Originally posted by DRObythePoUnD
Once you sign into an account on PSN, that account is forever at risk of being banned. You can only prevent being banned by spoofing your psid(account) and cid to 0's everytime you go online, but it is in no way guaranteed to keep you safe. But if you don't plan on playing online, then you really have nothing to worry about, because if they ban you nothing will happen, you just wont be able to do anything that requires psn.
DRObythePoUnD thanks for your help. As I run a risk anyway I may just only sign into PSN to sync. I already have Retroarch installed on the ps3 just need to find time to learn how to use it & config it. Worse case senario is I get banned, buy a PS4 & create a new account, terrible! ha ha