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On monetizing mods:

The pushback I’m seeing against EA’s no-paywalling policy is honestly…bizarre to me?

I’ve played a lot of games, but The Sims is the only one I’ve played that let other people profit off their IP. Imagine trying to monetize fanworks from any other game without the IP holder getting a cut of the profits… Bethesda? Rockstar? Blizzard? Nintendo? I’m sorry, but EA was being generous by allowing people to make money off their game assets in the first place. Other gaming companies would have just sued.

(** Any company would have a problem, not just games–imagine if EA was Disney. You can’t put so much as a Mickey Mouse silhouette on something and sell it without getting hit with a prompt cease-and-desist.)

I’m not sure if people are being purposely obtuse or if they really just don’t understand how IP laws (or user agreement contracts, which everyone who downloaded the game agreed to) work. “Don’t sell someone else’s intellectual property for a living” feels like a statement that shouldn’t need to be made. Whether you like EA as a company or not, IP laws either matter or they don’t–you can’t pick and choose when laws apply based on how you feel about the IP holder, or how much you think you deserve that money more.

It just doesn’t work like that. It never has.

As far as how this all affects the community…again: other games just don’t have this problem, so I’m not understanding the issue. Banning paywalled mods won’t hurt the community in the slightest. Skyrim modders consistently put out professional quality mods for free, because that’s just…how it is in other gaming communities? They make mods because they love the game. This monetization issue doesn’t exist for other games in the same capacity as it does for The Sims. (And even for Sims, it didn’t used to be this bad.)

In summary: EA’s newest policy update isn’t a shock, nor is it any kind of betrayal of the community. It’s just basic IP law and common sense/decency. 🤷

I understand people feel entitled to compensation for their work, but that just doesn’t apply to fanworks, and it never has. This is the wrong creative outlet for you if your primary goal is profit, in the same way fanfiction would be wrong for you. If you want to make money off making 3D models, you are perfectly free to do so on any number of sites created specifically for that. (TurboSquid, CGTrader, etc.) The Sims isn’t the place for it. Sorry.

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this totally "isn't" a link to a BGC version of the moonlight chic kit, nope not at all

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can y’all just… like or reblog if y’all are polyam-safe blogs

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can we normalise including cc with a sim/lot download? we did it in ts2 and it was fiiine. it doesnt take credits away from creators. like fck.

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i tried to recreate pam and penny’s trailer from stardew valley in the sims

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me when i realize a game i deeply cherish doesn’t bring me much joy anymore

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ea's out here making canon trans sims as if they knew that would be the one thing that ensured i buy their content

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you all know it’s been confirmed that morgyn is a trans man, right?

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the very first thing Venus did was slip in the mud

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bumble’s a momma’s boy

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more ‘middle-aged’ adult sims! more sims with dad bods! more sims with wrinkles! more sims with stretch marks! more sims with scars! more sims with character!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bea Marsh

- the most punk rock 2.5 year old you’ll ever meet

- sassy

- picks out her own clothes and is a fashion icon even though they never match

- is best friends with the family dog Baby

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Bumble Marsh

- inquisitive and quiet--asks a lot of questions that nobody has the answers to

- loves mud

- spends a lot of time by himself

- will fall asleep just about anywhere

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Venus Marsh

- came to earth on accident, stayed for the food

- never wears shoes

- likes fashion but isn’t the most in-tune with what’s stylish. wears a lot of yellow--it’s her favorite color

- her favorite things in order are her wife and kids, bees, and human food