"Firande;c-16254828" wrote:
"jimmysnan;c-16254813" wrote:
"x_Always_Heart_x;c-16254792" wrote:
Obviously if you share something you intend for other people to use it too.
The stealing they are talking about is downloading that content, doing something with it and then re-uploading it to pass it off as their own. Ive stopped using the gallery for this reason.
I dont blame you if you feel it is stealing then dont put it on the gallery. If you choose to put it on the gallery it is then owned by EA and since EA owns the game and advertise that you can download creations from others then they become free for all to use.
While this is ultimately true, it still feels sucky when others pass off your creations, which you worked really hard on, as their own. I put a lot of work and thought and effort into my Sims, whom I consider more like characters than just Sims, and I'd honestly be angry if I saw them reuploaded by someone else without any mention of me. I don't use the gallery much, though, so luckily I don't have to be afraid of others stealing my Sims. I might put them on there without description/hashtags for me to reupload should I ever lose them, tho. One of my Sims, whom I uploaded solely for this reason and without hashtags or a description, immediately got 16 downloads when I uploaded him and I was like Oh, OK... :sweat_smile: It does flatter me, though! And I think that ultimately, it's better to just take it as a compliment and move on than to fight it as, like you say, it's not actually illegal for Simmers to do this so there is ultimately not much you can do about it.
Right it is not supposed to be a popularity contest. Believe me i love some of the sims on the gallery. I play them in my game. They have fun personalities and they have combinations of clothing i would not have thought of. Some of the poses are wonderful and very creative. But i now refuse to heed the announcement do not re upload and stop stealing as those to me are just demands on someone elses ego. If you dont want me to change your sim or put it in my gallery please dont share it.
I just dont understand the big deal. If i put a sim on the gallery filled with cc that someone else created and then since i created the sim i put my name on it. Isnt that by definition that i have stolen the cc i used on the sim i made and loaded to the gallery?
