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Cyberpunk 2077 VR Modder Hit by Another DMCA Strike, Pauses Patreon, Pulls Access to All His Mods, and Declares He's 'Under Attack' (www.ign.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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Looks like the Ghostrunner developers also have an issue with paid mods running off their IP.

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[–] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

The parent comment says: “Paid for mods have never, will never, and can never. Be a good idea or healthy for a modding community.” So how does this follow from what you wrote? Sounds like it depends on the particular dev and game whether paid mods are a good idea or not.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Because they exist in a grey area of copyright. It's not precisely defined, and so it's a honor system.

    Paid mods, simply by existing, threatens the honor system. You keep touting Kunos and profits. what relevance is profits in this? Honoring CDPR's wishes and applauding Kunos' leniency still work in this system. What is not is someone pointing at that generosity and demand that it is the default. Those paid mods threaten to put other game modders existence into legal jeopardy because people who keep arguing just because one company is generous other companies must also give away their rights.

    now that it is involving dmca if pursued further it's write new laws or court case.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    So your answer to why paid mods can't exist is because CDPR made it so.

    Paid mods, simply by existing, threatens the honor system.

    Those paid mods threaten to put other game modders existence into legal jeopardy

    Threaten what exactly? They don't ‘threaten’ jack if CDPR say they're okay with mods. You use circular logic in your argument.

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