So as many of you know, these two sites, Simsdom and Sims4/3planet have been making money off of creators CC. Both sites refuse to take down content, instead choosing to block, insult and threaten creators instead. As there is little to no way of contacting these sites, I am resorting to other methods of keeping my CC out of their hands.
These watermarks come in both .png and .psd format, including different opacities; -50% -25% -15% -10% -5%
Hopefully this will deter them from stealing more content. It’s a shame that we have to resort to these types of measures just to keep our work safe. And yes, I am tagging this as ts4/ts3 cc as it relates to it.
800 followers gift – Emysimss Cakes & Cupcakes Deco
Thank you so much for following me! Now it’s time to grab a cake 🙂
originals (1, 2) by @emysimss, converted 3to2 by me;
Warning! All objects are VERY HIGH-POLY (cupcakes are 10-12k and cakes are near 50k). I tried to make lower poly version but all I got were distorted models with still high polycount. Use them sparingly especially if your computer is old. You’re welcome to make lower poly version;
General – Nursery, $10 for each one;
deco only but you are welcome to make it edible;
all are shiftable if you have AL and should be placeable to any surface;
five color options for each item, textures are independent from each other;
Files are compressed and a texture folder is included. There will be clipping when sims get into the tent bed and I wouldn’t recommend your sims jumping on them. 🙂
It has come to my attention, and many other creators’ attention, that a website under the name SimsDom is posting external links to CC creator’s content under ad links (60 seconds), therefore, profiting off of our content without our permission. While the mods of the site plead this is not illegal, it does not excuse the fact that they are in violation of many users’ TOUs (and possibly copyright infringement as a whole), and actions such as these are incredibly upsetting and inexcusable.
Here are just a few pieces of unauthorized CC:
Notice that none of the content pictured indicates a creator name (unless specified in the original, stolen image). Only when you search for your URL specifically, your content will not be immediately shown.
And to expand upon the real issue, your CC posts are being monetized before a user visits your original post. (Even so, this isn’t always the case, either. Some posts on SimsDom link to the download itself, rather than the original post. So you may be missing out on notes or reblogs of your content. This method tends to vary) If someone were to download content on SimsDom, they’d either have to sit through a 60 second ad (while an adblocker is enabled) or become a member of the site to disable all ads, therefore speeding up the downloading/browsing process, much like TSR. (the only difference being that TSR creators/users upload the content themselves)
The price for membership ranges anywhere between ~$2 a month to ~$20 a year. All without creator permission! Not only are they taking advantage of creators, they are taking advantage of their users/members.
And to make matters worse, when a creator makes a request to have their content removed from the site, they are met with indifference and disrespect. A fellow content creator, @isjao, requested to have their content removed, this is how the conversation played out:
The message on the right can be translated to (as per Google Translate):
“Hello, isjao. Your request for site administration was passed on and we reviewed your request better. We have seen that you are a creator who really does not deserve any downloads coming from the SimsDomination. SimsDomination usually sends between 30% and 90% of the total downloads to a creator. If you want to be a creator of Tumblr, you will be. We’ve removed your creations and blocked future directions to your Tumblr and site. If we see indications of Tumblrs that have relogared their posts, as the link informed, we will remove as well. But keep in mind that you are not the only item creator in the world. It’s not we who depend on you and yes, you rely on disclosure to help you have more downloads. The indications for your items have been removed. We wish you a great week.”
And in a Tumblr post, SimsDom addressed the issue as well:
While I understand many CC creators use services such as Adfly (myself included), Patreon or receive donations through PayPal or Ko-Fi, this does not mean we shouldn’t have control over who is able to use our content for profit or forfeit the right to request it doesn’t. And when a simple request is made to have content removed, we shouldn’t be met with disrespect.
SimsDom is clearly violating our rights to our content, and they need to be held accountable. If possible, I urge you to get in contact with a site admin if you feel as though you are being treated unlawfully or disrespectfully. Be sure to notify fellow content creators if you see their content being used without their permission! And in the meantime, I, as well as others, will research a way to get this site removed.
I know this was bound to happen some day but still… I’m literally crying right now. I put in a lot of time and effort to create CC and this person is making money of of it by posting it through this site (simsdom.com) @simsdom with a direct link to SFS. Not giving ANY credit and bypassing my website completely.
I’ve connected my website to Google AdSense so… by bypassing my website i’m not getting any traffic/hits and revenue from my ads.
Please to any other creator out there that posts their CC through this website; please don’t support them.
This is horrible, please spread the word! I didn’t know my hairs were stolen aswell and put behind ad-links and more 😦 I beg you not to support this website! Us cc creators spend alot of time and effort on what we make, some of us do it for fun and as a hobby, whilst these people only see people’s hard work as a quick buck.
@simsdom I’d like every single piece of my cc that you reuploaded to be removed off of your site.
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