Street Fighter 5 modders have been dealt DMCA notices by Capcom demanding they stop all modding activity, supposedly because they are utilizing copyrighted material and even making money via their modding – though it may well simply be the case that Capcom now feels they are eating into its precious DLC shekels.
The notices (sent to two popular modders) claimed that the accused have been using copyrighted material to make their mods, declaring that they have no right to receive income (via Patreon) from “stolen goods” despite the fact that there are numerous other mods that use copyrighted content…
Implementation of characters from other franchises, such as Zero Suit Samus and Mai Shiranui are only a handful of the mods the duo have accomplished, though some have speculated that Capcom may also be annoyed over their participation in the creation of nude models of Street Fighter characters.
One of their latest contributions to the modding world:
One modder has put an end to his ways entirely as a result of the DMCA, while the other has instead chosen to close his Patreon but intends to continue making mods.
its pretty clear they want to put an end to the nude mods.
the last thing they want is for the ESRB to plaster that game with the M rating or worse, the dreaded AO rating.
Modding in itself is fine, but when they’re being asses and making money off of someone else’s product? Hell no. If you’re making a mod, it should be EXCLUSIVELY free and just from dedication not for making a profit.
Modding takes a lot of time and servers aren’t free. Maybe they asked for donations to pay for the server.
If pulling to the conspiracy side…
There is certainly the hand of feminists and SJW, a simple way to end MODS.
Once MODS destroy the diversity of ugliness and show sexy models…
First launches characters with the ugliest faces ..
Now it forbids mod ..
The company actually fell in hands of leftards..
Reminder that Capcom supported SOPA, so this shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.
I don’t care about street fighter, but modders use others content to make profit. That’s obviously not fair.