Take-Two Sues GTA Modders Trying To Dodge DMCA

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These past few months, Take-Two Interactive has been going around hunting down Grand Theft Auto modders.

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With the imminent release of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition, it is clear that the company was nuking the competition.

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When one group fought back, they got hit by a lawsuit.

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Take-Two was specifically targeting mods that amounted to fan-made remasters of GTA games.

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Most of the mods and modding teams that were issued DMCAs went quietly.

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The modders behind Re3 and reVC ran two projects that reverse-engineered the code and assets of GTA 3 and Vice City.

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GitHub initially took down the files after Take-Two issued the DMCA, which then the modders counter-claimed.

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Take-Two's legal team has gone and launched an infringement lawsuit in California.

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