Quote Originally Posted by Packetdancer View Post
They've made it pretty clear that the TOS is broadly written because it makes it easier to enforce correctly.
That and the TOS is more of a CYA than a hard and fast rule. Square Enix makes it very clear that playing third party music is not allowed. However...do you see them ever enforcing it? The reason they don't is because they don't really care that you're doing it. They care about being sued if the copyright holder catches you doing it. Since Universal Music Group likely doesn't have copyright agents slinking around Limsa looking for players to sue, this doesn't really happen. The *real* point behind that part of the TOS is that, in the case of any conflict arising due to copyright claims (i.e. if you upload your performance on youtube and Sony gets pissy) they aren't liable for anything.

Take this attitude and extend it to plugins, and that's why Square isn't really all that concerned with plugins that don't give gameplay advantages. They don't produce them, they don't control them, they aren't at fault or responsible if something happens with them. Outside that, they have no impetus to care. Squawking on the forums about "cheeeeeeeating" be damned.