Pegasus, I think you're right.  As far as EA's concerned, this is a matter of contract and not necessarily of copyright.  But EULA's (i.e., terms of use contracts) are very hard to enforce and don't tend to stand up in court (if they ever get that far).

babyblue, I think your teacher may have  been talking about trademarks, not copyrights.  If they're not enforced, they break down (like Kleenex--the company tries very hard legally to prevent the use of the term Kleenex to refer to other facial tissues, because it will lose its trademark if the name becomes commonly used that way.  Other examples are Scotch tape and Xerox.)

babyblue,

What many people do when they create artwork is to have something showing the date of creation on it, so that they've documented the originality of the creation.  Yes, you can apply for a copyright to make it official, but my point was that you don't legally have to.  

From a government website on US copyright law:

Copyright Registration

In general, copyright registration is a legal formality intended to make a public record of the basic facts of a particular copyright. However, registration is not a condition of copyright protection. Even though registration is not a requirement for protection, the copyright law provides several inducements or advantages to encourage copyright owners to make registration.

http://www.copyright.gov/register/

No, in the US, at least, you don't have to file any paperwork or make any statement in order to claim copyright.  All you have to do is produce the creation in a tangible form.

I agree that while EA owns the right to the use of the .package file, any mesh or recolor of a mesh belongs to the individual creator and can legally be sold. What EA forbids is making commercial use of its tools--in this case, the .package file.  It doesn't have any legal standing regarding meshes or recolors of original meshes that aren't dependent on the use of any of its tools.

Very nice!  I love this mesh, and the outfit is great.

Beautiful!  I've been looking for something exactly like this.  But does it need Pets to function properly?  

Sorry--I see you've addressed this in your post.  I'll try it out and see if it works.

Thank you, very nice!

Thanks for the athletic girl mesh and clothing.  I couldn't stand the Maxis female body types.  The one you've made is what I think a woman should look like.

My first post.  That wasn't too painful.:blob6: