The sheeps are at it again!

[Pescado]

Very twisted. You'd have to kinda warp it into a Mobius Coin.

[Super_Pirate_Dude]

Intresting..... Would it be heads or tails? lol, just kidding

[Plum]

There's been a mod on for awhile (boolPropped) but he hasn't seen the thread yet.  It's amusing.

[xBlackxDahliax]

Wow. It never ceases to amuse me when they threaten legal action. If you called a lawyer and explained that thousands of people were ripping off your "donation" sim objects, I wonder how many words you'd get out before being hung up on.

[Marhis]

"It's for the bandwidth"
"It's for the hard work"
"It's for the time I spent"

"It's for .com costs" addeed.

Next: "It's for the lawyers' fees"

Wanna bet?  

[jesserocket]

Blah, that person's a twat who doesn't know what they're talking about...sixsexsix is also an extremely silly username.

[Captain Feathersword]

To have your lawyers working on a cse before it even exists is... um... different?
If the only reason s/t/he/y are opening the site is to be able to sue "us" then why not offer assistance to someone who already has a case? Makes more sense as there's always the chance they'll turn out to be as good as Carla Niven and we'll be so in awe of their creative genius (and scared of their lawyers) that the site won't be pillaged.

I'd post over there but I'm not registered and that only means more tryping. bleh

[jesserocket]

I like the way they apparently have MULTIPLE lawyers. Not just a lawyer, to be consulted for issues like this...but a TEAM of them, for every legal whim they have...or every case that they need to be defended in.....>.>

[torque]

DAHLETED!!!

[jesserocket]

Lol. Not even LOCKED. Just deleted. Those twats.

[Plum]

Lol. Not even LOCKED. Just deleted. Those twats.

QFT.

EDIT:  bambibaby isn't banned.  Neat.

[Aquamarine]

DAHLETED!!!

FUCK!

I always miss these threads. : /

[Ensign EO]

This must be why I should stop sleeping and never leave the house.

Screenshots, anyone?

[Xerolize]

I suck. I don't have screenshots. I only copied and pasted bits of it. I left around 2AM so i don't have anything after that.

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So I Six was wandering around the apartment while Sex was downloading stuff from the exchange, I don't like the exchange but he for some reason does. Via the exchange he came across this site whose URL I am not going to mention here because it's well not a good site for creators who have a donation section/ will one day have a donation section.

The fact that there is a site like this kind of rubs me the wrong way. First it's robbing us of our sites like retailsims, and second their cause is so very I want to say, hippie-esque, (no offense to you nonstealing hippies), but society everywhere now whether everyone admits it or not is capitalistic and this site is going to simply be beating their heads against the wall because not every pay site is going to close over this. I mean I don't personally contribute to anysite (I have gone halfsies on a membership before) I know there are people who do simply because they want to donate to allow the creators to keep up their free section or to keep posting things period.

I am soon going to be opening my site, and if I feel the need for donations, well I have my lawyers working on it already.

And Why haven't people collaborated and tried to sue the pants off these guys, their english was good, which means that they probably aren't in malasyia, which means that they can be persecuted.

Anyways, this really ****** me off and that kind of put me on my soap box , so sorry for the rant but this really got under my skin and I was wondering if anyone else feels the same.

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Uh. Wow. That's... Quite an opinion, there.

First of all... I think this should be a debate?

Second of all, I personally don't pay for content, because I really don't have that extra amount of money () but I believe they deserve good money for the amazing stuff they are making, especially when they have to upkeep their website and everything. So overall, although I don't use paysites, I believe they're not all bad.

Yup. Okay. Done


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Some people believe that sites do not need donation packs to continue, but the fact is they probably do because I bet a .com url costs quite a bit every month. If they do not like pay sites, they can just ignore them . They don't have to ruin it for:
-the majority of people who are probably smart enough to figure out sites need donations to stay alive, and offering nothing in return for donations probably wouldn't get the site the money to stay alive
-the people who have actually donated.
-the people who download free content of a site that also has a pay area.

So those people on the site that sixsexsix mentioned are pretty much ignorant pigs.

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I'd like to see what lawyer has taken your case. Seriously... What you've described for your future site isn't "donations". They are in fact purchases. When you withhold items/merchandise from someone and the only way they can receive them is by paying then you're a merchant and they are a customer not a donator. Also, your site will be fresh and new what possible reason do you have to offer pay items?

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I agree that what these people are doing is wrong.... there are a few points in your post that I would just like to point out

a. Just because their english is good, doesn't mean they arn't in Malasyia, of course... it does seem a little true
b. I doubt you could sue them, especially since it's just a game (I know the content is money, but .... I really can't see people taking that serious)
c. This is probably gonna get locked (though i've been wrong before), people have made posts about this at least 5 times before this.
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If they donate to my site and then post the gift on theirs it will be intellectual property theft, and that is a crime. And I haven't figured out how exactly I'm going to set up my site yet. I'm thinking of monthly gifts, if I ever get to that point.


I'm just waiting for my chance to sue. So if I see any of my stuff I can serve them. And you're right it's probably going to get locked. lol. I just kind of vented lol.

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Hmmm...I see all you lurkers and spectators at the bottom of my screen. How long do you guys think it will take before this gets locked?

For what it's worth...Retail Sims is back. No harm, no foul, lol!

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How long do you guys think it will take before this gets locked?


Hmmm I give it.... 10 min



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I'll take your ten minutes and raise you 5. 15 minutes lol

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I'm just waiting for my chance to sue. So if I see any of my stuff I can serve them. And you're right it's probably going to get locked. lol. I just kind of vented lol.


You’ll never get your chance. You have no leg to stand on. Like my girl Beyonce said:

...to the left to the left.

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Sue?


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i personally agree with Psy... it'll never go through... no one will ever win this battle, and EA will never do anything about it so it will just go around and around until people get smart and give it up.... just an opinion, hope no one eats my soul.

I did copy a bit more after this but it's only spam. People saying they like nouk, holy simoly, etc... nothing important.

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