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Question for people who are lawyers or lawyer adjacent: would you be able to reasonable argue against this in court, assuming you do not use any Cyberpunk asset
by metalcrow 9mo ago
Question for people who are lawyers or lawyer adjacent: would you be able to reasonable argue against this in court, assuming you do not use any Cyberpunk assets or content directly, and instead just offer a dll mod of the game that writes memory at specific addresses and modifies code (i'm assuming that's what this mod is doing)? To me, if you're not using any of the actual game's content CDPR can't reasonably claim that you're infringing on their copyright, but ianal.
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- Jiro 9mo agoIn the 9th circuit you would have to get https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Star_v._FormGen_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Star_v._FormGen_Inc. overruled.
- Y_Y 9mo agoThere are a handful of relevant fair use cases, e.g.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Galoob_Toys,_Inc._v._Nintendo_of_America,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Galoob_Toys,_Inc._v._Nin....
- nottorp 9mo agoCDPR is a Polish company though, so how is US law relevant?
- happymellon 9mo agoBecause they invoked DMCA?
- maratc 9mo agoDMCA is US law, that's how.
- nottorp 9mo agoHmm I'd say their takedown has no value then? Unless they have a business presence in the US and sent it from there.
- Mindwipe 9mo agoThey have a business presence in the US, and sent it there.
- BlueTemplar 9mo agoThe takedown is (also ? first and foremost ??)'against' Patreon, a USA company.
- j16sdiz 9mo agoI suspect this is not a copyright issue, but rather a ToS issue.
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