Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod disappears after mod maker decides he'd reasonably take it down than make it free
The maker of the favored R.E.A.L. VR mod for Cyberpunk 2077 has accused CD Projekt of “iron-clad corpo logic” after the studio issued a DMCA demanding the mod’s removing.
“A lot of you will have observed that two of my current posts disappeared a few week in the past,” mod maker Luke Ross wrote over the weekend on his Patreon. “I apologize that I couldn’t remark personally concerning the reality, as a result of there was an ongoing authorized change.
“As typical they stretch the idea of ‘by-product work’ till it is paper-thin, as if a system that enables visualizing 40+ video games in totally immersive 3D VR was by some means constructed making use of their mental property. And as typical they provide completely zero f***s about how enjoying their recreation in VR made individuals blissful, and so they can’t simply be grateful concerning the additional copies of the title they offered due to that—with out ever having to pour cash into producing an official conversion (no, they don’t seem to be planning to launch their very own VR port, in case you had been questioning).”
“‘By the corpos’ who created every thing and so they clearly say that paid mods aren’t allowed,” redditor MotherFunker1734 added. “Mods aren’t a revenue machine. Not every thing needs to be made for revenue. No, he would not must receives a commission 100,000 instances for one thing he wrote as soon as utilizing another person’s code.”
Taking the donation route would virtually definitely be positive. CD Projekt has traditionally been supportive of modding, however the first “golden rule” of its fan content material tips is “no business utilization,” and describes virtually precisely what Ross is doing with the R.E.A.L. VR mod: “We’re blissful so that you can settle for cheap donations in connection together with your fan content material, however you’re not allowed to make individuals pay for it or have it behind any type of paywall (e.g. don’t make content material solely obtainable to paid subscribers).”
Even so, Ross admitted to being “bitter” concerning the takedown, “particularly after they by no means even knew or cared throughout all this time that the VR conversion was there, and are solely knee-jerk reacting now as a result of anyone reported to them that it existed and it was not free.”
Regardless of that apparent anger, Ross stated he needed to finish his message on a optimistic be aware, which he did by saying that R.E.A.L. VR now helps Baldur’s Gate 3. I suppose we’ll see how Hasbro feels about this type of factor quickly sufficient.