Do what you want cuz a pirate is free... I am a pirate! I'd keep supporting PMND openly, no matter what!

I would also make sure to get all my EA products from very unofficial distributers from that day...  :evil:

I am responsible for the big head. Aikea Guinea is responsible for the little head.

I don't think it's laziness so much as that there is no real benefit to them taking a side. One of the reasons that the Sims is so popular is because it allows user created content. People like it because to a certain extent they can shape the game as they see fit. While they can bring their lawyers down on paysites (and trust me, I'm sure EA's legal team is just as lawsuit heavy as Blizzard's), it serves no useful purpose to take a side and alienate customers.
You still have to buy the game to use paysites' products, and according to EA, technically anything made for in game use belongs to them and they can use and take it as they see fit (thinking of the stuff packs, I'm sure we've all seen some very familiar content in those, yes?).

Nouk - I like the slight change to the hair.  It looks nifty.

There's piracy.  There's plagiarism.  But what do you call it when you swipe the look of a Sim that is made by a creator who thinks that their Sims are real?  Body Snatching?

I made this for an online friend who really wanted this particular Sim and the creator was closed handed.  The clone amuses me if no one else.