CD Projekt issue DMCA takedown notice against popular Cyberpunk VR mod

Post by Y_Y » Mon, Jan 19, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC

Jiro wrote: post #9

metalcrow wrote: post #3

Question for people who are lawyers or lawyer adjacent: would you be able to reasonable argue against this in court, assuming you do not use any Cyberpunk assets or content directly, and instead just offer a dll mod of the game that writes memory at specific addresses and modifies code (i'm assuming that's what this mod is doing)? To me, if you're not using any of the actual game's content CDPR can't reasonably claim…

In the 9th circuit you would have to get https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Star_v._FormGen_Inc . overruled.

Post by pdntspa » Mon, Jan 19, 2026, 5:33 AM UTC

Post by NL807 » Mon, Jan 19, 2026, 5:48 AM UTC

b473a wrote: post #12

wjdp wrote: post #2

Context: It's a paid mod but doesn't appear the guy was in it for profit, rather to support the time spent which covers multiple games. The precedent here I find a little weak, a mod isn't facilitating piracy nor is it a replacement for the original product. You need to own the game, the mod is a layer that adds additional features. When mapping the context to the real world it's more worrying, you don't get car make…

At $10/mo for access even if he's not doing it for profit he's absolutely making bank. Verge in 2022 estimated about $20,000 a month [1]. CDPR has an explicit policy allowing free mods with a tip jar, but not mods that are pay-only. Whether or not you agree with that policy it's CDPR's right to make that decision, and you can't complain when they enforce it. 1: https://www.theverge.com/23190201/luke-ross-vr-real-mod-…

Post by NL807 » Mon, Jan 19, 2026, 5:54 AM UTC

pdntspa wrote: post #13

Today's lesson: don't paywall mods! Like it or not, mods should be free. Unless you want that scene to turn into another shitshow, just like what happened with Youtube. The moment you open the floodgates on that, the modscene will be flooded with crap and yet another commercial-free space gets molested by the icy hand of capitalism. Financialization destroys everything it touches!

Post by marak830 » Mon, Jan 19, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC

somenameforme wrote: post #16

b473a wrote: post #12

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At $10/mo for access even if he's not doing it for profit he's absolutely making bank. Verge in 2022 estimated about $20,000 a month [1]. CDPR has an explicit policy allowing free mods with a tip jar, but not mods that are pay-only. Whether or not you agree with that policy it's CDPR's right to make that decision, and you can't complain when they enforce it. 1: https://www.theverge.com/23190201/luke-ross-vr-real-mod-…

How is it their right to make that decision? This is taking the whole 'you don't actually own this game' to a whole new level when trying to dictate what mods you can use with it. The digital world needs a major reboot in terms of consumer rights, and this should happen sooner rather than later as companies are increasingly trying to take this into the real world by attaching software to hardware and then seeking to…