Su Jinyu said: "Shopkeeper, 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 busy drawing conclusions first. Let's ask a lawyer."

Chen Mo said: "It is difficult to describe the rules of the game to constitute plagiarism. The best way to determine the two aspects of game plagiarism is: one is the similar art resources, and the other is the similar content of the rules and documents. If plagiarism cannot be determined in both aspects, then it is basically difficult to protect rights."

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

Su Jinyu said with some dissatisfaction: "But, this game is too similar to "Plant vs. Zombies". 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 he couldn't refute it.

In fact, after traveling to a parallel world, Chen Mo had already conducted some investigations into the game industry in this world, especially about the "game plagiarism", and also looked for several cases.

Similar to previous life, parallel worlds determine that game plagiarism mainly involves two aspects: one is art resources, music sound effects, text content, etc., and the other is the basic rules and documents of the game, which is probably equivalent to the source code of the previous life.

These two aspects are best to confirm plagiarism. As long as you get tangible evidence, you will be correct.

However, it is precisely for the most critical "game gameplay" part, whether it is plagiarized or not.

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

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

From the perspective of the rules of the game, "Three Kingdoms Kill" proposed that the entire design idea of ​​"Three Kingdoms Kill" also imitated the Italian card game "bang!" and turned the tables.

In the end, the incident came to an end with Shanda withdrawing the lawsuit.

There are many examples from previous lives, and there are many "reference" and "plagiarism" incidents in the game industry. Except for a few cases that have sufficient evidence, most of the "plagiarism" are left in vain.

Of course, this is not entirely because of the incomplete law. One very important reason is that the boundary between plagiarism and reference is very difficult to define.

Even the famous Monument Valley in the previous life is suspected of excessive reference (plagiarism) of "Infinite Corridor".

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

The same is true in parallel worlds. Although people's authenticity and awareness of plagiarism are much stronger, it is easy to infringement, difficult to protect rights, long litigation time, difficult to provide evidence, and high time and money costs, which often leads to the litigation party's benefits far lower than the cost.

Therefore, there are also some cases of "plagiarism" in parallel worlds, which end up being left alone.

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

In terms of the rules of the game, although it is similar to "Plant vs. Zombies", it is obvious that the designer rewritten the design documents from beginning to end, and made special modifications in many aspects, consciously avoiding legal risks.

I can only say that this Feijian Interactive Entertainment is probably a habitual offender. He is very clear about where the boundaries of the law are, and he perfectly hits the edge.

So, Chen Mo knew that if he sued, although he would definitely be one-sided in public opinion, he would basically not be able to gain any advantage.

...

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

Chen Mo downloaded the game and entered the "Moon Defense War" and fought two levels.

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

"Ah? Why?" Su Jinyu asked.

Chen Mo handed the phone back to Su Jinyu: "You will know if you play it yourself."

"Can't be popular? Are you sure, store manager?" Wen Lingwei frowned.

Chang Xiuya also nodded and said, "Yes, the store manager, the picture of this game is quite good, and it's free."

Chen Mo said confidently: "I'm sure I can't be popular."

Jia Peng hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then, store manager, are we going to get negative reviews?"

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

After Chen Mo said that, he turned around and walked towards the second floor.

"Shopkeeper, don't leave. You haven't told me why this game is not popular yet!" Su Jinyu said.

Chen Mo turned around and said, "I have to plan a new game. As for why this game can't become popular, you are a designer now, so you should have some judgment."

Chen Mo went upstairs.

Su Jinyu curled his lips a little annoyed and started playing "The Battle of Moon Defense".

She was a little curious, why was Chen Mo so sure that "The Battle of Moon" could not become popular?

Others were also curious.

Jia Peng said in confusion: "The store manager seems to be full of confidence. How did he know that this game will not become popular?"

Wen Lingwei said: "Maybe it's because of the rating. Look, everyone is spontaneously boycotting this game. Even if it's free, how many people will play this kind of reputation game?"

Another boy said: "I think it may be because of this charging method. When the store manager was working on "Plant vs. Zombies", he did not use the advertising space charging method. He must have his own considerations."

Jia Peng hesitated: "Then, are we going to get negative reviews..."

Wen Lingwei said: "Of course, come, everyone will come with me to review the bad reviews, and uninstall it after the brush!"

Su Jinyu felt that everyone made sense, but always felt that Chen Mo should have other reasons.

Su Jinyu decided to play this "Moon Defense".

In the first level, the game guides players to arrange energy supply stations at the lunar base, then install a mechanism turret to defeat the invading Zerg.

In the second level, new Zergs begin to appear, unlocking new defense facilities.

The third level is still to continuously unlock new gameplay...

Su Jinyu played through the game one level after another, and when he reached the third level, he wanted to uninstall the game.

It's so similar to "Plant vs. Zombies", that Su Jinyu feels like she is playing the second week of "Plant vs. Zombies" adventure mode. Many contents that have been tired of long ago are still guiding her to complete.

"Strange, why is the game content very similar to "Plant vs. Zombies" and the game quality is pretty good, but I can't play it at all..."
Chapter completed!