Yeah wishful thinking that is. You buy your license to create things when you buy the game. That's why they include the licensing rules in there - you have to agree to your software license to create things.
As for a license that gives you copyrights - *insert hollow laughing here* - EA is *not* going to give away or even sell what it rightfully owns. If they did that, then all those people who pre-empt and outdo their expansion packs have the ability to make money that EA would rightfully see as "theirs". And EA wouldn't be able to do a damn thing to stop them. So if someone decided to release something called "Apartments" and charge money for it, even if it's based on EA's screenshots, then EA couldn't sue them as they've sold the rights. Unofficial stuff packs would crop up in stores, and that's certainly no good when EA wants to sell them, and say hello to EA stuff packs reproduced for cheaper, and sold in shops legitimately.
If another company starts selling "The Simmies" well - all they have to do is buy a $50 license, they can release what they want using EA's game engine, and EA has demonstrated that they can do so.
Not to mention, if they try to sue any other company for copyright infringement, it would mean that their own claim to IP is weakened because they've shown a propensity to not have any restrictions. Judges take into consideration how much of a hold companies keep on their stuff - and no company wants to show they have a cavalier attitude to stuff they own.
I am intrigued by kenmtl's dEAthstar though, and would to subscribe to his magazine.
Yes Piratessa, Heather, Simfreaks webmaster-"creator", usued to brag about her special relationship with Maxis, back to Sims 1.
If she had *anything* in a special relationship, Pescado would have a cease and desist letter from EA on behalf of SimFreaks. Full of shit indeed.
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