What does EA consider a paywall?
I'm writing this under some sort of temp account because today, when I tried to sign into my account that I've had for a long, long time, and have been in recently, says something about authentication unavailable and may never be fixed? Huh? The "pic" isn't my account pic and the profile looks like something temporary. I've no idea what's going on and there isn't any info available to let me know how to fix it or why it's happening.
Anyway, I'm curious about the TOU for EA and what is considered a paywall. Like trying to download something from a creator using Patreon. My understanding is that you can do it for a short-term or temporary time span but it can't be something that's basically "forever". So when I try to download something that was offered in 2021 and it still requires membership, is this okay?
Hey all,
This is our official stance on Patreon, etc. This is only a snippet of a larger article that can be found in full on Help.EA.com here.
We support creativity in The Sims community, and Mod creators share their content within the following guidelines:
- Don’t promote your Mods in a way that suggests they are endorsed by or affiliated with The Sims, Maxis, or Electronic Arts. This means you can’t use any game logos or trademarks, including versions of the Plumbob or key art designs to promote your Mods. You may state that your Mods are for The Sims 4 and/or for a specific game Expansion Pack.
- Mods must be non-commercial and distributed free-of-charge. Mods can’t be sold, licensed, or rented for a fee, nor can Mods contain features that would support monetary transactions of any type.
We recognize that creating Mods takes time and resources. To offset these development costs, Mod developers may:
- offer an early access incentive for a reasonable amount of time. After a reasonable early access period, all players must be able to access the Mods in full for free regardless of whether they donate.
- run passive advertisements and requests for donations so long as they are limited to the Mod website or distribution site, and don’t appear within the Mod itself.
We reserve the right to address any inappropriate Mods, including Mods that infringe the intellectual property or privacy rights of others, contain obscene, objectionable, or harmful content, jeopardize the integrity of The Sims 4 gameplay, or otherwise violate the EA User Agreement.
I'll be locking this thread now as all the information I can provide has been provided.
