I was happy to just sit and laugh over the threads, but seriously, I checked back today at a thread on TSR and I just had to register here and have a good rant. someone was complaining on their forums about how TSR calls recolours 'free' when you gotta cough up for the mesh. So i helpfully posted up the EULA and asked did they ever consider that they were violating by charging for content. Check out their dumbarse reply:
You're not paying to use the stuff (CC), you're paying to keep the site open.
WTF?!
Websites are not free, there's money involved. Most sites call them "donations" and that's exactly what it is. You're donating money to help keep the website open. TSR is the ONLY website I have ever paid for, and that's because there's so much here. At any time of the day, you've got great people who can help you fix errors, there's so many downloads, and so much more troubleshooting and help areas. It's a GREAT site, and that's why I chose to "suscribe".
Bravo nincompoop!
http://forums.thesimsresource.com/showthread.php?t=311947Of course they deleted my post with the EULA quote!!!
I've about 100 uploads there, but now I'm seriously reconsidering if I want to upload anything there in future. I am peed off. in fact i think I'm going to put the eula on my profile, just to pee them off back. What a prick!!!!
does anyone know, just how much profit does tsr make each year?
I read most of that thread as well before I got sick of all the gushing. And I have to say that this comment was one of those that made me run for the bucket most of all:
Websites are not free, there's money involved. Most sites call them "donations" and that's exactly what it is. You're donating money to help keep the website open. TSR is the ONLY website I have ever paid for, and that's because there's so much here. At any time of the day, you've got great people who can help you fix errors, there's so many downloads, and so much more troubleshooting and help areas. It's a GREAT site, and that's why I chose to "suscribe".
Talk about the blind leading the visually challenged (and who wouldn't be after accidentally stumbling across atwat's amazing technicolour crap) :roll: "At any time of the day ... there's so many downloads ..." - not at the moment there ain't kiddo! And I agree with Lilith that deleting the post with the EULA quoted smacks of them knowing that what they're doing is illegal. Could that be more ammo to use in future e-mails to EA about their activities?
Even though I can't make diddly squat, and wouldn't upload it to TSR if I could, what exactly is the nature of the contract/agreement between them and FAs? I wouldn't have thought that TSR sends the FAs anything to sign, so in that case there's no legally binding contract and therefore the FAs can post their stuff anywhere else that they choose. If a creator did that and TSR found out, what would they do - sue them? I'd love to be a fly on the wall at the court case when in fact TSR would be the ones in the shit because of the laws they're breaking :lol:
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