Thread: Sony Wants to Ban Game Sharing on PSN

Sony has recently updated their terms of service agreement, and it looks like things are going to be changing. Let me know what you guys think of the idea of banning game sharing over PSN.

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Sony has crammed in some extra words to their Terms of Service and User Agreement mumbo jumbo, wording it that game sharing is 'not cool'.

Unless "expressly authorised" by Sony you mustn't "share, sell, transfer, rent or sublicense" anything from their PSN services, so no more sharing PSN.

Should they believe someone else is using your PSN account information then it's likely to be "suspended or terminated," warns the ToS agreement. You could easily get away with sharing what titles you bought off PSN with friends but that looks to change...

8. YOUR RIGHTS TO SERVICES

All Services provided through Sony Online Services, are licensed non-exclusively to you solely for your personal, private, non-commercial use subject to these Conditions and any relevant Additional Conditions. The Services may be used only on a limited number of activated Sony Systems associated with your Sony Online Services account, as specified in the Service description, these Conditions or any relevant Additional Conditions.

All intellectual property rights in the Services belong to us and/or our licensors. All use of or access to such Services is subject to these Conditions, any relevant Additional Conditions and all applicable laws.

Unless expressly authorised by us, you must not:

share, sell, transfer, rent or sublicense any Service or part of any Service to anyone else; or

This 'sharing' also applies to the PlayStation Plus subscription service that Sony has launched, which is understandable as they want it to pour in profit for PSN.

10. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES

Subject to availability, you may be able to buy a subscription Service for a period of online game play, access to music or other services or activities. Subscriptions last for a fixed period of time specified on purchase, for example, seven days, ninety days or one year ("the Subscription Period"). A one year Subscription Period will last for 365 days. The Subscription Period will vary for different services and will be explained to you before you purchase the subscription.

Only the account that buys a subscription can use that subscription. You must not share your subscription with another account or account holder (not even with your associated Master Account or Sub Accounts).

No more freebies for friends and family as Sony will be banhammering accounts that appear 'shared' among chums and relatives. Sharing is for communists. Fact.