The creator of the Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod, in addition to a wide range 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 submit on his Patreon explaining the scenario to his supporters.
It reads: „DMCA regulation is rigorously worded to present infinite energy to large corporations, who solely want to write down on a slip of paper that they ‚consider‘ their copyright has been infringed as a way to nuke from the sky something they do not like — and to present infinite complications to creators like me, who as a substitute have the one recourse of going to courtroom, sustaining enormous prices to get by way of the authorized course of.“
The submit continues: „In gentle of the above details, I am being pressured to take quick motion. I am making unavailable all variations of the mods and in addition all of the posts associated to the great work we now have performed right here collectively for years, in order that there shall 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 shall be supplied presently.“ Ross additionally said his Patreon account is liable to termination attributable to repeated DMCA strikes, leading to his choice to strip his account of all of his VR mods.“
This comes following a earlier DMCA strike from CD Projekt Crimson, 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.
