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XBOX Live bans phrase linux from gamertag motto watch!

youtube.com — I tried to enter i am root. root was not allowed. I then tried to simply put linux as my motto and it said that i entered a term or phrase that was not allowed!!!!!! Boo Bill

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  • Phocion55, on 02/27/2008, -3/+68If I remember correctly, they block "Microsoft" as well.
  • dualscreenman, on 02/27/2008, -4/+61Old news. Also, they ban many other product names, many of which have nothing to do with products competing with theirs.
  • inactive, on 02/27/2008, -4/+52The word Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. Many other company names, people's names and products and places are not allowed too. Childish post.
  • likwidtek, on 02/27/2008, -16/+53I googled this and it seems to be true. At first I was surprised, but it's Microsoft, come on, they'll always come up with innovative ways to be douche bags.
  • unicronband, on 02/27/2008, -2/+38Not surprising. It took me at least 20 minutes to pick a gamertag that wasn't banned/in use/didn't work for some reason. Somehow "Blazing Nuts" was OK though.
  • nreynolds, on 02/27/2008, -6/+35yeah, we've gone over it before the last ten times it was on digg.

    guess what? you can't do "microsoft" or "windows" either (I forget which one, I tested both and one doesn't work). linux has nothing to do with it other than it's a word.
  • chewbacca77, on 02/27/2008, -8/+27Probably because if you had "Microsoft" in your gamertag, you wouldn't be saying anything good about it.
  • Aggort, on 02/27/2008, -4/+19BURIED, this is very very old news. And not too surprising to boot. http://digg.com/linux_unix/Linux_is_inappropriate_ ... http://riverag.com/2007/09/03/the-word-linux-is-in ... From 176 days AGO! And there was one older than that, it never made front page.

    Search next time and thnk before you post, why this is a logical decision by MSoft, idiot.
  • Sornos, on 02/27/2008, -2/+15Eclipse is correct. It's not about singling out Linux, it's just a cautionary measure to prevent someone form suing them. Nearly everything you can think of that is trademarked is not allowed.
  • tvanwyk, on 02/27/2008, -5/+17Man, I didn't believe it until I tried it. But it's true... So I tricked the censors with some special characters and put Linux in my motto on principle alone.
  • noahhoward, on 02/27/2008, -3/+12Absolutely right, Microsoft has given us both douchebaggery, and Surface.
  • reaper527, on 02/27/2008, -1/+9buried as duplicate. was on digg and xbox-scene at least 6 months ago.
  • 10goto10, on 02/27/2008, -5/+13According to yourself, 3 years.
  • Subriot, on 02/27/2008, -1/+9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humor
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm
  • Primous, on 02/27/2008, -2/+10buried many copyrighted things can not be put on live.
  • veriix, on 02/27/2008, -1/+9I wish I had alzheimer's so this would be new to me.
  • chris9902, on 02/27/2008, -6/+14Wow! is it 2005 again?

    I mean seriously. How ***** OLD is this.
  • Fox318, on 02/27/2008, -4/+11I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of all of the awesome games that came out of the Xbox 360.
  • inactive, on 02/27/2008, -2/+9ihurtmicrosoft
  • Spire3660, on 02/27/2008, -0/+7Congratulations! You fail at grammar!
  • Chromium24, on 02/27/2008, -2/+9"N64" or "Wii" is banned for a lot of things, including H3 calltags and Call of Duty clan tags; however, Sony (as in, makers of PS3) isn't. That always makes me laugh.
  • DirkBelig, on 02/27/2008, -0/+7Let's see...doesn't know how to spell "dump" (as in the place you take your garbage); capitalizes a word in a middle of a sentence; and generally punctuates like a Hun, closing with his devotion of love to a console without any games whose maker lost a billion dollars on in order to win a movie format war.

    Yep. Playstation fanchimps are some of the stupidest lifeforms on the planet.
  • chris9902, on 02/27/2008, -4/+11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_question
  • dav1ddelgado, on 02/27/2008, -1/+8Listen to nreynolds
    Several company names and trademarks don't work. It is funny, but not totally accurate.
  • DiggLive, on 02/27/2008, -1/+8Shush you, truth isn't allowed on Digg. Especially about Microsoft.
  • cyranthus, on 02/27/2008, -0/+6why is this news?
  • theaceoffire, on 02/27/2008, -0/+6If you reported him, you are a jerk.
  • LogicBomB, on 02/27/2008, -1/+7Perhaps they do it so that you can't attempt to look like you represent a company or brand while you talk ***** through your mic?
  • Tob3z, on 02/27/2008, -2/+8Wow people are digging you down for the truth. That's pretty lame.
  • andycr512, on 02/27/2008, -2/+7Trademarks, not copyrighted works.
  • remotehuman, on 02/27/2008, -0/+5you cant write ***** in your gamertag either. i wonder why
  • bassgoonist, on 02/27/2008, -0/+5You can't copyright a word...it's a trademark ;-)
  • importantname, on 02/27/2008, -0/+5Is your grandma an infant or did Microsoft ban the word 'Linux' from XBox Live in 1918?
  • ProfessorSYM, on 02/27/2008, -4/+8Great principles, you are really sticking it to them as you use their service (and presumably pay for a Gold subscription).
  • thetonyp, on 02/27/2008, -1/+5I set mine when I first got the system to "I Hate Babies" and I have since noticed that it is apparently banned, because anytime I go to edit it and change my mind, it says it can't save it. So I'm never going to change it since I apparently snuck "hate" in before they could stop me.
  • inactive, on 02/27/2008, -1/+5HA!

    Are other communist catchphrases banned as well?

    And why are Linux gamers on an XBOX anyway, don't they hate Bill and everything he touches?
  • orangekid13, on 02/27/2008, -1/+5I just tried it where you can edit your gamercard on their site and not even strange combinations of special characters can spell it out so it's accepted
    what did you put?
  • ronaldmonster, on 02/27/2008, -2/+6I put Linux-Unix

    Bam, problem solved.
  • inactive, on 02/27/2008, -0/+4Not sure why you were dugg down, a trademark is a _mark_ of a _trade_, like an industry logo or identity. Copyright deals with the right to copy something.
  • hokeywebb22, on 02/27/2008, -4/+7Congratulations! Your immature.
  • tvanwyk, on 02/27/2008, -0/+3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_horse
  • rabidg00se, on 02/27/2008, -0/+2Word a copyright can't you.
  • Darkkshadow449, on 02/27/2008, -0/+2As many have said they block trademarked names.
  • Quizboy, on 02/27/2008, -0/+2A gamertag and a motto are two different things. They are talking about a motto for your gamertag profile here.
  • J3R3MY, on 02/27/2008, -0/+2I need to stop reading digg at work cuz my boss is gonna wonder why I keep laughing hysterically.
  • tvanwyk, on 02/27/2008, -0/+2Last time I checked, they don't ban "M$".
  • jonshipman, on 02/27/2008, -0/+2Whose immature?
  • Appox, on 02/27/2008, -5/+7That's just mean.
  • smek2, on 02/27/2008, -0/+2"simply put Linux as my motto and it said that i entered a term or phrase that was not allowed!!!!!! Boo Bill" -- so is the phrase "Microsoft" and any trademarks for that matter. Isn't that cheap trick a bit low, even for a Linux zealot?
  • Juntistik, on 02/28/2008, -0/+2Maybe you should see a doctor.
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