The creator of the Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod, in addition to quite a lot of different R.E.A.L VR mods, has taken his works down from Patreon after receiving one other DMCA strike. This time, from Ghostrunner developer 505 Video games.
Luke Ross, the creator of many VR mods for video games together with Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, Days Gone and others, issued a publish on his Patreon explaining the scenario to his supporters.
It reads: “DMCA legislation is fastidiously worded to provide infinite energy to huge corporations, who solely want to put in writing on a slip of paper that they ‘imagine’ their copyright has been infringed to be able to nuke from the sky something they do not like — and to provide infinite complications to creators like me, who as an alternative have the one recourse of going to court docket, sustaining enormous prices to get via the authorized course of.”
The publish continues: “In gentle of the above info, I am being pressured to take instant motion. I am making unavailable all variations of the mods and likewise all of the posts associated to the great work we’ve got finished right here collectively for years, in order that there will likely be no floor for additional claims.”
“And since I can not cease individuals from subscribing with out closing down the account altogether, I am making it clear on the About and Welcome pages that new subscriptions could have the one impact of supporting me and that no entry to the 40+ conversions can or will likely be supplied presently.” Ross additionally acknowledged his Patreon account is prone to termination on account of repeated DMCA strikes, leading to his determination to strip his account of all of his VR mods.”
This comes following a earlier DMCA strike from CD Projekt Pink, which claimed Ross’ Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod broke its fan works tips and as such was a breach of its mental property. Ross kicked again on the declare, however nonetheless took the mod down. He then felt he was being punished by pirates, who have been sharing round his work with out contributing to his Patreon account to “punish” him, in accordance with Ross.
