A mod in GTA Online was the reason players were throwing around money. Now the developer of the mod has to pay €88,000 to Take-Two.
Who is it about? Christopher Anderson is the developer of the so-called “Infamous” mod. With it, players could engage in all sorts of nonsense in GTA Online on PC – Rockstar Games and Take-Two were forced to intervene, which is why Infamous has not been available since 2018.
How did the developer cause a rain of money? The Infamous mod for GTA Online was the reason why many players experienced a kind of money rain. A user of this mod could give themselves a bag full of money at the push of a button in the mod menu or set up a loop that constantly provided them with a bag of money as long as the loop was activated.
There was also the option to give money to all players in the lobby. While this initially sounds like Santa Claus is on the move in Los Santos, it was a problem for the financial balance of the game.
However, the possibilities of the mod did not stop at giving away money. Players could teleport, become invisible, fly, or shoot with unlimited ammunition. And who wouldn’t like being attacked by an invisible John Rambo while trying to complete their sales missions?
Why does Anderson have to pay €88,000? Take-Two and Rockstar Games took legal action against Christopher Anderson and the Infamous mod in 2018.
In this process, the Federal Court of Australia found in August 2021 that Anderson had violated copyright on GTA V by distributing the mod. Furthermore, he allegedly caused users of the mod to violate the license agreement and the terms of service of GTA (via judgments.fedcourt.gov.au).
Based on this, the court ordered Anderson to list the profits made from the mod and the corresponding interest and pay them to Take-Two. According to a court document from November 4, 2022, the parties agreed on an amount of AUD 140,000 (about €88,400) (via comcourts.gov.au).
Additionally, Anderson must disable the Infamous mod and delete all copies including source code.
Publisher suddenly deletes mods for GTA that were not a problem for 10 years
