EA: Possible All-Games Bans for Unreported SimCity Beta Bugs

A post on SideQuesting takes issue with the Terms of Service for beta testers of SimCity, the upcoming continuation of Maxis' urban planning series (thanks Joao). It seems EA is taking a zero-tolerance policy towards those who knowingly abuse bugs to the extent that users who fail to report bugs are threatened with loss of access to "all EA products," not just this beta. It seems apparent this will only apply to those who actually exploit unreported bugs, as this would be their only way of knowing who is aware of them. Here is the clause in question:
“It is understood and agreed that, as part of your participation in the Beta Program, it is your responsibility to report all known bugs, abuse of ‘bugs’, ‘undocumented features’ or other defects and problems related to the Game and Beta Software to EA as soon as they are found (“Bugs”). If you know about a Bug or have heard about a Bug and fail to report the Bug to EA, we reserve the right to treat you no differently from someone who abuses the Bug. You acknowledge that EA reserve the right to lock anyone caught abusing a Bug out of all EA products.”
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Jan 20, 2013, 16:32
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WTF?
I signed up for this on my origin account to give the beta a try.

Now I'm NOT going to help them beta test if it risks any games on my account.

Slick wrote on Jan 20, 2013, 15:49:
yes the wording is very draconian, but i'm not going to hold my breath that anything like this would ever happen
Yeah, because EA has never done that before.

Wait a second...

This is EA, of course they did do something like this before. Anyone recall how people would talk on the EA forums about their games, and get banned not just from the forums but all EA games on their account?

When it comes to EA, just because its draconian and unreasonable doesn't mean they won't do it.
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