過去一周，CD Projekt Red（以下簡稱CDPR）因對《電馭叛客2077》第三方VR MOD提出版權主張而引發爭議。該付費MOD由知名VR MOD製作者路克·羅斯開發，其通過Patreon平台提供訂閱服務，用戶每月支付10美元即可獲取包括《孤島驚魂》《黑暗之魂》系列在內的多款遊戲的VR MOD。由於該MOD採用付費模式，CDPR以其違反公司政策為由將其下架，明確表示禁止第三方利用其智慧財產權獲利。
羅斯則辯稱，其開發的MOD完全獨立於《電馭叛客2077》，採用跨遊戲通用框架，未使用任何遊戲原始代碼。「我們確實發出了數字千年版權法（DMCA）警告，因為這是付費MOD。根據我們的粉絲內容準則，未經明確許可或協議，我們不允許任何對IP的商業化使用。」CDPR業務發展副總裁揚·羅斯納在聲明中解釋道。
I’d like to briefly address the discussion around the 「Cyberpunk VR」 mod created by Luke Ross. We have indeed issued a DMCA strike, as it was available as a paid mod (only accessible to Patreon subscribers). This directly violates our Fan Content Guidelines: we never allow monetization of our IP without our direct permission and/or an agreement in place. We were in touch with Luke last week and informed him that he needs to make it free for everyone (with optional donations) or remove it. We are big fans of mods to our games — some of the work out there has been nothing short of amazing, including Luke’s mod for Cyberpunk 2077. We’d be happy to see it return as a free release. However, making a profit from our IP, in any form, always requires permission from @CDPROJEKTRED .
羅斯在回應中表示：「恕我直言，貴方無權強制要求我的軟體必須免費。這既不屬於『衍生作品』，也不應歸類為『粉絲內容』：該MOD支持多款基於不同引擎開發的遊戲，且完全不包含貴方IP的代碼或資源。」在向IGN提供的聲明中，他進一步表達了對CDPR處理方式的不滿：「MOD被強制下架後，擔心無法繼續使用VR功能的玩家開始在網際網路上傳播盜版，甚至公開表示既然我不遵守CDPR的條款，我的作品就可以被隨意複製。從某種角度來看，CDPR似乎已經達到了他們的目的。」
Thank you Jan. I'm sorry but I don't believe you are within your rights in demanding that my software needs to be free. It is not "derivative work" or "fan content": it supports a large number of games which were built upon different engines, and it contains absolutely zero code or assets from your IP. Saying that it infringes your IP rights is equivalent to maintaining for example that RivaTuner violates game publishers' copyrights because it intercepts the images the game is drawing on screen and it processes them in order to overlay its statistics.
CDPR要求羅斯免費發布該模組，認為此舉可防止其通過公司IP獲利。然而，羅斯的商業模式完全依賴於各類VR模組的訂閱收費，這使他難以接受免費公開的要求。網路輿論對雙方皆持批評態度，評論者譴責CDPR與羅斯"各懷貪念"。這場爭議似乎沒有贏家，既動搖了玩家對廠商的信任，也暴露出模組創作生態的生存困境。
