Paysites - Let live or become free?
To many surfers there has been, to their aggravation, a lot of paysites regarding custom content for The Sims 2 spurring up over time. Now it evidently turns out that having a paysite or even a subscriptionbased website containing TS2 items is not really permitted and not entirely legal.
This would be the reply Pas received when he asked:
Yes, running a paysite featuring content for the Sims 2 is considered to be a violation of both the Electronic Arts Terms of Service and copyright law.
This includes both content that is sold directly and content that is offered as part of a subscription service.
Additionally, the intent behind providing these tools to the Sims 2 community was to promote the sharing of content, not commercial activity. If you know of a site that is offering Sims 2 content as a pay-service, we would ask that you please let us know so that we can take the appropriate steps to address the situation.