TSR ATTACKS! WE CAN HAZ NEW LEGAL THREAT!

[Pescado]

So, two days ago, TSR attacked. After a brief kafuffle, their pathetic social engineering attempt was repelled. You may point and laugh now.

[funkybunk]

What the hell?

Legal action? Why the hell would you take legal action on something you have no right to sell anyways? Plus, what kind of judge would rule in favor of somebody who is in his forties, making his income off of a game and not paying taxes for his so-called "business."


They are getting really pathetic. Why try to take legal action? You'll only end up making yourself look like a giant loser.

[SBNao]

I hope I'm not being completly dense, but I don't see the scuffle with TSR there...

[SoggyFox]

Possible response 'Dear Sir, if you persist in your pursuit of legal actions, I shall have no other recourse than to report you and your client to the Swedish Government for Tax Evasion.  In fact, it my be my duty to do so, regardless.'

Dear gods....EA and their non confrontational approach is becoming annoying.

[Paleoanth]

Would love the details of the kafuffle.  That is an awesomesauce word. 

[Missbonbon]

It won't open the link for me 

What I am curious about is how they attacked?

[calalily]

I always spell it kerfuffle.  Hahaha! He should play the sims and read the eula that came with freetime.  PC's in the shop at the mo' - but Sherrie has it - all hail Sherrie. http://www.sherriesim.com/site/info/news.html

I also enjoy this quote:

I have since visited EA in Redwood Shores and had numerous meetings with the web and legal teams there.

Yet EA do nothing.
Yet EA don't change their EULA.
Yet EA don't even clear up the exchange.
No lawyer worth their salt would bother with this malarkey.

I hope when Apartment Life comes out, a kind pirate screenshots the EULA again, which will undoubtedly be the same.  I will do it if the compy is back.

[Zazazu]

Dumbasses.

You appear to choose not to take any action based on the same excuse the
pirates were using at the time, the Sims 2 End User Licence Agreement
(EULA).

It's not an excuse. It's a legal document which the artists and management agreed to.

At that time the EULA specified that users could not sell for profit any
custom creations made using game code.

And at that time, you were clearly violating it. As you still are. A legal document. Yet you threaten legal action. Logic, wherefore art thou?

As a result, the EULA was changed in August
2007 to remove any references to Non Commercial sites from the Custom
Content EULA.

True. However, the Body Shop and HomeCrafter EULAs remain unchanged, as does the EULA included with all  EP/SP distributed before and after August 2007 to present.

EA no longer has an opinion on the distribution of Custom
Content on Free/Donation/Pay sites.

Point me to their statement to this effect. Their legal statement.

The EULA which they (and seemingly
you) used to hide behind has been invalid now for a year.

False. See: continued distribution of the EP/SP/BodyShop/HomeCrafter EULA.

Given that we have made this formal request, our only option thereafter is
legal, and now that you are knowingly hosting these files we would attempt
to recover all legal costs from your company.

Good luck with that.

Regards,
<NO NAME GIVEN>

Steve is the owner of TSR. I highly doubt Steve would not sign his name.

[Rovam]

Summary for those who can't see it for whatever reason/don't speak wankese:

Dear sirs,

Omg liek stop steelin are filez  ;___;  we r ttly BFFs with EA n dey arent suing us, so we r sue U!!!1

so take down teh booty or u will b SORY!!!!!!1 U SELF-CONFESSED PIRATES OMG

BAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

signed,

Mr. Internet Lawyerguy

[Yaardarm Monkey II]

Given that we have made this formal request, our only option thereafter is
legal, and now that you are knowingly hosting these files we would attempt
to recover all legal costs from your company.

Regards,
<NO NAME GIVEN>

"no name"??  ahahahahahahaha   

[Jojoba]

Aw Pes they gave you a legal threat, you lucky boy!

Regards,
<NO NAME GIVEN>

Steve is the owner of TSR. I highly doubt Steve would not sign his name.

That struck me as odd as well. Very odd.

[Yaardarm Monkey II]

Given that we have made this formal request, our only option thereafter is
legal,

sounds like some 12 year old trying to sound important and simply using fancy words...and incorrectly I might add   

http://www.wordreference.com/definition/thereafter

thereafter 
A adverb
 1  thereafter, thenceforth
 
from that time on; "thereafter he never called again" 
   

[Paleoanth]

Maybe it was really Atwa.

[Anouk]

EULA never changed. Case closed.

[Zazazu]

Maybe it was really Atwa.

Nah, she's spending her time making threatening SimSecrets against the remaining FAs.