Another issue is that many of these mods were not designed for console, where there is a 2GB limit. But PC modders complain that they suffer a lack of recognition when their mods are ported to Xbox One uncredited. Last week Bethesda said Xbox One's Fallout 4 mod traffic Was 50 times bigger than the PC's at launch, so it's clear the initiative has been hugely successful. (Warning, there's plenty of swearing in the video. The issue emerged last week in a thread on Reddit when a mod creator accused 'Spawn Items' - at the time of publication the second-most popular mod for Fallout 4 on Xbox One - of including a copy of a popular mod already available for the PC version.Īnother mod was found to have lifted a popular mod created by DDProductions83, who made a lengthy rant video about the situation and uploaded it to YouTube. And in some cases, these mods are not credited. It appears that some of the most popular mods available for the Xbox One version of the game include mods made by PC players. Spawn Items is the second most popular Fallout 4 mod on Xbox One. ORIGINAL STORY 6th June 2016: There's an ongoing row over 'stolen' Fallout 4 mods. 'GamerAim' said he has since apologised to DDProductions83, and revealed he has helped create an official port of two PC mods to Xbox One. Meanwhile, the person accused of stealing a mod created by DDProductions83 has told Eurogamer he no longer holds the views expressed in the comment, below. But maybe we'll see Bethesda actively remove some mods from its download platform, too. The hope, however, is the DMCA takedown process will put off people from stealing mods in the first place, thus acting as a preventative measure. That's a lot for mod creators, most of whom improve games in their spare time, to do.

On the other, they have criticised the effort required of them, which in effect means mod creators will have to file legal documents with Bethesda parent company ZeniMax every time someone steals their work. On the one hand, they have praised the acknowledgement of the rights of mod creators. The reaction from the modding community has been mixed. In the post, Bethesda outlines the process of issuing a DMCA takedown request (this is the kind of thing publishers such as Bethesda use to get leaked videos removed from YouTube). A number of the most popular mods on Xbox One were found to have used mods already on PC and without a credit. The issue was brought to light after the launch of mods for the Xbox One version of Fallout 4. In a post on the Bethesda forum, the company insisted it takes reports of users uploading mod content that does not belong to the mod creator seriously. UPDATE 7th June 2016: Bethesda has told Fallout 4 mod creators who believe their work has been stolen to file a Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown request.

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