> @Allison18 said:
> I disagree with those that are saying "once you upload, it's not your property anymore" or "it's Maxis's property". No. The simmer who created the sim/room/lot built that and uploaded it from their account. It's EA/Maxis's game, yes, but the creation still belongs and is credited to the individual that created it. I understand you could still view it as ownership by the developers of the game, technically, but I doubt that's how EA/Maxis looks at.
That's exactly how EA looks at it. You "own" nothing you make in game, legally speaking. Nobody may use the environment created by EA/Maxis without them having full, legal ownership of it. EA/Maxis will not look at it beyond that. They do not care who "owns" it in the non-legal sense; that is why they don't prevent re-uploads or take punitive measures against users who re-upload. If they were concerned at all with the alleged belonging or ownership to any given user, they would protect their uploads. They do not.
