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Rockstar seeking settlement with fans behind GTA reverse-engineering project

Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two is planning to settle its legal case with a group of talented fans who had reverse-engineered GTA3 and Vice City.

Take-Two went after the fan projects in 2021, claiming copyright infringement. Twice, the publisher forced the projects to be removed via DMCA takedown, as the fans themselves protested that the projects were unprotected by copyright or permitted under fair use.

After a back and forth between Take-Two and the fans, lawyers got involved. Take-Two alleged the fans had distributed "derivative GTA source code" and had infringed copyright, and demanded GitHub remove the projects once and for all.

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source https://www.eurogamer.net/rockstar-seeking-settlement-with-gta-reverse-engineering-project-makers

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