Multiple mods, including '15-year-old mods' for GTA, are suddenly removed and the community is in turmoil



Multiple mods created for the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series have been filed for deletion due to Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) infringement by Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games , the developer of the GTA series. , Has been deleted.

Old GTA Mods Are Being Removed By Take-Two
https://kotaku.com/take-two-is-removing-old-gta-mods-using-dmca-notices-1847315391

GTA parent company Take-Two is issuing takedown notices to GTA modders --Eurogamer.net
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-07-18-gta-parent-company-take-two-is-issuing-takedown-notices-to-gta-modders

Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games, the developer of the GTA series, revealed that it was using the DMCA removal request in the third week of July 2021 to remove old mods for GTA. I am. At the time of writing, Take-Two Interactive didn't explain 'why did you suddenly start deleting old mods?'

GTA players and MOD developers were the first to notice that mods for GTA were removed, and the whole story was shared on Twitter, Twitter and forums for GTA with information about the removed mods. Became clear. Some of the removed mods are very old, including GTA: Liberty City , which was released in 2005 as a mod for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City . Another popular mod, GTA: Underground , which integrates multiple GTA maps into one large game, has also been removed.

According to the mod DB community manager on the mod distribution site, Take-Two Interactive has requested the removal of GTA: Underground using a DMCA removal request. It seems that the Mod DB side tried to interact with Take-Two Interactive to find a solution other than deletion, but it seems that the Take-Two Interactive side did not accept the offer from Mod DB, and finally DMCA's It seems that he had to delete the corresponding MOD because he received the notification. In addition, the Mod DB community manager warns mod creators to 'act cautiously', saying that DMCA removal notifications may continue to come for older mods for GTA.



Overseas game media Kotaku has inquired Rockstar Games about the DMCA removal application made for GTA's old mod, but no response has been obtained at the time of writing the article.

This isn't the first time Take-Two Interactive has tried to remove a mod for GTA. We started removing mods for GTA in 2017, but both gamers and game media criticized the removal, and even the developer Rockstar Games insisted on the importance of mods in GTA, so it was finally removed. The application has been withdrawn. However, at this time, some rules were introduced, such as 'Don't port maps, vehicles, and content from old GTA and other games to RAGE ' and 'Don't modify GTA Online.' 'The rules for mod creation at this point were simple enough,' Kotaku wrote.

However, in 2019 this rule will be unilaterally updated without community consensus, adding multiple changes and wording. With this update, 'Acts of using or importing other IPs in the project' and 'Acts of creating new games, stories, missions, maps' have been added to the NG items. It's clear that this DMCA removal request is taking action against mods that violate the rules added in 2019.

Regarding the mass deletion of this mod, 'Because we are preparing remastered versions and remakes of past works such as Grand Theft Auto III , Grand Theft Auto Vice City, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. Some say, 'Well, then?', But at the same time, 'Is Take to Interactive using a DMCA removal request to draw attention to the next major update in GTA Online?'

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