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Here it is, possibly the most controversial situation that I’ve dipped my toes in here and I am freaking scared to say it, but I feel the need to stick up for both creators and users.

As my mama always said, “keep your side of the glass clean, baby.”

Who owns the rights to The Sims Mods and CC?

The first unfortunate truth is that according to EA User and Licensing Agreement (EULA) EA maintains all rights to creative content under their umbrella. (See page 20, citation 147 of “Mod Money, Mod Problems: A Critique of Copyright Restrictions on Video Game Modifications and an Evaluation of Associated Monetization Regimes”) This is one of the most strict user agreements in the gaming industry.

William & Mary Business Law Review argues within the opening of the brief; “These circuit holdings affirm or establish the following key principles: video games are copyrightable works, video game mods can be derivative work, impermanent mods that do not affect underlying game code do not necessarily constitute infringement” (see page 7 citations 24-26), although EA’s EULA is unlike any in the gaming industry, which maintains rights to all mods and CC.

However, EA Games representing The Sims has never seen a day in court against creators. Thus, this distinction, while clearly states in its EULA, has not been argued nor ruled upon by a judge or jury and neither has such a litigation been ruled upon by the Supreme Court, keeping the lines between EA and creators ever less clear.

See page 21 Citation 153, which directly follows the support of the EULA, that this sort of infringement on creators is unethical and infringes on creativity. See quote below:

“The consequence of this status quo is troubling, enabling rights holders to outright lift content from non-commercial mods and incorporate it into commercial games without attribution or compensation to the original creator. For an industry heavily built on mods and where modding is a significant pathway into industry careers, this ever-present threat of exploitation and erasure can be devastating to individuals and chilling to creativity.”

To summarize; when we are sitting here arguing about EA’s right’s to ownership of material created for use within The Sims (2,3,4), we should be arguing against their right’s to creator’s ownership by EA as we would a novel that is created on the Windows computer program, Word (See page 20, 21 citation 148).

This sort of law is exploitative when it comes to agreements between large companies and small creators. It is also not right for The Sims users to exploit CC Creators either out of creating or to release their content for free.

“It is also not a right for The Sims users to exploit CC Creators either out of creating or to release their content for free or Early Release.”

For us, we should be arguing AGAINST the ownership of CC by EA as it the most infringing Licensing Agreements for creators and the rights to content should 100% be the creators as in other design communities with a 60% rule; if 60% of the original content was altered the rights belong to the new creators, not the original developer. Legally, this is not the case with EA.

But the argument against creators in relation to ownership by EA including of; bullying, entitlement to their content or mass redistribution is not for users to fight. The argument that EA owns CC is solely between the creator and the developer. Users do not have a right to exploit, bully, or demand early release of content or infringe on the compensation for product by slandering creators, which includes publicly naming creators who are “in question” as it infringes on their monetization.

To put it bluntly; users do not have a right to re-upload paid or Early Release content or use EA’s EULA as a means to demean creators and infringe on their small business. This is theft and/or slander, and the right’s to usage ONLY belong to either the creator or EA. Users do not represent EA, thus they do not have a right to re-sell, re-upload or re-distribute in mass quantity.

“To put it bluntly; users do not have a right to re-upload paid or Early Release content or use EA’s EULA as a means to demean creators and infringe on their small business.”

Slandering of creators because a user thinks that they do not own the right to their product is not okay. This doesn’t mean users aren’t allowed to point out EA’s user agreement to them, but they do not have a right to infringe on the monetary compensation for a product or their small business. Thus, saying, “let’s not support Early Release or Paid Creators” and citing those names, or re-uploading doxed or even un-doxed images can be considered slanderous, as well as posts to rally others to call out or not support/ruin the business of a creator, is not okay.

If it’s going to be released in two weeks for free what’s the difference if it’s re-uploaded in rebel groups or in mass?

The legality of Early Release access are solely the rights of the buyer and the creator, BUT that does not give the right to mass produce and allow or supply pirating of content. What’s actually being sold by the creator is “Early Access” to the product, and if that product is given away before it is free it infringes on the compensation for Early Access to the creator.

This is why TSR is able to allow and charge for Early Access to CC. They do not have a right to resell or re-distribute for compensation, but they have a right to sell “Early Access” to content. The amount of time for early access is solely up to the creator/legally authorized supplier. The “Two Week Limit” was stated by retired SimsGuruDrake and is not legally binding unless EA wants to seek legal damage of their product. To be said; TSR has every right to track down and seek legal compensation for any public release or re-uploading of their creator’s Early Release content.

“You have so many Patreons and I think you make enough money so what’s the difference if I upload your content?”

This is an actual comment in a 5 paragraph long rant sent to a creator who simply asked in one nice sentence to a Patreon as to if they were re-uploading their CC. The user went on to say that since the user supported the creator for years the user had the right to re-distribute as pleased. The user stated that buying a piece of clothing from a store meant they owned that piece of clothing just like the creator’s CC.

and uhhh record screech… “you make enough money”… like uhhh imagine someone coming into a restaurant and not tipping because they think a waiter made enough money for the night, or better yet, they convince your boss that you don’t need that raise.

***EDIT: “I bought it, so I own it and no one can tell me what to do with it.”

However, this statement is not only wrong but illegal. This isn’t taking a shirt off your back and handing it to a friend, this is reproducing and redistributing a product that goes against the TOU (Terms of Use Agreement) between a user and a creator when signing up for their account. The same can be said of a, let’s go 90’s for a moment, redistribution of a CD. Sure, you can give it to a friend, even that’s a gray area as you’re not removing it from your mods folder and giving it to them on a drive, it’s a copy where you keep the original, thus a redistribution. Especially to be said, you can’t pirate it and allow others to download it in mass.

This also, in the same “shirt” analogy, does not give a clothing purchaser the right to;

A. Copy and redistribute a shirt or article of clothing in the exact same design.

B. The right to unlimited amounts of shirts to be given away to friends and family.

Sure, you can give it to a friend, even that’s a gray area as you’re not removing it from your mods folder and giving it to them, it’s a copy, thus a redistribution.

This is simply explained; you are limiting the potential monetization for that creator of said product. If their Patreon price is $3 per month per user, then uploading a creator’s monthly content to say… 50 users, that’s $150! I don’t know about you, but not only would I love to see that $150 that I worked hard for in my bank account, but that could easily be the difference between a weekly grocery trip or a medical bill that needs to be paid. No matter how much a creator is making it does not give a user the entitlement to redistribute their material

The average SINGLE American citizen requires an average monthly income of $4,400 to pay their bills, buy groceries and be able to store %10 in savings. I guarantee that only the top designers are earning this and are working their butts off.

No matter how much a creator is making it does not give the user the entitlement to redistribute their material.

This is similar to music pirating, think back (if you’re old enough) to the big lawsuit between Metalica inc. took (shitty) legal action against more than 300,000 alleged fans! They sued their fans for pirating their music on Napster and other sites. But still, pirating of material is illegal.

Why should I support Creators who lock up their CC behind Paywalls vs. Free or Early Access?

The bottom line is users don’t have to support creators who lock up their CC. But that doesn’t give users right to that content, only the developer, EA, owns the rights to the content and they are the only ones who can legally take and re-distribute creators content.

Users don’t have to support creators who lock up their CC, but that doesn’t give them a right to bullying creators, re-uploading their CC, or slanderous actions against them.

But, why is it locked up? Think back, to two years ago nearly to the day. Lockdown. Coronavirus. People were getting buried in Central Park because NY ran out of space in morgues and cemeteries. Students were moving back into their parents’ comfy homes while older adults (yes Sims gamer’s ages range from pre-teen, naughty-naughty, to 60+) were facing homelessness and starvation.

Even taking the latter out of it, creators take hours, and days to create content. Some creators pride themselves in being able to release content for free, but that’s the key term, “being able”. Creators who charge for access to their content do so because they would otherwise not be able to compensate for their time and energy to create content and thus, there would be none of their content. 3D designers in general do more than the average re-color creator and often times the work, money, and time to learn these programs are unsurmisable.Even so, I am in the process of recoloring the 4-tier wedding cake and that’s going to take over 12 hours to do!

Creators who charge for access to their content do so because they would otherwise not be able to compensate their time and energy to create content and thus, there would be none of their content

Most creators who charge for content create very high-poly, skilled content that simply can’t be compared to others’ CC. They also can’t be uploaded to TSR due to this reason. The file size of their content is also rather large, with some downloads ranging from 250MB-2GB. Most computers can’t process this sort of content nor have the storage space to house it. These creators buy high-quality computers and purchase expanded storage space via external hard drives, iCloud, and more. They often times don’t use SFS or scary download sites and have to buy storage space in safe spaces for users to comfortably download. The compensation for these purchases in some cases can be dire, otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to create.

Okay, but Early Access creators are “good” and Pay Wall Creators are “bad”, right?

Early Access creators are revered in some cases and in others, they are demeaned. They oftentimes (this is a case-by-case basis and not representative of every creator) feel pressure from all sides. They want everyone to have access to content but also may face financial trouble and sway between locking up their CC and Early Release.

Creators are NOW pressured to give Early Release or release their content for free by rants, slandering, DM’s, and even name-calling or denouncing in a “Cancel Culture” attitude. As stated above, there are creators who simply cannot afford to create content or release it for free at any time because, well, how the heck are they going to eat and pay bills?

 Imagine someone showing up at your work and demeaning you or holding up signs that slander you while you stress about keeping your job and paying the bills. Or even better yet, you’re constantly being told that you make too much and don’t deserve it because if you were a “real creator” you’d have a “real job” for a “real company”. This is what’s happening to these creators, now, around the clock!

Imagine someone showing up at your work and demeaning you or holding up signs that slander you while you stress about keeping your job and paying the bills.

But why don’t Pay Wall creators just get a job?

“Pay Wall” creators may have pre-existing illnesses or other life circumstances that either prohibits them from working entirely or being able to work during a pandemic. Many creators, such as myself, are often hospitalized, spend days to weeks to months bed-ridden, and have no one to help pay the bills. We don’t have parents or anyone to help us battle filing for unemployment and some refuse to file because we either can’t handle the work or have too much pride or a small job that prohibits qualifying for financial assistance.

Releasing of Pay Wall creator’s content or slandering, bullying, or forcing out of business by infringing on their monetization is not okay. 

Why am I seeing that creators are copying other creators and are now sending malicious software or tracking users?

There is an unconfirmed allegation against a few creators. Whether or not these allegations are true or false, has yet to be determined. It’s scary when you believe you’re being targeted with spyware! However, I subscribe to creators, and never once have I questioned if they are actually spying/tracking content

It’s scary when you believe you’re being targeted with spyware!

Nearly every creator has come out and stated that they do not use tracking, virus, or spy software and in regard to Second Life copies, said accused has spoken to the creator who has stated that the CC was not a copy. In other cases, the CC was taken down, but this is a deal between the creators and not the user’s fight to belittle creators or try to stop them from creating.

On Second Lift & 3D meshes; I know of a situation where a creator is very much in question of where their 3D meshes come from, but now other creators who publicly upload tutorials on how to create 3D meshes are being accused, and that’s where there needs to be a line drawn.

On using other designer’s 3D meshes; The legality of this is solely between the original creator/original legal supplier of a mesh. Any alarms that should be sounded should be by DM’s with the creators, both OG and new. However, slandering, like calling out publicly via posts or even by word of mouth can be illegal. If a creator either has permission or later receives it, anything that was said about them “stealing meshes” is slanderous. Allegations are allegations, and need to be redacted in situations of approval, but simply calling them out a creator and name-calling for “stealing” a mesh is another.

Nearly every creator has come out and stated that they do not use tracking, virus, or spy software.

Many of these allegations, as mentioned, do not supply any evidence of any creator ever using spyware and many are being made by the same users who have sounded off alarms previously about the creator not owning their CC and/or have been accused of re-uploading for the mass in rebel groups.

These kinds of allegations are very real and should only be made if a user is 100% sure that a creator has done the aforementioned and has proof. Sharing email addresses between creators to warn them of users who may be leaking content is completely understandable. Why would you want someone in your store who stole clothing from the retailer next to you? Ever worked retail? Remember those pictures of suspected thieves in the break-room with their names or any additional info? This happens when someone is suspected of theft.

But, I can tell you as someone who has issues with leaking and after having spoken with other creators, we simply don’t have time to track down leakers. Some of the suspected leakers get blocked or DM’d, but we don’t share email addresses or personal information, or publicly call out our users. We DM them in private and ask. 

I saw a post warning against Download Links. what’s up with that?

For me, I always guaranteed easy non-SFS downloads for Patrons, which meant I posted a link to download my content via Google Drive, in which I pay for extra space. I always had my downloads open to “anyone with the link”, however, I shared the link to download on a Patreon post and went out of town for a weekend. Over that time I received over 50 requests for that file from non-patrons. I STILL receive requests for that file on a daily basis because the link, which was behind a Patreon post, was shared. Since, I have to email directly to Patrons to grant access to only Patrons and non-patrons cannot access those downloads, even with a link. This is to protect me and my content.

I can also see on Google Drive when a file link has been shared and by whom. I have never shared who the original leaker was and only sent a DM asking them to stop, but I had no response. Just because a creator only emails links to downloads shouldn’t be a red flag, that should be a showing that they most likely value their content as much as your information.

If a creator sends a link to download their content in a zip file DOES NOT by any means signify that they are sending “tracking software”, which is also a costly, highly enhanced business software! The average creator does not have this software and the only leakage of information was apparently done via Worksheet in a closed group of creators to warn them of possible leakers. I am not saying I support this, but this is the truth, as an image of a suspected shoplifter in a retail break-room.

Just because a creator sends a link to download their content in a zip file DOES NOT by any means signify that they are sending “tracking software”

IF someone is sharing a user’s personal information who are suspected of leaking CC then that user has every right to stand up for themselves and can do so, if they are not guilty. Leaking personal information does go against Patreon’s TOU and that user has every right to file a legal action or make a complaint against them. But again, that is between one user and one creator and Patreon.

Blankly accusing creators of sharing personal information is just as defamatory as leaking personal information. If you post with a creator’s name, whether or not they have shared personal information, that is slander. Until they are found guilty by said platform (Patreon) they are assumed innocent. Warning a friend about joining a creator’s Patreon is one thing, but rants with their information are just as wrong and the first-mentioned can still be seen as slander. Furthermore, if someone is said to have shared personal information and has not, then that in itself is slander as well.

Accusing creators of sharing personal information is just as defamatory as leaking personal information.

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I want to be very clear though; using tracking software or doxxing is not okay. This should not happen and should never be accepted.

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To Summarize:

There are many creators’ content that I love but do not have access to because I simply can’t afford it. But I don’t use EA’s rights to the content as an excuse to pirate it or bully creators into releasing it for free. This sort of entitlement I simply can’t understand. The fact that we aren’t fighting for creators’ right’s to their content and financially supporting them (if possible) is beyond me. There are many wonderful free creators out there to download from and often times all you have to do is wait two weeks for content. Just because content “was free before”, “I never had to pay”, or “it’s going to be free anyway”, is not an excuse.

“don’t use EA’s rights to the content as an excuse to pirate it or bully creators into releasing it for free”

If EA wants to, which at times they do, take action against creators for monetization or locking up of CC then that is between them and the creator (If Metalica wants to sue, they will). But us, running around, sounding off alarms or trying to force creators out of creating is just silly.

I really hope that after you read this you decide to disengage in slandering, liking, or re-sharing posts that attack the very creators whose content you’d like access to or just “don’t like”, “don’t agree with”, “think is illegal”, or for whatever justification is in your mind. We’re all people, we all have feelings, seeing rants about you online or even a single comment can make someone feel regret, sorrow, and emotions that are very real.

We’re all people, we all have feelings, seeing rants about you online or even a single comment can make someone feel regret, sorrow, and emotions that are very real. 

EDIT: As I have, please leave users’ and creators’ names out of the comments. This post is not in regard to a single situation, this is in regard to current accusations against alleged creators that are all hearsay and are slanderous.

FAAAAUUUUCCCKKK I need smoke a joint now…….

Liked my rant? Feel free to tip me on my Ko-Fi! Shit took a day to write LOL but was happy to do so!

1) it’s fucked up that people think it’s ok to doxx people for sharing pixels that legally based on EA’s TOU are not supposed to profited off of– seriously get fucked

2) it’s also fucked that these assholes are sending their minions or fake accounts to harass people who are speaking up

3) i think it’s goofy as hell that creators are putting themselves on a list of “I’m a good creator” because I know for a fact at least one of them has benefitted from the sharing of patron’s personal info. like can we at least get a reference or reviewal process if we are going this route?

4) This is not “drama”, this is literally a legal issue. Calling out shady fucked up behavior is also not “drama”

5) a lot of people have been aware of this tracking happening for a while, this is just the first time we have had proof from the inside 

6) Patreon has ruined the Sims community (I’m ancient from TS2 days so I’ve been saying this forever)

THIS IS PART 1. PARTS 2 & 3 COMING SOON.

See also:

https://filext.com/file-extension/PACKAGE

https://fileinfo.com/extension/package

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_format

https://file.org/extension/package

PLASTIC simz Presents The BASKETBALL COLLECTION

Hey guys after so much time im finally posting this collection!!! I really hope you guys enjoy<3

TOU

100% My Meshes & Textures 

Only Allowed To convert to Sims 3 

Lod 0,1 And 2

Custom Thumbnails

All sets are in 1 Swatches (RECOLORS ALLOWED, DO NOT INCLUDE MESH) 

HIGH POLY 

Collection Contains 5 Full Body Sets

Posting More this month! Tag me On Tumblr And Instagram if you use! @plasticsimz *for both* I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCHH see you this week hehe

BE SURE TO REBLOG GUYS!!!🖤

By Networksims [Twitter / YT / TSR]

You will need:

Sims4Studio

Blender 2.9

Any image editor

1. Open S4S. Under “Object”, select “Create 3D Mesh” then click “Object”

2. Search for “plank” and select the wall light.

3. Under the meshes tab, click export mesh (make sure LOD 0 is selected in the dropdown).

4. Open the exported file in blender.

5. Select “s4studio_mesh_1″ from the top right menu. Then press TAB to go into edit mode, and then press A to select it all.

6. Press X and select “Vertices” in the menu that appears to delete the object. Do not delete the object from the top right menu.

7. Now press TAB again to go into object mode, and add a text object using the bottom left menu.

8. This will add a generic text object to the mesh. Press TAB again to edit it and enter whatever text you’d like.

9. Now press TAB again and select the font menu from the top right menu.

10. Find these options and press the folder icon next to “Regular”.

11. Navigate to your font folder and select the font you’d like to use. (Windows users: open “Font Settings” from your settings and you can preview all your fonts).

12. Now your text should be in your selected font.

13. Press ALT C and select “Mesh from Curve”

14. Press TAB then CTRL + N, and tick the “Inside” box that should appear in the bottom left.

15. Press TAB again and select the modifiers menu from the bottom right. Then click “Add Modifier” and find “Decimate”. Make sure you’re in object mode, not edit mode.

16. Select the “Planar” option and increase the angle limit as much as you can before the text becomes too distorted. 15o is generally your best bet.

17. I’m now adding a border around my text. If you don’t want to do this skip to step 20. In edit mode, add a “Plane” to your mesh. Drag the edges in till it fits around your text and raise it so it lays flat with the text.

18. Press I and drag your mouse towards the centre of the mesh until you get the desired border width.

19. With face select on, select the centre face, press X and select “Faces”.

20. With all the mesh selected, press R and click wherever. In the bottom left menu, enter 90o as the angle and tick the Y and Z boxes under “Constraint Axis”. Drag it around until it’s fairly centred and lines up with the shadow box.

21. In edit mode, press E and drag forward until the desired depth.

22. In the top right menu, click on “Text” and shift-click on “s4studio_mesh_1″, then press CTRL + J.

23. In edit mode, make sure all your sign is selected, then click “Image” > “New Image” in the far left corner. Click OK. You should get a weird set of lines and the texture on your mesh should look terrible. This is normal.

*This is UV-mapping. Normally faces are selected one-by-one to create a nice clean texture map which can then be used to create beautiful textures. However since our sign will be flat white with no shading, it doesn’t really matter.

24. Press SHIFT + CTRL + S to save your file.

25. In the top left, delete “s4studio_mesh_0″. Then select “s4studio_mesh_1″, open the “Scene” menu and change “Cut” under “S4Studio CAS Tools” to 0. Repeat step 24 but do not override your other mesh.

26. Open S4S again. Under the meshes tab, for each of the non-shadow LODs, import your first mesh. For the shadow LODs, import your second. You may need to make different LODs depending on your mesh’s complexity.

27. In an image editor, make a 64x64 white png.

28. In the “Textures” tab in S4S, import your white square as the texture.

29. And we’re done! Save in S4S, put the package into your mods folder and enjoy your new light :)

A trap house I was requested to do. Available on my Only Fans now if you want it… 

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LISTEN! LISTEN!

If you’re not aware of what’s happening in the Philippines right now then you need to read about it because it’s important.

I know people hate having to go the lengths of googling or yahooing things themselves, so I’m gonna make it so!! easy!!! 

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Here are links to read about what is happening: 

Washington Post

The Guardian

CNA

CNN

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How can I help?

Link to a carrd full of organisations to donate to 

Here’s a link to a Tumblr post full of more places to donate to

Or just scroll through the #ph-typhoon / #donate tags for more donation resources/info!

https://nikov.tumblr.com/tagged/ph-typhoon

https://nikov.tumblr.com/tagged/donate

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How can I help (if I can’t donate)?  Use your platforms to spread donation links and information about what’s happening, please!! 

— (and I’m not talking about bare minimum! go HARD with boosting donation links and information! I’m talking 10 posts a day! if you can queue 30+ edits of yabooks then you can queue 10 posts of important resources!)  

• watch this playlist of videos!

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LISTEN!

The US elections are over and though I know Tumblr likes to focus on US-centric drama and news, you have to pay Southeast Asia attention. 

People are dying from this typhoon and their homes are being flooded ON TOP of having to deal with a pandemic. 

There are videos out there of people crying for help and whole areas being flooded. 

For contextualisation: Keep in mind that Typhoon Ulysses is roughly equivalent to a Category-2 Hurricane. 

Boost this. Donate if you can. If not, boost donation links.

This too 👆👆👆👆

The Philippines has been recently struck by two very strong typhoons in the past few weeks (and another one on the way) and a lot of people have been afected by it. If you can, please pray for us and donate to some donation drives to help those in need.

please do not donate to change[.] org. i doubt that any of the money that the organization asks for will go to humanitarian causes.  

do not donate to the philippine government. please don’t. there’s a bigger chance of them taking emergency funds and donations for themselves than them actually using it to help people out. 

with that in mind, it’s better to donate to local donation drives as well as local organizations.

this carrd has good information regarding hotlines, databases for rescue and aid centers, and reputable donation drives. 

this spreadsheet is arranged according to donation method (diff. banks) and also has a paypal sheet for those abroad. 

i will be adding more as i find them in future reblogs, but for now, the spreadsheet and the carrd linked above has donation drives and info you need. 

The events that happened recently are consequences from multiple ignorant decisions made by the government that disregards environmental and disaster fundings. There are a couple of donation drives within the country, but things would go a lot smoother with assistance from others as well. The typhoons that struck are named Rolly and Ulysses, should you consider to research yourself on what occured, and what is currently happening.

Because every other day there is drama in this community when it comes to monetizing cc and mods etc, I decided to collect all info I could find on this topic when it comes to EAxis stance on this to help clear up the confusion. All sources will be linked. 

I mostly do this because I am worried with how this is going in the community and that one day EA will just decide to stop supporting cc / mods because it has become too much of an issue. Exclusive cc / mods are basically just micro-transactions imo.

EA’s tos:

You are responsible for your UGC. You may not upload UGC that infringes a third party’s intellectual property rights or that violates the law, this Agreement or a third party’s right of privacy or right of publicity. EA may, in its sole discretion, remove, edit or disable UGC for any reason, including if EA reasonably determines that UGC violates this Agreement. EA does not assume any responsibility or liability for UGC, for removing it, or not removing it or other Content. EA does not pre-screen all UGC and does not endorse or approve any UGC available on EA Services. When you contribute UGC, you grant to EA, its licensors and licensees a non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, worldwide, sublicensable license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, publicly perform, publicly display or otherwise transmit and communicate 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 also grant all other users who can access and use your UGC on an 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.

What does UGC mean? UGC stands for User Generated Content, this includes all types of cc and mods made for the game, but also pictures you take in game and sims and builds you make. When it comes to cc there is no difference in whether it’s a recolor or a mesh you made from scratch. So basically everything you make for / with the game is included in UGC.

Maxis on Pay sites:

- Patreon: “As long as the content is still made available FOR FREE we do not mind these types of pages. Folks who have a Patreon page are welcome to provide folks with “early access” incentives for their content but it should be made available to the general public within 2-3 weeks of it being given to folks early.” 

- Paywalls (like adfly and co):  “Creators cannot lock content they make using our game behind a paywall. While we do not police this content (there is no way we would create a team simply to monitor this) we do take reports sent to us seriously and action accordingly.”

Altering someone’s cc / mods:

Even if not required, it is considered common courtesy to credit a creator if you re-use and slightly modify their created content.

Tl;dr: UGC can not infringe a third party’s intellectual property rights or violate the law and can only be monetized through donation buttons like ko-fi or patreon early access (2-3 weeks max). People are allowed to modify your cc/mods but preferably give credit to the original creator. So have a reasonable TOU.

Sources:

TOS

Maxis’s stance here and here

So the people who kept getting DWP removed? Yeah that’s not something they should have been able to do. 

As such, I am going to be re-stating my release policy:

-If your content has an early access paywall I won’t recolour it or edit it in any way until it is available for the general public and I will not release mine without permission from your or your TOU stating it’s okay. I will not include your meshes with my content. 

-If your content is exclusive I will edit it however I see fit and include your meshes with my releases or link directly to them somewhere I’ve reuploaded them. You’re greedy and you deserve this. 

-If your content has an adfly link or similar I will directly link to your content to save my followers the hassle of adfly. Don’t bitch at me about it, you’re the one breaking the rules, not me. 

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For those of you still trying to decide whether or not to update (I have not updated), I thought I’d share the issues I’ve seen others talking about online:

Game crashing/quitting randomly (most notably when speeding up the time x3); may be related to sentiments in existing saves

Sims unable to age up via the birthday cake

Missing or inability to place counters, beds, sofas (but this was said to be linked to Basemental Drugs which has been updated already)

Inability to toggle off fame

Toddlers not eating

Digital sketchpad not working

Extreme lagginess

Routing issues and some general weirdness with how stairs are placed now

Some weirdness with platforms

INTRODUCING IN SIMMING COLOR ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Zzz … That’s the sound of @qwertysims, @moonlightbybarryjenkins and @simcor yawning through their dashes, looking at all of these pics of color-free sims. Where are the all black sims with natural hair and dark skin? With tooth gaps and round faces? Fifty shades of white, but nobody seems to know that black people come in different shades, different sizes, different styles and personalities? 

Well, if you don’t know, now you know! Raven, Yah Yah and Em are proud to give you ‘In Simming Color’ a Sims 4 discord server especially for black, maxis-match simmers. Why so specific? Because we said so, damn! We want to create a positive environment where black simmers can connect, showcase their creations, share cc finds and more. Free, of course, from the anti-blackness that runs rampant in online communities. There’s good times up ahead, and you won’t have be simming single much longer! Come kick it with us!

INFO/RULES:

— This is a group made specifically for black creators. We’ve said this multiple times but it bears repeating so people don’t make mistakes. — Before you ask, yes, mixed/light-skinned black people are welcome.  — We are a respectability politics free group (?) and naturally, we won’t tolerate any homophobia, sexism, transphobia, ableism etc. — You don’t have to be 100% exclusively maxis match to join. We aren’t going to kick you out the the club for liking alpha hair. — There is no age limit but there’s an optional 18+ channel. 

New category sorted by texture!

Female Hair - All

short

shoulder

long

Female Hair Recolor - All

short

shoulder

long

Male Hair - All

short

shoulder

long

Male Hair Recolor - All

short

shoulder

long

Kids Hair - All

short

shoulder

long

Kids Hair Recolor - All

short

shoulder

long

Toddler Hair - All

short

shoulder

long

Toddler Hair Recolor - All

short

shoulder

long

By Texture

Afro

Braids

Curly

Dreadlocks

Recolor by Palettes

Eezo

Noodle Sorbet

Saccharine

Witching Hours

WMS

Accessory Bangs

Accessory Hair

Hairlines

Ombre Acc Female

a black woman named zoe amira posted a video on youtube. this video is an hour long and filled with art and music from black creators. it has a ton of ads, and in result will rack up a ton of revenue. 100% of the ad revenue from the video will be dispersed between various blm organizations, including bail-out funds for protesters. it will be split between the following, dependent on necessity

brooklyn bail fund

minnesota freedom fund

atlanta action network

columbus freedom fund

louisville community bail fund

chicago bond

black visions collective

richmond community bail fund

the bail project inc

nw com bail fund

philadelphia bail fund

the korchhinski-parquet family gofundme

george floyd’s family gofundme

blacklivesmatter.com

reclaim the block

aclu

turn off your adblocker and do not skip ads. between each time watch 3-5 other videos (mix it up) before restarting. this will ensure you aren’t marked as spam by youtube. mute the tab if you need to focus elsewhere but don’t mute the video itself. and let. it. play.

youtube will donate to blm for you.

Florida Boy (full body) Tattoo

 base game compatible

- Works on Skins and Overlays -

TOU

Don’t claim as your own.

Don’t re-upload.

Tag me if you use them ♥IF YOU WANT♥

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