Why are they going after artists rather than RMT sellers?
They are not going after artists. They're clarifying a position that did not seem immediately clear to prevent having to go after artists. They WANT to go after RMT sellers as much as possible and they'd certainly rather do that than prevent any of the fine artists here making a quick gil making fanart.
No matter what the activity proposed for in-game cash, unless it is performed in-game, goes against the ToS.
At the same time, taking that kind of hard stance also helps them go after RMT customers and providers from a legal standpoint since they're showing that they're enforcing their ToS.
What if we openly discuss the ways we want to circumvent this policy?
That's incredibly dumb and makes life harder for most of us because almost everything on this site uses assets and art from FFXIV which is used under a certain provision that FreelanceWizard posted IIRC.
If it gets up to their legal department that this place's a hotbed for RMT, regardless of how "harmless" it is they'll shut that shit down and for some reason I do not want the magic admin hat to tango with S-E's legal department.
It tends to never end well for anyone, unless you're SNKPlaymore, and even then that case + counter-suit is still pending.
tl;dr :
policy's stupid but needed, don't be as stupid pls.
They are not going after artists. They're clarifying a position that did not seem immediately clear to prevent having to go after artists. They WANT to go after RMT sellers as much as possible and they'd certainly rather do that than prevent any of the fine artists here making a quick gil making fanart.
No matter what the activity proposed for in-game cash, unless it is performed in-game, goes against the ToS.
At the same time, taking that kind of hard stance also helps them go after RMT customers and providers from a legal standpoint since they're showing that they're enforcing their ToS.
What if we openly discuss the ways we want to circumvent this policy?
That's incredibly dumb and makes life harder for most of us because almost everything on this site uses assets and art from FFXIV which is used under a certain provision that FreelanceWizard posted IIRC.
If it gets up to their legal department that this place's a hotbed for RMT, regardless of how "harmless" it is they'll shut that shit down and for some reason I do not want the magic admin hat to tango with S-E's legal department.
It tends to never end well for anyone, unless you're SNKPlaymore, and even then that case + counter-suit is still pending.
tl;dr :
policy's stupid but needed, don't be as stupid pls.
