CD Projekt Hits a DMCA Strike on Paid Cyberpunk 2077 R.E.A.L. VR Mod After Creator Refuses To Offer It For Free

I feel like CD Projekt is a company community friendly to fan creations, but there is a line when it comes monetization and Luke Ross, the creator of the recent Cyberpunk 2077 R.E.A.L. VR mod has crossed that line. Jan Rosner, CD Projekt RED’s VP, business development officially announced the company has issued a DMCA strike against the mod due to it violating the company’s fan content guidelines, according to IGN.

Luke Ross is known in the modding community for their work on making mods that allow you to play PC games on VR headsets through the creator’s R.E.A.L. VR mod framework that has been used for games like Elden Ring, Far Cry, Marvel’s Spider-Man. GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2, and the Mafia Trilogy; with the latter three being similarly issued a DMCA takedown notice in 2022. The problem that CD Projekt is that these mods aren’t being offered for free and are only accessible through Luke Ross’ Patreon paywall that they make $20,000 a month from, according to a 2022 report from The Verge.

“I’d like to briefly address the discussion around the “Cyberpunk VR” mod created by Luke Ross. We have indeed issued a DMCA strike, as it was available as a paid mod (only accessible to Patreon subscribers). This directly violates our Fan Content Guidelines: we never allow monetization of our IP without our direct permission and/or an agreement in place. We were in touch with Luke last week and informed him that he needs to make it free for everyone (with optional donations) or remove it,” Jan Rosner said in in a post on Twitter.

“We are big fans of mods to our games — some of the work out there has been nothing short of amazing, including Luke’s mod for Cyberpunk 2077. We’d be happy to see it return as a free release. However, making a profit from our IP, in any form, always requires permission from CD PROJEKT RED.”

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