Is T$R at it again?
Kittycataussie:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2010 August 09, 01:10:33
vital intelligence asset.
sorry, if I just read all that right the comment was rather funny.... I'm also coming off a third-shift waitress night so don't mind my missing mind. I'm just gonna go back to lurking mode now. ;D
tjstreak:
Quote from: Inge on 2010 August 08, 15:50:44
Looking for firm evidence without having access to anything other than each other's internet presence is really a waste of time.
Proving anything can be difficult. However, in a murder case, you don't always need a body. In a robbery, you don't always need to find the stolen goods.
What you can look at is past conduct and current practices. You can look at things like means and motive. And you can draw inferences from behavior.
One thing we know for certain is that TSR is not an honest business. Take for example, their use of other's intellectual property. TSR pilfers the work of other artists on almost a daily basis. I am not talking about sims artists, but artist artists. You see items containing Disney's copyrighted material all the time. At one point, I did a cursory search and found over 50 items which used material copyrighted by Disney. However, they also host artwork from professional artists who are not even aware that their artwork has been taken, converted into sims custom content and is sold. Just log in, and you will find page after page of paintings and similar artwork containing the copyrighted material of other artists.
How does an honest business act? Well, just compare TSR's conduct to EA. Yes, we all love to hate EA, but it is a professional operation. EA is very careful about infringing on other's copyrights. Branded material is identified and the rights to use that material are secured before those items are published.
Now, this does not prove that TSR has hacked into other accounts, but it tells you something about TSR's mindset. They are neither a professional nor an honest business.
Claeric:
That's pretty questionable "past conduct" to "make inferences" with, though. The average person isn't going to secure copyrights for images they can easily find on the internet. Are we to believe that all those wacky korean creators who plaster disney imagery over half their content are shady and not to be trusted? Not likely. So why does that apply to TSR?
You're trying to make it sound like the fact that they do it makes it blatantly malicious, but that's not true at all.
Not that I'm defending TSR, just that "They use images of disney stuff!!!" is a really flimsy basis to prove intent and maliciousness.
jezzer:
Quote from: Claeric on 2010 September 04, 13:51:16
That's pretty questionable "past conduct" to "make inferences" with, though. The average person isn't going to secure copyrights for images they can easily find on the internet. Are we to believe that all those wacky korean creators who plaster disney imagery over half their content are shady and not to be trusted? Not likely. So why does that apply to TSR?
You're trying to make it sound like the fact that they do it makes it blatantly malicious, but that's not true at all.
Not that I'm defending TSR, just that "They use images of disney stuff!!!" is a really flimsy basis to prove intent and maliciousness.
Because they're a paysite. A paysite using copyrighted material without permission. A paysite that uses copyrighted material without permission and throws MASSIVE BUTTHURT HISSYFITS if anyone "infringes" on their work. How hard is that to understand?
Jeeves:
As hard as decrapifying is, apparently.
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