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Although the details of said meeting remain undisclosed, shortly afterwards OpenIV was made available to download – and received a minor update – indicating the conversation with Rockstar was successful. Rockstar has also contacted the developers of OpenIV, to attempt to resolve the dispute. We are working to figure out how we can continue to support the creative community without negatively impacting our players.' In a statement issued by Rockstar on 23 June, saying that Take-Two has agreed not to take legal action against third-party single-player modding projects involving Rockstar's games on PC. Rockstar later responded by saying that 'Take-Two's actions were not specifically targeting single player mods. On 14 June 2017, Take-Two Interactive sent a cease and desist to the developers of OpenIV, a program that allows users to install modifications for various Rockstar titles such as Grand Theft Auto IV, Max Payne 3 and Grand Theft Auto V, claiming that OpenIV allowed third-parties to modify and defeat the security features of its software. Of the controversy and eventual fallout, Gamsutra wrote that 'The treatment left many in the GTA mod community with mixed feelings' Other legal issues In his interview for CNET, David Kushner explained that some modders were 'scared' that Rockstar would prevent modifications to their games after Hot Coffee, but noted that once the controversy had passed the outcome was of refined ESRB guidelines rather that increased regulation, and a renewed public appreciation for mature content in Video Games. ESRB later called on the video game industry to 'proactively protect their games from illegal modifications by third parties, particularly when they serve to undermine the accuracy of the rating'. The perception of modders by both players and publishers has since harshened. However, ESRB chose to have the rating changed to Adults only, with the modding community taking the blame. Rockstar would go on to indicate that they expected the ESRB rating to remain unchanged, as they had no control over the modifications applied to the game post-release. This claim was eventually refuted, as the mini-game's code and assets had been developed by Rockstar and were already present, unfinished and abandoned, on the game disc: the mod simply made the existing content available to players. Rockstar initially blamed a 'determined group of hackers' for hacking the base game and creating the mini-game from scratch.