Sims 2 on Wikipedia

[Noodle]

While I realize there is not much respect for Wikipedia, I found it very interesting that they have this to say about The Sims 2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_2

There has been some controversy as to whether paysites can legally charge for custom content since the EA license agreement states "You may include materials created with the Tools & Materials on your personal noncommercial website for the noncommercial benefit of the fan community for EA's products"[6]. Protest sites have started offering pay items from other websites for free stating that those websites are the ones that are illegal per EA games license agreement.[6]. The fact that paysites may not be legal and that other websites are offering these payfiles for free is subject to censorship on many of the fan communities The first causality of the paysite controversy was popular site retailsims.com [7] who after closing urged other paysites to also close in protest.

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[Plum]

Nice.  :}

[lemmiwinks]

Not long, it seems.

[Plum]

It's still there.

[lemmiwinks]

Search turned up neither at the link.


Edit... "The first causality of the paysite controversy was popular site retailsims.com [7] who after closing urged other paysites to also close in protest."

Edit 2. Plum, you rock, even if you have a very annoying avatar.

Edit 3. Someone deleted a post and totally screwed up my train of thought.
Curses and damnation to post deleters!

[jesserocket]

It's gone...

Seemingly, there IS no controversy...Apart from the SEXUAL mod that's worse than Hot Coffee.

[ChaosKitten]

ZOMG!naked

You've got to love/loathe the people that will go in and remove stuff from an online information resource like wikipedia. I mean, it IS a part of the game's history/information. There's been controversy for years, and it is information that is relevant to the online community of the game. Yes, there are sites that offer paid stuff through file-sharing. Not everyone likes this. Here's what both sides feel. Not all views are appreciated on all forums/other community mediums, possibly resulting in persons being banned (or called a host of names and made the butt of numerous pirate-themed jokes).

It's just a fair warning, not to mention "historical" documentation. I mean, Retail Sims did shut down specifically because of this controversy.

I dunno, I just don't like censorship.

[jesserocket]

Maybe that article should be flagged for showing biasedness, or whatever it is..

[Aquamarine]

I hate wikipedia. Hatehatehate.

[yamikuronue]

Try the talk page.

[Solander]

In my opinion, sites like wikipedia shouldn't be used to promote personal points of view. It's intended to be a reliable source for information.

Even if the "fight" heatens up, there should still be some respect for sites not being involved in it. Open a new blog, post as much "i hate those illegal pay sites" as you want, but nobody should use a site like wikipedia for this kind of war.

And if someone had posted a "some sites are offering pay content which "may" be illegal", i'm pretty sure you wouldn't have been amused that much.

"May be" doesn't say "it is", so it's nothing to be posted at wikipedia.

Solander

[Aquamarine]

That's the problem. Wikipedia isn't reliable because it's laden with personal bias.

[Solander]

Yep, but i don't think any participants of the current free vs. pay fight should foster this.

[jesserocket]

I don't believe it should be acted as though it's not happening though, regardless of sides...

[arrrohina]

I just put this back in:

There has been some controversy as to whether paysites can legally charge for custom content since the EA license agreement states "You may include materials created with the Tools & Materials on your personal noncommercial website for the noncommercial benefit of the fan community for EA's products"[6]. Protest sites have started offering pay items from other websites for free stating that those websites are the ones that are illegal per EA games license agreement.[6]. The fact that paysites may not be legal and that other websites are offering these payfiles for free is subject to censorship on many of the fan communities and on wikiperdia itself, apparently.