The creator of the Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod CD Projekt recently hit with a DMCA strike has paused his Patreon page and pulled access to all his mods after receiving another strike from a different publisher.
Looks like the Ghostrunner developers also have an issue with paid mods running off their IP.
I can fucking begrudge them. If they don’t like to don’t fucking make it or share it.
You can and are free to make art for the sake of your own enjoyment. But fuck off if you feel like your entitled to get paid for working off the back of someone else’s effort just because you wasted your own time on it.
If you wanted to make money then go make your own thing for that purpose.
No one is entitled to get paid for their efforts. And no one is entitled to be allowed to make money off someone else’s labor.
Two brain cells rubbed together should make it really obvious that wasting years of your life on something someone else made to try to make money is a bad idea.
We all take a risk when we do something new and hope to make enough money to make it all worth it. No short cuts.
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On the other hand, I see modders getting burned out and practically abused by the gaming community.
As much as I love free game mods, some of these mods are massive multi year efforts that are practically a game themselves.
I can’t begrudge them wanting to make a couple bucks. I don’t like it…
I do donate to some mods that I particularly love, but I can’t realistically donate to every mod I use.
I can fucking begrudge them. If they don’t like to don’t fucking make it or share it.
You can and are free to make art for the sake of your own enjoyment. But fuck off if you feel like your entitled to get paid for working off the back of someone else’s effort just because you wasted your own time on it.
If you wanted to make money then go make your own thing for that purpose.
No one is entitled to get paid for their efforts. And no one is entitled to be allowed to make money off someone else’s labor.
Two brain cells rubbed together should make it really obvious that wasting years of your life on something someone else made to try to make money is a bad idea.
We all take a risk when we do something new and hope to make enough money to make it all worth it. No short cuts.