Su Jinyu said: "Store manager, should we sue this company!" ”

Jia Peng also nodded: "Yes, store manager, send a lawyer's letter!" ”

Chen Mo shook his head: "It's useless." ”

Su Jinyu was stunned: "Why?" Store manager, don't be too busy to draw conclusions, let's ask a lawyer. ”

Chen Mo said: "It is difficult to constitute plagiarism by borrowing from the rules of the game. Game plagiarism is best determined in two aspects, one is that the art resources are similar, and the other is that the text content of the rules document is similar. If plagiarism cannot be determined in either of these aspects, then basically, it is very difficult to enforce rights. ”

"So, even if you send them a lawyer's letter, most of them will throw it into the wastebasket."

Su Jinyu said a little unconvinced: "However, this game is too much like "Plants vs. Zombies", as long as anyone with a discerning eye can see it!" ”

Chen Mo said calmly: "But this is not enough to convict them. ”

Su Jinyu was a little angry, but she couldn't refute it.

In fact, after crossing over to a parallel world, Chen Mo had already done some research on the game industry in this world, especially about "game plagiarism", and also rummaged through several cases.

Similar to the previous life, there are two main aspects of the parallel world's judgment of game plagiarism, one is art resources, music and sound effects, text content, etc., and the other is the basic rules document of the game, which is roughly equivalent to the source code of the previous life.

These two aspects are best to determine plagiarism, as long as you get tangible evidence, one is accurate.

However, it is precisely for the most critical "gameplay" part that it is difficult to determine whether it is plagiarized or not.

In a previous life, the famous board game "Three Kingdoms" once filed a lawsuit against "Three Kingdoms", arguing that "Three Kingdoms" constituted "plagiarism of other people's works".

However, "Three Kingdoms" argues that the work done by the game designer, including determining the design direction, design framework, and design details, belongs to the ideas within the meaning of the Copyright Law, and is not the object of protection under the Copyright Law.

Purely from the perspective of the rules of the game, "Three Kingdoms Slash" proposed, and the entire design idea of "Three Kingdoms" also imitates the Italian card game "Bang!", which is a rake.

Eventually, the incident ended with Shanda withdrawing the lawsuit.

There are many examples from previous lives, and there are many incidents of "borrowing" and "plagiarism" in the game industry, and most of the "plagiarism" is unresolved except for a few cases where there is sufficient evidence.

Of course, this is not all because the law is not perfect, a very important reason is that the boundary between plagiarism and borrowing is very difficult to define.

Even the famous "Monument Valley" in the previous life is suspected of over-borrowing (plagiarizing) "The Infinite Corridor".

Of course, the so-called "borrowing" is called "plagiarism" to say that it is ugly, but to put it nicely, it is "inheritance" or "tribute".

The same is true in the parallel world, although people's awareness of genuine and anti-plagiarism is much stronger, but it is also easy to infringe and difficult to protect rights, and the litigation time is long, the difficulty of adducing evidence, and the time cost and money cost are very high, which often leads to the benefits of the litigants being far lower than the costs.

Therefore, there are also some cases of "plagiarism" in the parallel world, which are ultimately overcome.

Chen Mo took a general look at the content of the game "Defense of the Moon", and the art resources and music and sound effects were all renovated, leaving no shadow of "Plants vs. Zombies".

In terms of the rules of the game, although they are similar to "Plants vs. Zombies", it is clear that the designer rewrote the design documents from beginning to end, and deliberately made changes in many aspects to consciously avoid legal risks.

It can only be said that this Feixing Mutual Entertainment is probably a repeat offender, and it knows very well where the boundaries of the law are, and it has played a perfect game.

Therefore, Chen Mo knew that if he went to sue, although it would definitely be one-sided in public opinion, it was basically impossible to take advantage of it.

……

However, this does not mean that Chen Mo is helpless about this, which has long been expected by him.

Chen Mo downloaded the game, entered "Defense of the Moon", and played two levels.

"Don't worry, this game won't be a hit." Chen Mo said.

"Huh? Why? Su Jinyu asked.

Chen Mo handed the phone back to Su Jinyu: "You can play by yourself." ”

"Can't it be fired? Are you sure, manager? Wen Lingwei frowned.

Chang Xiuya also nodded and said, "Yes, store manager, the graphics of this game are pretty good, and it's free." ”

Chen Mo said firmly: "I'm sure, it can't be fired." ”

Jia Peng hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then, store manager, are we still going to brush up on bad reviews?" ”

Chen Mo smiled: "It's all right, it's up to you." ”

After Chen Mo finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the second floor.

"Store manager, don't go, you haven't told me why this game can't be popular!" Su Jinyu said.

Chen Mo turned around and said: "I still have to plan a new game, as for why this game can't be popular, you are also a designer now, you should have your own judgment." ”

Chen Mo went upstairs.

Su Jinyu pursed her lips a little angrily and began to play "Defense of the Moon".

She was a little curious, why was Chen Mo so sure that "Defense of the Moon" couldn't be popular?

Others are also curious.

Jia Peng was puzzled: "The store manager seems to be full of confidence, how does he know that this game can't be popular?" ”

Wen Lingwei said: "Maybe it's because of the rating." You see, everyone is spontaneously boycotting this game, this kind of word-of-mouth game, even if it is free, how many people will play it? ”

Another boy said, "I think it's probably because of the way you charge for it." The store manager didn't use advertising space to charge for "Plants vs. Zombies" at that time, and he must have had his own considerations. ”

Jia Peng hesitated: "Then, are we still going to brush up on bad reviews......

Wen Lingwei said: "Of course go, come, everyone will follow me to brush up on bad reviews, and uninstall them after brushing!" ”

Su Jinyu felt that everyone had a point, but she always felt that Chen Mo should have other reasons.

Su Jinyu decided to play this "Defense of the Moon".

In the first level, the game guides the player to set up an energy supply station at the lunar base, and then install a machine turret to defeat the invading Zerg.

In the second level, new Zerg begin to appear and new defenses are unlocked.

The third level is still unlocking new ways to play......

Su Jinyu played level by level, and by the time she reached the third level, she already wanted to uninstall the game.

It's so similar to "Plants vs. Zombies" that Su Jinyu feels like she is playing the second week of the adventure mode of "Plants vs. Zombies", and many of the content that she has long been tired of playing, "Moon Defense" is still carefully guiding her to complete it.

"Strange, why is the game so similar to Plants vs. Zombies, and the quality of the game is good, but I can't play it at all......"

Su Jinyu couldn't help but ponder.