The idea isn't stealing, merely having the same idea. I never meant to imply that those meshes were stolen either, so my apologies if it sounded like that.
HugeLunatic, I think we’re saying the same thing, and
I apologize if I didn’t phrase it correctly.
There is always the possibility that two creators will make the same object, especially if it matches Maxis.
Exactly my point. Matching doesn’t mean stealing.
Everything Shakeshaft has made seems to now be questioned if it is really her meshes. There have been comparisons to Holy Simoly and Parsimonious meshes regarding Shakeshaft.
I don’t know about whatever else Shakeshaft made. Haven't checked it out. But stealing is quite a serious accusation. A very big part of what an object consists of is a texture and a mesh. Shakeshaft took both of those from Buggybooz and passed it off – no
SOLD it off – as her own. That’s stealing.
Taking a mesh or texture from another creator and altering it with permission – and then giving the original creator credit. That’s
NOT stealing.
Taking a mesh or texture from a Maxis object and altering it. That is in
NO way stealing. We've all already paid for that mesh/texture many times over.
What Shakeshaft did – which was taking a mesh and a handmade texture and passing it off as your own – AND getting money out of it – that is definitely stealing.
Shakeshaft is a thief.------
Missbonbon, I’m not sure I understand what you mean.
Having the same idea is not stealing if you can prove you didn't steal.
So I’d have to prove I didn’t steal anything. Not quite sure how you expect me to do this. “Yes, Officer I discovered that Maxis mesh and texture before XXX did. Only I didn’t release it until one week/one month/one year after XXX, because I was busy going to work and generally living Real Life” ... Huh?
Besides, in real life – and I’m assuming it still counts here – you are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Meaning you
don’t have to prove your innocence.
Somebody else has to prove your guilt – just like Buggybooz did Shakeshaft’s guilt.
Spaiks don't differ all that much, from what I've read. Apparently very few of her windows actually differ from Numenor's and Marylou's, suggesting that she had borrowed from them.
And there’s the thing, isn’t it. They didn’t differ *
all that much* … meaning that there
were differences … meaning that they
weren’t copies. Meaning that Spaik didn’t take anyting from Marylou and Numenor's objects, but made her own altered version of the Maxis meshes.
Spaik is
NOT a thief.