Anti-Permapaywall Directory (Part 1)

PART 2 HERE!

Posts summarizing the whole Anti-Permapaywall Argument:  HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE Murfeelee’s Rants ™ about Paywalls: [Really worth reading!] HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE , HERE Posts talking about the cost of Permapaywalls and the effect it has on people:  HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE Posts talking about the risks of using Adf*y and other link shortners:  HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE

Post about copyright/EA’s TOU specifically: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE Posts about the behavior/content of Permapaywall creators (and some of their supporters)

QUALITY ISSUES/CONTENT ISSUES:

INSANELY HIGH POLY COUNTS/BAD QUALITY HARRASSMENT/QUALITY ISSUES

RELEASING BROKEN CONTENT TEXTURE ISSUES YET AGAIN? SL CREATOR SELLS/PAYWALLS LOW QUALITY CONTENT FOR THE SIMS 4 CREATOR CALLS OUT OTHER CREATORS FOR UNFINISHED/LOW QUALITY WORK, GETS ANNOYING ASKS IN RESPONSE –> One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six

HARRASSMENT, BULLYING, DOXXING, AND MORE:

BULLYING ANOTHER CREATOR OUT OF THE COMMUNITY —> ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR

RUDE MESSAGE TO PATREON WHO ONLY SUBBED A MONTH

THREATENING TO DOXX

PUBLIC SEMI-DOXXING OF A PATREON DOXXING/STEALING MESHES

PRO-PAYWALL ACCOUNT DOXXES SOMEONE SHE GETS IN ARGUMENT WITH 

PRO-PAYWALL TROLLS THREATEN TO DOXX, CALL SOMEONE “SPINELESS” 

POC SIMMER/COMMENTER BULLIED OUT OF COMMUNITY DUE TO DOXXING THREATS FOR SPEAKING AGAINST PAYWALLS

UNDERAGE PAYWALL CREATOR PAYS PEOPLE TO DOXX OTHERS, ACTS CLASSIST AS FRICK, THROWS TANTRUM WHEN CALLED OUT, THEN ACTS LIKE A CREEP TO MAKE IT BETTER

MULTIPLE PRO-PAYALL SOCK PUPPET ACCOUNTS HARRASS ME FOR MY OPINIONS ON PAYWALLS 

PRO-PAYWALL SOCK PUPPET ACCOUNTS DOXX ME, SEND MY PICTURE TO MANY PEOPLE, SIGN MY WORK EMAIL UP FOR PORN ACCOUNTS —> ONE, TWO

PRO PAYWALL SOCK PUPPET ACCOUNTS EMAIL MY WORK TO TRY TO GET ME FIRED PAYWALL CREATOR GETS MAD THAT I CALLED HIM OUT, SENDS HIS FOLLOWERS TO HARASS ME PRO-PAYWALL SOCK PUPPET CALLS ME FAT, INSULTS ME —> ONE, TWO, THREE PAYWALLER/PAYWALL SUPPORTER THREATENS PIRATES, SAYS THEY’LL INSTALL “TRACKING SOFTWARE” IN CC FILES

PAYWALLER THREATENS TO SHARE THE PATREON INFO OF “LEAKERS” WITH OTHER PAYWALLERS, THREATENING THEIR SECURITY PAYWALLER THREATENS LEGAL ACTION ON THOSE WHO CALL HER OUT FOR HER HOMOPHOBIC/TRANSPHOBIC BEHAVIOR PAYWALLER DOXXES MYSELF AND ANOTHER PERSON, PUTS TRACKERS IN HER FILES, AND IS TRANS/HOMOPHOBIC AND GENERALLY A JERK PRO-PAYWALL SOCK PUPPET THREATENS ME

Stop enabling thievery in the Sims community. Don't steal poses/content.

@hellosimsulani (known as Simsulani) is stealing poses of multiple posemakers and is making money from it, taking advantage of those posemakers' work, but also of her (paying) Patrons by deceiving them with content that isn’t hers and already exists for free. It is proven with at least 15 affected creators and there are more yet to be uncovered. Because of theft we lost ToysOfDukeness as posecreator. Stealing people’s work is not okay, people pour passion into their creations. We are losing talented Simmers because of theft.

See the proof here (the document is under construction and more is to be investigated): SIMSULANI STOLEN CONTENT

Simsulani has been stealing poses for YEARS. She went unnoticed because she is good at camouflaging. It is incredibly hard to notice the stolen poses at first glance, it is a frankenmesh fiasco. I tried to dissect the poses and find the original creators, it is a slow and tedious process.

Groups and couples got split up and merged. Places in groups got swapped and/or rotated. Normal couples or single poses suddenly got a kid or partner (or both). Some expressions were made clownesque, exaggerated or the eyes closed. To make it harder, she added accessories or removed them. She changed the body anatomy (resulting in broken poses sometimes) to make it appear different.

In some preview images clipping and/or weird gaps are very noticable. It shows they were posing with someone or something that got removed or changed around. 

Why did I share this? Pose makers can make mistakes, everyone does, but these traces of thievery and dedication to it instead of making her own poses. And she is earning money from poses that creator’s share for free.

I am not against early access (I am against perma paywalls though), but if you ask people for money to access your content early, you should deliver content of your own or you aren’t fit for content monetization. Content of your own or go home. Don’t steal others' poses or meshes to fill your wallet. Same for commissions, people commission you to create something, not to steal something.

So please, if you’re a posemaker, check if you were affected and share it, she even got poses of a small posemaker like me. If it is confirmed I will add it to the document.

For pose users, please don't support Simsulani’s behavior. There are many amazing pose creator’s she stole the poses from, please go to the original creators instead and not to Simsulani. Money will aid in enabling her so please cancel your subs.

And Simsulani, please cancel all the Patreon tiers until you make your own poses and go make your own poses from scratch. Never steal anyone’s poses again. 

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I am not releasing my centaur pose pack today, my apologies, but this all feels too bitter.

I am so not okay with all the stolen content I have seen so far - and I know there is so much more hidden (also besides Simsulani and besides poses). I don’t want this to continue for us. The Sims community is supposed to be a creative outlet and fun place. So please let change happen. Don’t enable thieving creators, don’t give them download numbers or money for content that isn’t their own. There are many wonderful Simmers and creators out there creating amazing content, go to them instead.

A big thank you to ToysOfDukeness and @simmireen to paving the way. I am just a small pose creator, but I hope there will be a ripple.

I'm Tired.

I totally get why many simblrs don't want to name and shame and want to avoid drama, but I'm not one of those simblrs. If I see some bs I'm going to call it out. I only have a few followers (who are lovely and sweet) anyway, so it's not like I'll get a crusade against me. So that's exactly what I'm gonna do, because I'm pissed right now.

I know I don't have a big blog so it's unlikely many will see this, but if you do, please reblog it. Spread the word about creators who have stolen content so that people can stop downloading their cc and supporting them.

One of my favorite creators, Toys of Dukeness, has just deleted all their poses from Patreon and stated that they are leaving the Sims community. Their poses have been STOLEN by other "creators" who have locked them behind paywalls. Keep in mind Toys gives their poses out FOR FREE and they've been STOLEN and put behind paywalls! They're making money off of shit that isn't even theirs! How disgusting is that?? And now they don't even feel welcome in the community that they've given so much to.

And it's funny because I just saw a post from the amazing @simmireen (who makes many of my favorite poses) calling out THE SAME CREATOR for stealing their poses!! Simmireen's poses are stunning and she is kind enough to give them out for free, and she's had her hard work ripped off by an early access paywaller. The same one who drove Toys out of this community: simsulani.

This is a screenshot taken from Toys of Dukeness's post (read the whole thing here) that specifically calls out two of the thieves:

If this keeps happening, more of our wonderful cc creators are going to leave simblr. And I don't blame them one bit. Why put hours, sometimes days, of work into creating content when it's just going to be stolen and profited off of by someone else?

And when those creators do eventually leave, do you know what we'll be left with? Scummy perma-paywallers and early access creators who use minority groups to make money. (As a member of the LGBT I can't tell you how fucking sick I am of seeing "Pride Month Collection- Available to the public on June 30th🥰")

We can't let that happen. We need to support and show love to the creators who allow us to have beautiful cc and amazing poses in our games. I can tell you right now my stories would be nothing without simmireen's and Toys' poses. And they aren't the only creators who have had their cc stolen. We're on here about AI stealing art all the time (which is a totally valid argument, don't get me wrong), meanwhile actual humans, fellow simmers, are stealing content right under our noses, right this moment.

I am TIRED of this. Our content creators are being driven off this site and out of the community entirely because their work is being stolen. Storytellers, including myself, have also had their storylines stolen. I once saw someone take my entire NSB Gen 2 storyline, with even the quotes being copied and pasted! If you don't have creativity, then don't make content, that's okay. What's not okay is STEALING from people who have worked hard on their craft, ESPECIALLY if you're making money off of the stuff you stole.

Again, please reblog if you can. And feel free to share some REPUTABLE creators so simmers know who to download from rather than the thieves. They're the ones who need to be driven out, not the hardworking creators. And anyone who is afraid to vent about this on main can come into my anon and rant all they want. We as a community need to stop this.

-Coco xoxo

toysofdukeness deleted their cc/wiped their patreon and i just wanted to say, the impact that early access content has set for the sims (particularly sims 4) community has once again showed how much of a disappointment it is altogether. whether it's trackers in downloads, doxing people, broken/uninspired sets and now stealing other people's free content... to the point where we drive a member who has been here for a very long time... something's eventually got to give but it's exhausting seeing the lack of accountability of these creators time and time again. please don't give these people your money. it's unfortunate that we have to call them out on their bs. however it's incredibly clear that a lot of ea creators have no integrity and will truly do anything to make a quick buck

EDIT: the names of the accounts listed in toysofdukness’s patreon post are simsulani (hellosimsulani) and kd89 (kd89-3dstudios)

VERY ALARMING

I want to make it clear that I've come across a disturbing thread indicating that some prominent CC creators are embedding trackers in their download links to monitor who redistributes their paid content. As someone who purchases content and has never redistributed it, I'm aware that some users do share links due to long-standing paywalls, despite EA's directive for a limited early access period followed by free public release. The alarming aspect is the potential for these trackers to access all information on a device, which is illegal in the UK. As a solicitor, I'm knowledgeable about this. Should I discover any creator has sent me links containing spyware, I will report them to EA to ensure they are barred from creating for The Sims 4. While I empathize with creators over unauthorized sharing of their work, I must protect the sensitive client information on my devices. Our IT department has been alerted, and should they find any trace of such activity linked to a creator, I will take legal action. Currently, I am aware of several creators involved in this illicit practice, but I will withhold their identities unless it becomes necessary to inform the sims 4 community. Consider this a warning; ignorance will not be an acceptable defence.

This has been going on for literal YEARS

https://www.reddit.com/r/thesims/comments/u4fteb/if_you_are_a_patron_of_several_huge_cc_creators/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

It has also been blogged about a lot on here, just for the sake of more information for people who don't know about it: my tag with a lot of information and posts

Adding something into their package file that contains actual spyware, however, is something I am first hearing of, can someone please explain? How is that even possible? Simple package files and not script mods?

Do not support perma-paywallers! Anyone who doesn't share their cc in a public download link (but sends it by personal message) is probably tracking their cc. They can't do it from public download links, so this is how they act. Do not give them your money, you could end up with your private information exposed on the internet.