Sick of this Stealing nonsense?
Everytime I go online to my gallery I see stop stealing nonsense which irritates me to know end. When I create a sim I basically hit the random button (dice) until a good sim is created then I fix th...
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While I don't think EA will ever prevent re-uploading, their latest patch notes seem to make clear that they do consider it a form of plagiarism:
"We fixed a plagiarism issue that was allowing the “Original by” creator information associated with a lot or room to become lost after using the placement option via Manage Worlds and then re-uploading the lot to the Gallery." See here for actual post.
From this, we know that they are working to at least ensure that the original creator retains some credit, and I think that it was always their intention, given the presence of the "Original By" field since the inception of the game. Once that field is fully locked down, people will still be able to re-upload to their heart's content, but they won't be able to present another's work as if it were completely their own creation.
"We fixed a plagiarism issue that was allowing the “Original by” creator information associated with a lot or room to become lost after using the placement option via Manage Worlds and then re-uploading the lot to the Gallery." See here for actual post.
From this, we know that they are working to at least ensure that the original creator retains some credit, and I think that it was always their intention, given the presence of the "Original By" field since the inception of the game. Once that field is fully locked down, people will still be able to re-upload to their heart's content, but they won't be able to present another's work as if it were completely their own creation.
