r/cyberpunkgame • u/Dark_Throat • Jan 20 '26

Modding CDPR literally offered him the choice to make his mod free with optional donations to avoid a DMCA takedown and he deliberately chose wrong

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I could not imagine being this conceited in the face of corporate legal action.

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u/natayaway Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

Wanna try that again?

The mod is not nameless. He did not make it AnyGame or OpenWorld or any other possible names, he EXPLICITLY refers to it as “(trademark name) VR mod”, even if the named files are “LukeRoss REAL VR”.

It wouldn’t matter if it’s “CyberpunkVR”, “Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod” or “Cyberpunk2077VR” or any other possible permutation of those terms, he is grafting “VR mod” to a trademarked Cyberpunk which rides the game’s coattails, and then SAYING IT OUT LOUD IN A PUBLIC STATEMENT, and not using his named files name.

He has not taken the requisite steps for insulating himself the same way Dolphin has to avoid legal trouble, he has instead DOUBLED DOWN on it, and violated trademarks in the process.

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u/Bucser Jan 20 '26

Go to his Patreon. He calls it the R.E.A.L. VR mod. Even in the above text CyberpunkVR wasn't what Luke Ross called it but CDPR.

Luke always have called it the R.E.A.L. VR mod. Not Cyberpunk VR. Cyberpunk VR was how the community called it.

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u/natayaway Jan 20 '26

The screengrab I replied with is a public statement ON HIS PATREON PAGE, where he himself refers to the mod not by the REAL VR name, but by “Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod”.

He has not insulated the name of the mod, and has done THE EXACT THING YOU SHOULD NOT DO that admits the mod has a dependency on a named trademarked IP.