Should Blizzard be banning people from World of Warcraft? Absolutely, but only if they are doing things that deserve a banning, such as the power leveling and other systems the bans were put in place to enforce. But is Blizzard being too harsh on some people and jumping to conclusions and bans before even viewing or hearing all the evidence?

From the article:

"This is a notification regarding your World of Warcraft account," the e-mail began. "Access to this account has been permanently disabled for exploitation of the World of Warcraft economy or for being associated to accounts which have been closed for intended exploitation." Zak, a 14-year-old WoW player from Georgia, asked that his last name not be used.

According to several players, Zak isn't the only WoW participant who recently has received a ban with what they believed to be little or no justification. Critics claim WoW publisher Blizzard Entertainment has been snaring innocent players in a dragnet for banned activities like account sharing and gold farming--a system in which players either directly or indirectly acquire large amounts of in-game currency or goods through repetitious actions, often achieved by operating automatic "bots" or macros that kill monsters or discover treasure.

Read the full article over at news.com.com