"GalacticGal;c-16257979" wrote:
"LaPetiteFromage;c-16255017" wrote:
But why would you even want to put your name on someone else's creation? It's one thing to download and play with a house/lot. It's another to upload it and claim it as your own.
Sadly, you're being too logical about the situation. There is a saying, 'those that can, do. Those that cannot, teach.' This is basically what's behind the 'stealing of CREDIT'. As the OP states, it's not ours, but EA's and for the fact that we 'shared it', even more so. @Gruffman suggested, it's the person's time, that is devalued. Let's put it another way. If you write a report for your boss, but another co-worker puts their name on it and gets the CREDIT for all of your hard work, you're going to be pretty miffed, I daresay.
Some have no talent to do the actual build or CAS as well as they believe others do, but desperately are seeking some kind of recognition anyway. They want the CREDIT for having done something others like.
What it all boils down to, is these people likely have very low self-esteem. They don't know or don't understand that the only way to feel better about themselves is not by STEALING CREDIT for something they didn't actually do themselves, (it's a false reward) but to find something they're unsure they can do, and tackle it. Once they do so, they'll have all kinds of confidence.
If the report as you say was stolen the person would be upset because their employment or salary depends on that report. Nothing but popularity is at stake here. And they are not writing on the bottom of it do not steal.
The thing is if that report had everyone elses work in it i.e. cc from some other people and no credit was given to someone then serves me right. As i took others work and also called it my
Own.
When i wrote my thesis for my degree i had to site all my sources and had to postscript them or it would be me stealing as it was published work with copyright. . If there is no sources cited and you have to redo the entire thing what is there to steal?
I understand it is some kind of protest by some and i understand that they are in need of credit and recognition even on a game. But if you are going to have a cause someone needs to set rules and make sure that the participants using the logo are doing what they stand for. Not stealing as they say cc or creations from others and not crediting them and wanting the credit and attention for themselves as if they made the sim
If you are just rearranging cc and putting it on the gallery is that not the same as someone taking a sim you made and changing it around to suit themselves and putting it on the gallery? I see no difference here.
Hey if the movement for dont steal is going to get anywhere they need to monitor the people using their logo and only have sims on there they made themselves with things from the game then i would say they can call it theirs.
A sim full of cc with no credit given is not theirs it belongs to the people who made the cc. How do they feel not getting the credit?
