Microsoft Banning Consoles For GTA V Leaks

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An Xbox 360 gamer has managed to get hold of a copy of Grand Theft Auto V before its official release date and has been posting Vine videos with footage from the game, which have spread to NeoGAF.

One of the videos contained his gamertag and Microsoft have quickly dealt a blow and have banned his entire console from Xbox Live, meaning he’ll have to buy a new one.

The Rockstar policy on posting copyrighted material from its games is very clear:

Pre-Release Footage: No pre-release leaked footage of any kind: Any posting of in-game footage from leaked copies of the game prior to its official release date will be taken down, regardless of how the game was obtained. This includes “early unboxing” videos.

Obviously we will not be linking to the videos since they could be considered to contain spoilers, but what do you think of the swift wielding of the ban hammer? Has justice been dealt or is it overkill from Rockstar and Microsoft?

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Related Forum: Grand Theft Auto Forum

Source: http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2013/09/12/microsoft-banning-consoles-for-gta-v-leaks/

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gmlukensPosted:

Destroyed Console ban? That's just crazy a account ban would have been ok


They want to show that playing leaked games isnt ok...

CutPosted:

Console ban? That's just crazy a account ban would have been ok

ImpossibilityPosted:

Everyone should get banned for doing this

CHPPosted:

Sanchezio Honestly that was pretty stupid of that dude to be posting footage. Then to not even check if his gamer tag was in the videos...


noob mistake. i hope that was his main account and i hope he had a lot of dl stuff

SanchezioPosted:

Honestly that was pretty stupid of that dude to be posting footage. Then to not even check if his gamer tag was in the videos...

DawPosted:

People should just wait. If you could wait all this time a few days is not going to hurt.

coDyDaTallGuyPosted:

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McNuggets_Jr Rockstar are being d*cks in my opinion...


yeah, I mean I don't see how getting a legit copy early should get you banned


It took them like 5-6 years to make the game. Why shouldn't they act in a hostile manner? You're leaking gameplay.


There is nothing wrong with actually having a copy early. That's fine, it's the leaked gameplay that's retarded. If you get a game early do us all a favor and "don't" leak footage. You just mess up the experience for everyone else.


Sounds like someone has never heard of a 'reviewer' - Now I know there's a difference between a review and a leak but most reviews these days have video footage with them and come before the street date, just saying.

Also, It's doubtful Rockstar have a case to answer, look up copyright fair use.


I wasn't talking about reviews though lol. A straight up leak of gameplay footage has been out on Youtube (and has since been taken off) and now their are bits and pieces are on Vine. Though the leaks I saw weren't really major, they were just 1 minute videos of people doing some new things. A review by IGN that shows off glimpses of the game here and there isn't that bad. The glimpses we see in the trailers is stuff they would most likely show.

ImpossibilityPosted:

They should just ban everyone :D

dmofPosted:

I don't think they can really do anything if you're not online with your modified consoles. If they can then fair play.

MultitaskPosted:

Lightyear I think an account ban would be enough punishment.


True a console banned is just too far.


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