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chrisbrem1
Seasoned Ace
12 years ago

Plagerism in The sims 3 Creative corner

There is a gamer who is constantly stealing creations made by other peoples hard work and dedication. He just admitted in this thread that he can't be stopped and EA has no rules for plagerism. 

http://http//forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/15/738431.page

He is a serial stealer of creations. He downloads them, does a slight change then re uploads them and passes them off as his own. He does this constantly and the thread above shows that he does it, and doesn't care. 

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  • The irritating thing about this is that he has been reported numerous times, there have been threads dedicated to his plagiarism and in just about every single instance he openly admits to the offense and merely quotes parts of the TOS as his defense.

    WHY is this account still active? It is not just about plagiarizing but also harassment.

  • chrisbrem1's avatar
    chrisbrem1
    Seasoned Ace
    12 years ago

    It is irritating I agree 100%!  I would like to know why he hasn't been dealt with before? 

  • roberta591's avatar
    roberta591
    Hero (Retired)
    12 years ago

    The link above does not work. Plagiarism has been a problem for some time. Moderators are slow to react and EA is even slower to respond. I can only recommend to keep reporting the user. Moderators on thesims3.com site have very limited abilities and EA does not police the forums that well (my opinion) although it has been better as of late. Today anything I put into the public domain I expect to see it copied and or mutilated as the case may be. This comes with the times. Many people today have downloaded copyrighted music (guilty) that they didn't pay for. It's become so common that many people now don't see anything wrong with it today.  I agree there should be a better distribution methodfor user created items. Someone should create a site where some charge should be applied to download items. This will stop many of the people who download and redistribute as their own (they won't pay for it). Just an idea.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    😕mileyvery-happy:

  • EA_Spectre's avatar
    EA_Spectre
    Icon for Community Admin rankCommunity Admin
    12 years ago

    Hi everyone,

    If you see something like this, please use the "Report Item" function to report the item. You can find this function on the game detail page:

    But please do not call out people on a forum. This is usually frowned upon and also against the rules of most forums.

    Thanks,

    Ursula

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