StopModReposts

StopModReposts (associated under the hashtag #StopModReposts) is an organization, movement and website created in late 2014 with the goal of stopping or limiting the negative impact of mod repost websites.

It was mentioned by a BBC article and in an episode by popular YouTuber BebopVox in his news series, the Minecraft Monday Show.

StopModReposts combats mod repost websites by:
 * Educating users through its website and Twitter account.
 * Encouraging modder to request takedowns or issue DMCAs for their mods.
 * Maintaining a list of offending websites, with an API for interacting with it.
 * Creating a series of browser extensions, including one for Chrome, one for Firefox and one for Opera that warn the user when they open a mod repost website.
 * Creating a noncommercial open sourced license specific for the needs of modders. This license was never finished, however.

The StopModReposts movement was largely active in late 2014 to 2015, but it has become less active through 2016 and 2017.

The movement has had some success in informing users and taking down mods, but hundreds of mod repost websites still exist, likely only being marginally affected by the movement. However, it's likely that the rise of CurseForge has fulfilled users' desires for a centralized place to download Minecraft mods, as well as fulfilling mod authors' desires as CurseForge only accepts mods by the creators and rewards them for their services by giving Curse Points which can be redeemed for PayPal money or giftcards.