are learning how to obtain this material. This Tuesday a largely anticipated xbox 360 game, Call of duty: Modern warfare 2 was released. This game has already broken sales records, and has gained the attention of millions of gamers. Before it’s release, pirated copies emerged around the internet. In an attempt to fight the torrent of pirated downloads, the Xbox game server has banned around a million profiles, which will bar players from playing any games online.
Pirated material has become a major issue for almost every form of media today. Movies, music, video games and even digital books have become pirated on a large scale. Millions of illegal copies are obtained, and almost nobody is caught. It is currently understood that new laws or regulations must be implemented, or companies, musicians, game developers, directors and actors, even authors are endanger of loosing the means to support themselves and their crafts.
