It is their right to do so. Who are you to judge them? If they create content to post on their site only for some revenue, why not? You didn't pay for anything, did you? Yet you still use their stuff. So what gives? Even if they were all greedy as hell, which they are not, would it then be okay to steal their stuff? How does their own personality change anything about this discussion?
Just because this is a community instead of a website it doesn't mean communities are free to take whatever they please and repost without asking beforehand.
I think pesworld definetly deserves credits for their work.
There are some issues that bother me, while reading all this angry discussion:
1st: the way and the "sound" of the words posted in here.
I think there are more polite ways to get in touch with somebody to clarify issues.
2nd: some kind of ignorance on both sides - i can understand that this makes people angry.
3rd: talking about stealing the kits. Sorry, but here, something is going into the wrong direction.
Stealing in terms of kits etc, would be, taking someones work, maybe changing something or remove the author sign and claim it as his own work. That is something Cristiano definetly has not done.
So, he USED pesworld kits without permission (no clue if the kits were posted with the hint of asking for permission to use them) AND he DID NOT GIVE ANY CREDIT.
I think in terms of mls he is "unguilty", as he was offered to use someones complete mls files. If the original author has not asked for permission, he is to blame. But at least the author gave credits to pesworld in his thread.
There are still the kits of championship and some national teams. I think not giving credits to the original authors is a mistake and some kind of no-go. The creators of kits take as well a lot of their spare time to create those things.
So giving credits is essential in this editing community.
I think there should be a way Cristiano and pesworld should come to an agreement and pesworld should be credited in a proper way they deserve it.
Regarding rights of created content: of course the creators have rights on their work. But I am not so sure if you have the full rights, when using protected trademarks like the emblems of Real Madrid etc if. At the point where someone tries to sell kits of teams without asking for permission to use such trademarks, we can talk about stealing
So, let's hope Cristiano and pesworld will solve the issues and everyone is fine afterwards.
If not, well, there will be other solutions i think that will lead to a complete file with nearly the same quality - i think