reporting CC hidden behind paywalls?
so a long time ago, i read on the sims forums that, since you can't keep tabs on EVERYONE holding their CC hostage for money, we should report sites where this is happening. however, i tried reportin...
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The Sims doesn't officially support Mods/CCs. They have allowed their game to have Mods/CCs but they don't officially support them. It it up to individual players to choose if they want (at their own risk) to add Mods/CCs to their game. Some CC creators choose to make their creations free to the broader playing public, others choose to ask for a donation (via Patreon etc) as CC making can be time consuming and the creators, like any artist, would like some recognition for their work.
@Thats_Me_Madz the first part of your reply has nothing to do with what i'm asking, and the second part shows that you are unaware of section five of EA's terms of service agreement, as well as the fact that i got information straight from a sims guru that they want people reporting sites that break these laws. would you like to be educated on this? i literally have a blog entry i made that's basically a research paper. i AM a CC creator, and yes, recognition for our work is fine. donations are fine. but we are NOT permitted to keep our CC behind a paywall. we can do early access for a max of two weeks before we are required to unlock the content to be free for the general public. it does not matter that the game makers don't support mods, that has nothing to do with the fact that all created content by third parties made for EA games are THEIR property, not ours.
@ReitannaThere are many of those who hide their stuff behind paywall forever. Over two years old stuff that was once for free download on MTS is now hidden behind paywall since day one paywal creation. Reporting those sites somehow does not work though. I have tried to report a few and after adding all the details and clicked send, the spinning case wheel "We are creating your case, sit tight and stay on this page" just keeps spinning and never got through, no matter what browser you use.
I believe they will use this data reports to study the phaenomenon and release something different for a future sim game, that's my speculation. If people keep doing this, it might destroy the entire cc community. Industries are shifting towards a stricter copyright policy nowadays. They might end this business entirely. It is unlikely I believe, because in the end it generates a lot of buzz around the game and Patreon is making good money out of it, but still, it's very likely they will find a way to force user's compliance, which is good but might be generally bad for the honest ones.
