Chapter 199: Infringement or Non-infringement
For a while, there was a lot of noise in the online literary world.
Especially for readers who write martial arts fandom, they are scared.,I'm afraid I'll become the next defendant.,Overnight,All the works of the same people who set sail were ordered to be taken off the shelves.,It can be described as a big loss of vitality.。
Even if it is revised and released by then, I am afraid that it will not be the result of the peak period.
Countless martial arts fandom authors beat their chests, and other types of authors also have a feeling of sadness when a rabbit dies and a fox.
Whether it constitutes infringement or not, Zhao Qian is not a professional, this is not clear. However, the party Yang Zhi immediately stood up on Weibo and apologized, saying that his own Meng Lang had caused a lot of inconvenience to Mr. Cha and was willing to negotiate with Mr. Cha amicably.
One is a well-known martial arts master, and the other is a best-selling author who topped this year's list of rich writers, which instantly attracted the attention of all media and even a large number of netizens.
This should be regarded as the first case of fan work infringement in China.
Unlike the plagiarism case of Jiang Qi some time ago, Yang Zhi himself did use the same name and character relationship, and he also admitted and apologized. Sauce Seven is to resist death and refuse to admit it.
Opinions on this matter on the Internet are divided into two factions.
One group of people argues that there is no infringement.
The reason is that except for the same name, Yang Zhi's work does not have any resemblance to the plot of the original work, and unless the name of the character is checked as a registered trademark, the copyright does not protect the name of the character in the literary work.
Yang Zhi's work did not constitute an act of unfair competition against the original work, nor did it cause damage to the reputation of Cha's original work, so it is not considered infringement.
The other faction always believes that there is an infringement.
The reason is that in a certain work, if there are more than three original works with the same name, place name, scene and character relationship, it can be counted as a fanwork, and the fanwork itself is infringing.
It's okay if it's an entertainment fanwork.,The problem is that "Here" is a commercial profit-making work.,It was published back then.,Now it's going to be adapted into a movie.,It's such a big shield.,It's no wonder that others can't see it.。
It's okay if Cha is dead, but the problem is that he is still alive and the copyright still belongs to him, so it's normal to sue for infringement.
Even on the Longkong Forum, there is a lot of trouble, and many author groups are also discussing this matter.
Someone asked, why didn't anyone else sue Yang Zhi?
Most of the answers are to say: the pigs are fattened and should be killed!
Zhao Qian did not participate in the discussion, in fact, in the final analysis, whoever has more money and the lawyer who hires is more powerful will have a greater chance of winning.
However, he guessed that Yang Zhi would definitely reconcile with someone Cha, and as for what price he would pay, only the person concerned knew.
In the capital, in a high-end café.
Yang Zhi sat opposite the editor-in-chief of the publishing company Zhou, who helped with the publication at the beginning, and this time in addition to Yang Zhi himself, the publishing company was also among the defendants in the lawsuit.
Editor-in-Chief Zhou frowned: "Do you really plan to agree to the other party's compensation conditions? This is five million, and all the published books will be destroyed! I think the old man is crazy, thinking that this is the land of Xiangjiang, and he can be allowed to act recklessly?"
Yang Zhi sighed, helped the rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said indifferently: "Let's negotiate with the other party first, there must be a demand for this mouth prosecution." ”
"Here" just released the news that it was going to adapt the movie, and then it received a summons from the court, and anyone would be unhappy. However, this matter is indeed his fault first, and now he has to think about how to minimize the loss.
Old man Cha is over ninety years old this year, and he is still jumping like this, and there is no one left.
"The soldiers are coming, the water is coming, I have already sent someone to contact the other party, wait for the result. Looking at the crowded street outside the window, Yang Zhi's heart was not as calm as it seemed.
Regarding the fan infringement case, the discussion on the Internet has been increasing unabated.
Some people on the forum even felt that this was a good thing, which could attract the public to turn their attention to martial arts again.
Zhao Qian felt that it was pure nonsense, why did martial arts die a long time ago, and still rise again?
Not to mention martial arts, even Xianxia is almost finished, and it is only by relying on Zhao Qian's "Buddha is the Way" that a new torrent has been created, and it has been forcibly continued.
Old man Cha also relied on selling copyright remakes to brush up on his sense of existence, and the audience didn't pay for the remakes of the series of martial arts dramas in recent years, anyway, it was a spicy chicken.
Because of the dragon knight Yin Zhiping, Zhao Qian is a black man for Cha!
What this guy can't get on his own, he has to write it out disgusting, looking at his series of works, he is simply the culmination of the cuckold stream!
No matter how you discuss it on the Internet, it has nothing to do with Zhao Qian, anyway, it's good to make your own money.
The editor finally talked to him about the game copyright of the loser, and the editor-in-chief talked to him personally.
Lao Nag said: "Perfect Games plans to buy the full copyright of the game of "God-level Loser", including the mobile game web game of the terminal game, with a price of 8 million, what do you think?"
Zhao Qian didn't agree immediately, even if he was very tempted by this price: "With your experience as editor-in-chief, is this price appropriate?"
The old chatter replied: "It's okay, the price of urban game copyright is not low." Although the Baidu index of the loser is very high, after all, because the theme limits the development, so the price of 8 million, the game copyright packaging, is acceptable. ”
Zhao Qian thought for a few minutes, and felt that it was better to sell it, so as not to smash it in his own hands, after all, the book was over, and the heat would subside sooner or later, so he chose to agree: "Okay, I can accept it." ”
The old man also breathed a sigh of relief: "In this case, then tomorrow the Perfect Nandu Branch will send someone to sign a contract with you, and it will also send someone to set sail, and you will pay attention to the phone call at that time." ”
"Understood. Zhao Qian replied.
Most of the things will be handled by the website, the author doesn't have to think too much, sometimes it doesn't matter if the price is low, as long as the copyright can be sold.
Ten birds in the forest is not as good as one bird in hand, that's what it means.
8 million copyright fees, according to the proportion of sharing, Zhao Qian can get 4.8 million, even if taxes are deducted, there are still more than 4.26 million, and he finally experienced the feeling of getting rich, just like winning the 5 million jackpot!
Sure enough, it is still a quick money to sell copyrights, no wonder more and more great god authors choose to write custom articles. Writing a custom article for a game company, no matter how badly it is written, as long as the copyright IP is hyped up, it is a win-win situation for the author's website and game.
Or the game company directly buys out the full copyright, and the eight-figure custom price is very few people can not be tempted.
However, what Zhao Qian didn't expect was that Lao Na contacted him again in the afternoon.
"The copyright of the loser, Penguin Animation wants it, do you sell it?"
Seeing this news, Zhao Qian was a little stunned,, this is good luck, you can't stop it!
Hurriedly asked, "How much did they bid?"