US EditionCyberpunk 2077 VR Modder Hit by Another DMCA Strike, Pauses Patreon, Pulls Access to All His Mods, and Declares He's 'Under Attack'
Luke Ross suspended his Patreon and access to 40+ VR mods after receiving a second DMCA strike from 505 Games, risking account termination due to copyright claims.
- Earlier this week, Luke Ross suspended his Patreon after an alleged DMCA from Ghostrunner publisher 505 Games, making all posts and 40+ conversions unavailable.
- After failing to secure payment earlier this month, CD Projekt Red issued a DMCA notice against Luke Ross for his paid Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod, with VP Jan Rosner saying paid mods violate fan-content rules.
- Luke Ross says his R.E.A.L. VR mods are independent software, estimating $50K in Cyberpunk development costs and earning $20K monthly via Patreon paywall.
- Existing subscribers keep access time extended by one month, Ross said, while Patreon faces termination risk from repeated DMCA strikes prompting him to remove posts.
- Context-first: The dispute highlights tensions between modders and publishers over monetization, as Luke Ross says DMCA law lets big companies remove content on belief alone and earlier this week noted people pirated the Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod to punish him.
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The creator of the Cyberpunk 2077-VR-Mod and a variety of other R.E.A.L.-VR-Mods has removed his work from Patreon after receiving another DMCA-Strike. This time he came from Ghostrunner-Publisher 505 Games. Read more
The situation is getting worse for Luke Ross. Already in conflict with CD Projekt Red for his paid VR mod from Cyberpunk 2077, the moddeur was caught up with a second complaint from publisher 505 Games. Fearing a banishment on Patreon, he preferred to remove all of his creations rather than yielding on free.
Cyberpunk 2077 is starring in an eye-catching soap opera these days, which we would already like to have related to the much-desired sequel.Everything revolves around Luke Ross, responsible for a mod that added virtual reality to the game... Previous payment. Something that, of course, didn't sit well on CD Projekt.Ross received several DMCAs that forced him to withdraw the content.But now the situation has gotten worse, so much so that he elimi…
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