Playstation Network Gets Revised, More Restrictive ToS

LordDax writes "Sony just rolled out their new Terms of Service for the Playstation Network. The new ToS features additions about the Master & Subaccount relationship, specifically that you can only 'legally' create a sub account for your own child. No friends allowed. Where it really gets interesting is when you get to the additions to section 3.0 Community Code of Conduct. You now can't tell anyone your real name, where you live or basically anything besides your PSN ID. The new ToS also brings to light that SCEA is going to be monitoring every piece of communication and activitiy, and reserves the right to remove any content or communication they find objectionable without having to tell you in interests of SCEA, its users, or licensors. Another addition is: 'Some content may be provided automatically without notice when you sign into PSN. Such content may include automatic updates or upgrades which may change your current operating system, cause a loss of data or content or cause a loss of functionalities or utilities.'"

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[Creepy Crawler]

Any questions now why DRM is a... MASSIVE FAIL?

Just wait until the PS3 is no longer popular and Sony shuts down the netplay servers. Wow... nobody'll then be able to play along or against each other. DRM at its finest.

Re:Where do we draw the line?

[Khyber]

I own a PS3 as well, but never will it get connected to PSN, at least not by me, maybe my fiance. I'm looking forward to installing a different OS on the PS3 since it's allowed, and I swear it better not monitor a damned thing when I'm not using their network and am on the regular internet. If the hypervisor or some piece of hardware is monitoring me when I'm not on PSN and in a different OS altogether, there will be hell to pay. I will try to get them on hacking and wire fraud at bare minimum.