CD Projekt’s VP of business development, Jan Rosner, recently confirmed on Twitter that a Cyberpunk VR mod created by prominent modder Luke Ross was issued a DMCA takedown request. Ross is known for creating several high-profile VR mods, which he distributes through a paid Patreon subscription, including mods for Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2, both of which were previously affected by takedown requests from Take-Two Interactive.
Thank you Jan. I'm sorry but I don't believe you are within your rights in demanding that my software needs to be free. It is not "derivative work" or "fan content": it supports a large number of games which were built upon different engines, and it contains absolutely zero code…
— LukeRoss (@LukeRoss_00) January 19, 2026
“Now that the dust has settled, I’m even more sorry to announce that we are leaving behind an adventure that so many of you deeply loved and enjoyed. CD PROJEKT S.A. decided that they would follow in Take-Two Interactive Software’s steps and issued a DMCA notice against me for the removal of the Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod,” Ross wrote on his Patreon. “At least they were a little more open about it, and I could get a reply both from their legal department and from the VP of business development. But in the end it amounted to the same iron-clad corpo logic: every little action that a company takes is in the name of money, but everything that modders do must be absolutely for free,” he added.
Following this, Rosner confirmed the takedown request on Twitter and stated that the publisher instructed Ross to make the mod free, as monetizing it would violate company guidelines.
“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,” Rosner wrote. “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.” Ross responded by claiming that he is not required to make the mod free, arguing that it contains “zero code or assets” from the game. Cyberpunk 2077 is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG.
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