Bethesda has taken a step to counter Fallout 4 mod piracy. Following complaints from PC mod creators that their mods were being stolen and reuploaded for consoles without their consent, Bethesda has now made it mandatory for Fallout 4 console mod uploaders to have a Steam-linked account with it. This step will ensure that people stop stealing PC mods and try passing them off as their own creations for the console.
Fallout 4 mod support was first released for Xbox One last month. Soon after the support arrived, PC mod creators found that their creations were being stolen and uploaded to Bethesda.net for use on Xbox One.
Bethesda did set up a channel through which the original mod creators could file complaints under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to have the stolen content removed.
This is an additional precaution put in place by Bethesda to ensure that people don’t steal the work of others and pass it off as their own. That’s why from now on people won’t be able to upload mods for Fallout 4 on consoles without providing a Steam-linked account first.
The Xbox One has already received mod support about a month ago and now Bethesda is planning to bring it to PlayStation 4 real soon. It’s good that it has taken additional steps to combat mod piracy before flipping the switch on Fallout 4 mod support for PlayStation 4.
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