According to Stephen Toulouse, Director of Policy and Enforcement for Xbox LIVE “If you have a LEGIT retail copy of ODST today, play away! No ban! Enjoy!” which means those “LEGIT” copy owners who couldn’t wait for the last 24 hours before the official release date are safe and they wont be banned, I know It’s about only few hours, but I’m also sure that these few hours almost not moving for some of HALO 3:ODST fans.

Actually this news makes more scene for the Japanese HALO fans since they still need to wait until the 24th of this month!