GTA parent company Take-Two is issuing takedown notices to GTA modders

GTA developer Rockstar’s parent company, Take-Two Interactive, is issuing takedown notices for GTA map mods.

“Just to make sure as many people here know as possible, Take-Two have been going heavy with the DMCAs this week, first starting with GTAV map mods like GTA3 Portland, Vice City Overhaul, etc,” writes Ash_735 on the official GTA Forums (thanks, PC Gamer).

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As Ash puts it, an agreement to help the publisher and the modding community peacefully coexist was struck a little while back when Take-Two “tried to make modding GTA games illegal”.

“Naturally this did not fly well back in 2017 and both gamers and the gaming media attacked Rockstar and Take-Two for this decision,” they continue. “Now what came from this is Rockstar Games stepping up and talking to Take-Two to highlight the importance of the modding community and as such the takedowns [were] dropped but some ‘rules’ were put into place.