I go on Live all the time with my flashed 360 ... I have bought many a Live Arcade game, and play on Live with copied games too

 

Me too. What is your firmware first of all?

 

One way is by violating the terms of service. Or by doing something stupid like for example downloading and playing gta4 before it was released anywhere.

 

I'm not using the latest firmware but still no ban =P
If I get banned I'll just buy Arcade for HDMI connection. And I'll just flash that too.

 

Right ...

Shop owners and managers would be taking copies home, as well as letting some employees take them early, too ... these are legitimate copies sold internally, or even simply loaned ... the ycannot block these ... plus, how would they have everyone's gamertags?

Then you have reviewers ... of all types ... from big magazines and sites, down to little indie sites ... their copies are legit, too ...

Then, you have indie shops who sell games as soon as they get them ... they cannot block them either ... you cannot ban someone playing a legitimate game, who just happens to have struck lucky and found a place selling it ...

No games company would be able to supply a comprehensive list of gamertags, showing who is allowed to have the game already to Microsoft ... plus, Microsoft would have to have a whole tream devoted to catching early players ...

I could go on in more depth ... but this has been covered so, so often ... on many sites ...

 

No worries ... I only just spotted you were new after I posted the first time ... so sorry for being so abrasive at first

Welcome to the site

 

that's not a really nice thing to do.

anyway i use latest ixtreme + check all files i burn with xdvdmulleter.
not banned, but you never know what new checks ms will build in the next update

 

You are banned until 9999 ...

 

Man its a roll of the dice. Just go online and play till you get hit and enjoy yourself with no worries