The same risk has not yet befallen Skyrim, and probably never will. Take-Two, for example, has been going in hard on GTA mods recently, issuing DMCA takedowns left and right. The modding community is huge and plays a massive role in a lot of games, whether certain studios like that or not. Arthmoor, who is responsible for Skyrim mods that have been downloaded millions of times, will be removing their work from Nexus Mods.
