By the way, is the mini world plagiarism or piracy? This is the definition of piracy.
Piracy refers to the act of making copies and redistributing copied works, publications, etc. Code made by a new manufacturer that is exactly the same as the source code without the consent or authorization of the copyright owner.
Then plagiarize.
Plagiarism refers to the act of stealing or modifying other people's works as your own, completely or partially copying other people's works (settings, reading, concepts, lines, scenes, pictures, etc.) or changing their forms or contents to some extent under the same use mode.
Related knowledge:
1. In China, copyright and copyright are the same. According to Article 62 of the Copyright Law, copyright as mentioned in this Law is copyright.
2. Copyright is a legal term, which is used to express the rights enjoyed by creators because of their literary and artistic works.
Copyright is the legal ownership of the right to copy computer programs, literary works, musical works, photos, games, movies and so on. Copyright is usually considered to belong to the author unless it is transferred to another party. Most computer programs are not only protected by copyright, but also by software licenses. Copyright only protects the expression of ideas, not the ideas themselves. Algorithms, mathematical methods, techniques or machine designs are not protected by copyright.
4. According to the news of Guangdong Higher People's Court, on June 30, 2022, Guangdong Higher People's Court made a final judgment on the dispute of copyright infringement and unfair competition between Guangzhou Netease Company and Shanghai Netcom Company v. Shenzhen Mini Play Company, and found that Shenzhen Mini Play Company constituted unfair competition, ordered it to delete 230 infringing elements in the game and compensated Netease Company for 50 million yuan. It is understood that this is the highest amount of compensation in domestic game infringement disputes.
The Guangdong Higher People's Court held that the overall pictures of the two games constitute electronic works, that is, "audio-visual works" of the new copyright law, but the similarity between them lies in the design of game elements rather than the game pictures, so it rejected Netease's claim for copyright infringement.
At the same time, the court held that "Mini World" and "My World" are highly similar in the rules of the game, and there are many overlaps in the details of the game elements, which have exceeded the boundaries of reasonable reference. By copying the design of game elements, Mini Play company directly grabs the key and core personalized commercial value of other people's intellectual achievements, and grabs business opportunities by improperly obtaining other people's commercial interests, which constitutes unfair competition.
The judge said that considering the characteristics of sandbox games, the proportion of infringing content, the possibility of rectification and other factors, focusing on the rights of works that players may enjoy in the game, based on balancing the interests of both parties and protecting the interests of players, Netease's request to stop the operation of Mini World was not supported, and the Mini Play Company was ordered to delete 230 game elements infringed by Mini World.
In response to the above judgment, the official Weibo of Mini World issued an announcement:
Recently, Guangdong Higher People's Court found that Mini World did not infringe the full-screen copyright of My World, and rejected Netease's request to stop the game in accordance with the law. We respect the judgment of Guangdong Provincial High Court, and Mini World will continue to operate normally.
Here, we would like to express our deep apologies to all the friends in my world and mini world who have been affected by this dispute.
Looking back on the history of world games, My World is undoubtedly a great work, and it is also a predecessor that we have always admired. It brings beautiful imagination, interesting interaction and precious memories to countless players; "Mini World" adheres to the mission of "inspiring imagination and creating happiness" and looks forward to working with all friends who love sandbox games to experience this colorful world and explore the vast universe together.
According to public information, My World was launched in 2009, and was introduced to Chinese mainland by Netease Games in 20 17. It is a popular first-person sandbox game in the world. By May of 20021year, My World had sold 238 million, with 65438+50 million monthly active users, breaking the Tetris record and becoming the best-selling video game in history.
Mini World was launched on 20 16 and was developed by Shenzhen Mini Play Technology Co., Ltd. By July of 2002 1 year, its monthly active players had exceeded1billion, and more than 60% of them had become teenagers.
On August 5, 20 17, Netease sent a letter of rights protection to Miniplay on the grounds that it was suspected of copying the game My World, which it represented, requesting to delete it. From 20 18 to 202 1, Netease and Mini Play went to court many times. At this point, the domestic sandbox game dispute that lasted for nearly four years has settled.