Strangely enough, they were both released october of last year. 2-for-U's version was uploaded on october 22, however on the distant eyes archive page it says they uploaded their version on october 16. (which is my birthday, if anyone cares.)

it is very possible that they both used the same source picture... but since 2-for-U already was proven to steal enayla's lovely work, I am suspicious.

Technically, andymy and chriko are different people (i think) and I know that even if andymy stole something, that it doesn't mean chriko did too, but they are on the same site. Maybe Chriko didn't mind when andymy took enayla's textures because she took someone else's work also.

(how do you pronounce "chriko" anyway? I've always wondered.)

Sorry. I'll shut up now.

This site was the cause of the drama.  And subsequent shutting down of the site.

I haven't read all the thread, but I think Zantanna acts very strange . In my mind this kind of behavior is not very smart.

Concerning Elau - I really like her forum There are so many funny people there Especially in "your works" section If you're uploading a total crap, they are still saying that it is wonderful and that they are going to download it right now, but the download counter is still showing zero :lol: And some people upload wrong files, but no one will tell them, that the file is not showing up in the game  
About Elau's donation files I can only say, that I don't think that they are worth paying. No, I don't say, that they are crappy or something, but they are really average.

I keep seeing references to trojans and malware and whatnot.

Are these coming from downloads, or from pop-ups from the sites?

I have an on-access scanner and scan both all individual downloads and regularly scan the entire HDD, and have never encountered a virus from any Sims 2 CC site (yet, anyway). I also have pop-ups and javascript blocked.

Sorry if this is OT.

C.

*insert projectile vomiting here*
I'm not a prostitute.
And I wouldn't want a dirty jock strap even if it was free!
But thanks for your concern.  :wink:

Napster is not a good comparison either.  That was a direct fight with the record labels who owned the rights to the music being distributed illegally.  EA Games holds the rights here, and have given the green light to redistributing files in a non-profit format.

Now the paysites on the other hand...

They have taken the proverbial logo t-shirt, scribbled some things around the logo, and are calling it their own while claiming exclusive rights.  Then they turn around and do the one thing they were asked not to by the copyright holder - redistribute the t-shirt for profit.

you cannot claim rights to something that someone else (EA Games) already owns.  Don't believe me?  Just ask someone who's had the misfortune of a run-in with Mattel or Disney for copyright infringement.  Or ask HChangeri at the New and Improved Integrity Free Retail Sims.  She tried to claim exclusive rights to the Krispy Kreme logo and got her ass handed to her by their legal department.

Paysite owners (and creators in general) are subject to the terms of EA games, not whatever terms they feel like making up on the spot.  If they want to retain the rights to their work (photoskinning, blatant recoloring, claiming credit for non-sim mesher's work, and frankenmeshing of Maxis mesh parts excluded - none of that is their work), do not use the package files.  Sell your "independent" meshes at Turbosquid or your texture files at Deviant Art.