"Allison18;14896264" wrote:
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.
As for using for safety, you can save a lot to your gallery but not share it. I personally don't think you should reshare something that you have uploaded for safekeeping, and instead, just save it to your library. It does say who the original creator was (at least in my experience when I have downloaded Sims, played them through and are saving the progressed household to my library) but ultimately, there won't be anyway to stop people from reuploading regardless of the reason. However, to say it's not the creator's content anymore is a really Big Brother way to look at it. We aren't owned by Maxis and neither are our creations. There is a difference to something being uploaded or shared through a system by a creator and complete ownership of something simply because you own the system. I'm sure those over at MTS don't claim they own all mods created and shared through their site, they simply host them. Apple doesn't have full ownership of the apps hosted on the app store, they still belong to the creator. Since this is a game that has a huge emphasis on creativity and encouraging creation sharing, looking at it like it the work no longer belongs to you is a negative way of seeing the situation.
I understand what you are saying, and yes, those that take other's work, without giving credit to original builder, isn't nice.
I myself, would never do that. :/
But, having said that, IF you actually read the EA/TOS about what you upload & share, your comment, that I highlighted, is technically wrong.
EA really does state that whatever you upload to share is for others to freely use...The "technicalities":
http://www.ea.com/terms-of-service#section4
7. UGC License Grant to EA and OthersWhen you contribute UGC to an EA Service, you expressly grant to EA and its licensors a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide, complete, sub-licensable and irrevocable right to quote, re-post, publish, use, adapt, translate, archive, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, syndicate, license, print, sublicense, distribute, transmit, broadcast, and otherwise communicate, and publicly display and perform the UGC, or any portion thereof, in any manner or form and in any medium or forum, whether now known or hereafter devised, without notice, payment or attribution of any kind to you or any third party. You grant EA and its licensors all licenses, consents and clearances to enable EA and its licensors to use such UGC for such purposes. You waive and agree not to assert any moral or similar rights you may have in such UGC.
If the EA Service on which you contribute UGC permits other users to access and use that UGC as part of the EA Service, then you also grant all other users of the relevant EA Service the right to use, copy, modify, display, perform, create derivative works from, and otherwise communicate and distribute your UGC on or through the relevant EA Service without further notice, attribution or compensation to you.
