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What is the legal reasoning for this? From what I've read about this mod, you have to already own both GTA 4 and 5, kinda like the Tale of Two Wastelands mod for Fallout 4, so it's not like they were redistributing files they don't own.
Based on previous actions and statements, I believe their complex legal reasoning is: ‘fuck you’
There doesn't really have to be one. There companies have deep pockets and the legal process itself is long and costly. They know you might win, but they also know you can't afford to slog through the process to actually get an outcome.
Reasoning:
I mean, that's generally the answer but how do they gain here? Again, since it requires both GTA 4 and 5, wouldn't it be more likely to drive sales of both from people wanting to play the mod, thus giving Cockstar more revenue? At least Nintendo's inane BS makes sense, trying to stop emulation because you "need" emulators to play pirated Nintendo games. Taking down this mod, or the VR mods, doesn't make a lick of sense.
Probably automated at this point, not that they would have passed an opportunity to be evil for the sake of being evil manually.
Think the “right to repair” conversation. When you buy something, their argument is you don’t own it. You can’t alter it, you can’t do with it what you want for your own use. It’s theirs and you’re only allowed to look at it in its current form. If it’s broken? It’s your problem. If you fix it, we’re gonna make it your problem. That kinda thing.
Did he have a Patreon or something?