During The Sims 2 lifespan, a battle broke out regarding the fact that paysites were breaking the Sims 2 EULA regarding charging for custom content. Well, in a move that I guess you could say “Better late than never“, The Sims team finally addressed the issue of custom content on paysites. Straight from MaxiodDrea’s mouth:

The Sims celebrates creativity, humor, and community. We strive to provide players with tools that enable them to customize and personalize their game experience. We are proud that so many of The Sims and The Sims 2 players create their own art for the games and share it with others. Sharing art online is a hobby that involves an investment of time, energy and money. Whether players choose to share their original artistic creations with the community is up to them: some custom content creators design work for a fee; some host their works on sites that organize, store and serve an enormous amount of content for subscribers; some artists request donations; and some artists allow all players to download their creations for free. These artists set their own terms for how they want to share their talents with the community at large. Those terms should be respected by other players.

So…what exactly does this mean to anti-paysites such as Pescado’s Paysites Must be Destroyed?  Personally, I have no beef with the subject – it’s not a battle I want to step into.  But now that Maxis has issued their views on paysites, does this change your thoughts?  I wonder what route TS3 will go in terms of distributing content…