So, we decided to agree with their claims and we’re stopping distribution of OpenIV.” Spending time just to restore status quo is really unproductive, and all the money in the world can’t compensate the loss of time. Going to court will take at least few months of our time and huge amount of efforts, and, at best, we’ll get absolutely nothing. “Yes, we can go to court and yet again prove that modding is fair use and our actions are legal,” creator GooD-NTS wrote.
The supposed problem, OpenIV’s creators say, is that the program allows “third parties to defeat security features of its software and modify that software in violation Take-Two’s rights.” After discussing their options, the team behind the tool says they decided it was not worth their time to fight back. Earlier this month, however, the creators of OpenIV got a cease and desist letter from Take-Two.Īccording to a post on the official OpenIV website, the alleged cease and desist came on June 5th 2017. Some content created using the tool has even been featured on Rockstar's website, with the company going to lengths to praise the modding community's creations. OpenIV is the name of the tool and it had a wide array of uses, including making videos of gameplay from angles impossible in Rockstar's editor, to adding new vehicles to the game and delving into the game code to find secret areas. What would seem undeniable is that the modding community has extended the lifespan of finely-aged games, such as Grand Theft Auto IV, by giving gamers new ways to play them.Īnd, yet, Take-Two appears to have recently sent a threat letter to a wildly popular tool to mod GTA4, angering of a large swath of its own fans. But there is something strange in the Grand Theft Auto franchise, with Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive often taking confusing positions on what communities can do with their games. Some embrace the communities and see them correctly as a free boon to the popularity of their games, while others would rather maintain strict control of the gaming experience by resorting to legal muscle with modders. Video game makers and publishers have wildly different stances on modding communities, as is well known.
0 kommentar(er)
