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Plankton027's avatar
4 years ago

Is there any point in using the report button?

Is there any point in even using this button, from what I can see all it does is hide the stolen work from you and not remove it from the offenders gallery. I also cannot see that any action is taken with regard to the stolen items by Maxis.
Does anyone know any different?
  • I was also very disturbed by the fact it hides the "stolen" build from the reporter and that's all itdoes. I would be less disturbed if it just said "sorry, we don't accept original builder plagiarism reports'. The hiding part only makes it easier for the "thief" to exploit the 'stolen' build, since the original builder/reporter is no longer able to find it and comment on it. Honestly, I am annoyed by reuploaders, definitely when I put in a lot of work and they get credit for it and then just remove my comment that it is a reupload (not a remodel/renovation), but it is not the end of the world. The way the report button works feels bad to me though, I'd rather they just do nothing but keep it equally findable by everyone.
  • I doubt they will do anything. From legal point of view it is not stolen, because it was never your intellectual property — all creations uploaded to the gallery belong to EA.
    Report button is probably more useful when you see inappropriate/adult content.