Chapter 45 This Game Is Not Popular

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 jump to conclusions, let's ask a lawyer to ask."

Chen Mo said: "The reference of game rules is difficult to constitute plagiarism. The best thing about game plagiarism is 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 neither of these two aspects can determine plagiarism, then Basically, defending rights is difficult.”

"So, even if you send them a lawyer's letter, most of them will be thrown 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 puffed up, but she couldn't refute it.

In fact, after traveling to a parallel world, Chen Mo has already done some investigations on the game industry in this world, especially about "game plagiarism", and he has also looked for a few cases.

Similar to the previous life, the parallel world judges game plagiarism mainly in two aspects, one is art resources, music 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.

In these two aspects, it is best to determine plagiarism, as long as you get practical evidence, you can sue.

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

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

However, "Three Kingdoms Slash" argues that the work done by game designers, including determining the design direction, design framework, and design rules, belongs to the ideas in the sense of copyright law, and is not the object of copyright law protection.

Purely in terms of game rules, "Three Kingdoms Kill" proposes that the entire design idea of ​​"Three Kingdoms Kill" also imitates the Italian card game "bang!"

In the end, the incident ended with the withdrawal of Shanda's complaint.

There are still many examples in the past life. There are many "reference" and "plagiarism" incidents in the game industry. Except for a few cases with sufficient evidence, most of the "plagiarism" is nothing.

Of course, this is not all because the law is not sound. 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 excessively borrowing (plagiarizing) "Infinite Corridor".

Of course, the so-called "learning" is called "plagiarism" if it sounds ugly, but it is "inheritance" or "salutation" if it is more pleasant.

The same is true in the parallel world. Although people's awareness of genuine copy and anti-plagiarism is much stronger, it is also easy to infringe, difficult to protect rights, long litigation time, difficult to produce evidence, and high time and money costs, which often lead to litigants. The benefits far outweigh the costs.

Therefore, there are also some cases of "plagiarism" in the parallel world, and in the end they are all gone.

Chen Mo took a general look at the content of the game "Battle for the Moon". The art resources and music and sound effects were all refurbished, leaving no trace of "Plants vs. Zombies".

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

It can only be said that this Fly Limit Mutual Entertainment is probably a repeat offender. It knows where the boundaries of the law are, and it played a perfect edge ball.

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

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However, this does not mean that Chen Mo is helpless about this, it was already within his expectations.

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

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

"Ah? Why?" Su Jinyu asked.

Chen Mo handed the phone back to Su Jinyu: "You'll find out by playing it yourself."

"Can't fire? Manager, are you sure?" Wen Lingwei frowned.

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

Chen Mo said firmly: "I'm sure, it won't fire."

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

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

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

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

Chen Mo turned around and said, "I still have to plan a new game. As for why this game is not popular, you are also a designer now, so you should make your own judgment."

Chen Mo went upstairs.

Su Jinyu pouted a little angrily and started playing "Battle for the Moon".

She was a little curious, why Chen Mo was so determined, UU reading www.uukanshu.com "Moon Defense" couldn't be popular?

Others are also curious.

Jia Peng wondered: "The store manager seems to be full of confidence. How does he know that this game will not be popular?"

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

Another boy said: "I think it may be because of this charging method. The store manager did not use the advertising space charging method when he was doing "Plants vs. Zombies" at that time. He must have his own considerations."

Jia Peng hesitated: "Then, do we still go to the bad reviews..."

Wen Lingwei said: "Of course, come, everyone, follow me to review the bad reviews, and uninstall them after they are done!"

Su Jinyu felt that everyone was right, but she always felt that Chen Mo should have other reasons.

Su Jinyu decided to play this "Moon Defense".

In the first level, the game instructs the player to arrange an energy supply station at the moon base, and then install a mechanical turret to defeat the invading Zerg.

In the second level, new Zerg began to appear, unlocking new defense facilities.

The third level is still constantly unlocking new gameplay...

Su Jinyu played through the levels one by one, and when she reached the third level, she already wanted to uninstall the game.

It is so similar to "Plants vs. Zombies" that Su Jinyu feels like she is playing the second episode of the "Plants vs. Zombies" adventure mode. Many of the content that has long been tired of, "Moon Defense" is still serious. Guide her to finish.

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

Su Jinyu couldn't help but ponder.