Outsider 87;2752089 said:
You are so WRONG! Those who have really made the stadiums (engineers, architects and real workers) were paid very well to make that job and you can be sure that there is their signature in the stadium and in the projects of the stadium!
Instead those who made the digital reproduction made it for free and the least you can do is to give them credits (not money: only asking that you say: ok guys, I converted this stadium digitally made by "author") for their work!
Your words are really nonsense and could be applied to every field of editing.
You've got the issue, mate.
Of course a huge work like a digital reproduction, especially of a complex thing like a stadium, is worth the credit to the editor.
But hey, relax, we're just talking about a football VIDEOGAME!
I respect anybody's hard work but every work is worth its price on the market. If you think your work it's worth some money, let's go for it and let's see how many people would pay.
I'm the first one to admit that some of the creations in the forum should be worth some money and your work has often raised the appeal for FIFA which, as it is released by EA, is nothing more than a decent football game. And this is something that EA itself should be thankful to you, because every year, thanks to your creations, FIFA gets more fun to play.
Nevertheless, I remember that when some time ago a guy asked to be paid for his superb creations, but he didn't become a professional FIFA Editor, and even though his creations were among the most requested on the web, he couldn't get a penny from that. Does it strike any chords?
Many "creations" are often samples or captures from the manufacturer's website. These are the basis of computer graphics, mate, but they have nothing to do with "creation" because you're simply reproducing something already existing that was not created by you. You may ask for the credit of your job and your efforts, and you deserve it, but you can't consider it something of "your own" and ask for a sort of copyright, as most editors do, because there's nothing of your own in a design of something created by someone else.
Do you think that if I play Michael Carlos*son's "Thriller" with my keyboard or the soundcard of my PC, could I claim it as "mine" and ask for credits?