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Xbox Live Class Action Being Investigated
eldavojohn writes "Were you negatively affected by the recent ban on Xbox Live for modifying hardware you own? Did you modify yours for homebrew or altering things you paid for and not to engage in piracy? Abington IP would like to hear from you and may be able to help. From that page: 'If you are an Xbox Live subscriber, had your modified Xbox console banned from Xbox Live, were not refunded a prorated sum for the time left on your subscription, or have experienced other problems as a result of being banned, and would like to participate in a class action against Microsoft, please submit your information below.' Someone is finally standing up for the legitimate hobbyists. Should Microsoft worry?"
>>>They booted you off THEIR NETWORK.
And failed to refund upto 2 years of Xbox Live subscription, or refund dollars for games that no longer work without the online connection. That's (approximately) equivalent to a Magazine Company deciding not deliver your 24 issues because they don't like that you cut it up and hand-it-off to coworkers...... or a store selling you jeans that will disintegrate just a few months later.
It's theft.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Doing so requires codecs that don't come standard on the 360
Exactly ... as a benefit of using the Live service, you could get *extra* codecs etc to play non-standard formatted movies.
Once you broke the contract with them by modding your box, you lost the benefits of that service.
You see how that works ?
Your complaint is like losing your cable service, and then wondering where you'll put your bag of nachos now you don't have a decoder box anymore to use as a table. Completely irrelevant to the reason *why* you lost the service in the first place, and certainly not the problem of the cable company.