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On the same day, Ju Mingfeng left a photo of shameful play, the problem is that this guy didn't feel ashamed at all, but because he took such a stack of photos, he may even let go of his mentality, and pestered Lin Shu to ask him to take a set of photos, but Lin Shu patted his head and refused in ignorance.

Ju Mingfeng retreated and asked to take a couple photo with Lin Shu. Lin Shu had a black line, and finally agreed. So he was taken a photo by Ju Mingfeng, who was wearing women's clothes and pouting and smiling like a stupid Lori, holding his arm.

always felt that such a photo could still become black history after 20 years, and Lin Shu didn't understand how Ju Mingfeng could take such a shameful scene with no care at all...... He silently decided in his heart to keep the storage on behalf of Mingfeng, so as not to leak out the black history one day and be ridiculed by the group.

Then, around the middle of the month, Fetion's game platform was launched for the first time. Lin Shu has been paying attention to the other party's information, so he bought and downloaded it as soon as possible.

Then the moment he opened the interface, he felt a strong sense of immediacy.

In terms of interface alone, the various details are not very similar, but the names and positions of each element have a subtle correspondence with the future system. After Lin Shu tried the game, he felt that this correspondence was even stronger.

However, the whole concept of the future system is relatively original. In later generations, there were various open engines, so Lin Shu's thinking was also relatively broad, not limited to a certain design, but purely integrated the main concept, and finally designed the future engine according to personal preferences.

However, at present, companies such as Fetion do not have a reference object, so it is almost inevitable that the overall design will imitate the future system. Because it's the only open engine that everyone has access to, and it's pretty successful in its own right, it's worth imitating.

This was something that Lin Shu expected, so he just frowned and didn't have any other special reactions.

However, when he began to try more in-depth features, he discovered a problem with the Fetion engine.

Problem 1 - It mimics almost all of the popular general features of the Future Engine, including but not limited to the mood tree system, the connection of the system interface triggered by the character skills (in order to avoid conflicts with the story mode, most of the function mods are opened on the character skill interface, unlike the story mod is mainly triggered on the map interface), and the main story modes of "Three Kingdoms Ideal".

Even the character design can almost correspond to "Three Kingdoms Ideal" one-to-one, and the remaining parts that do not correspond to "Three Kingdoms Ideal" have subtle similarities with other popular game mods on the future platform.

If "Nine Heavens" still has a certain amount of adaptation and originality in the process of imitation and borrowing, the Feixin engine is almost completely plagiarized. The similarity between the engine and the future engine is so high that it is almost an inferior imitation.

…… Yes, inferior quality.

Because the Fetion engine is really bad at the implementation of the corresponding functions. His creator is different from Lin Shu, although Lin Shu also spent a few months to complete the production of the future engine, but he himself has more than ten years of experience in the use of the corresponding engine mode, and has understood countless failure cases in the development process of open engines, so he can avoid many problems. At the same time, he himself has been making virtual games for many years, although there is a big gap with flat games, but at least he has a deeper understanding of some new concepts that are just emerging or not yet emerging.

Although the production of Feixin Engine was invited by the famous Korean company UV, the experience of the other party was limited to the old-fashioned stand-alone and online games, and the thinking was never broad enough. At the same time, they don't have enough understanding of the existence of open engines, and many of the designs are not well designed, and there are often strict bugs.

However, Fetion also has two things that beat the future engine - one is the picture, and the other is the publicity. In the former, Feixin has a great trend, and naturally has the ability to find the best painters, the best artists, and design the best picture effects. In contrast, all the characters and backgrounds of the future platform are actually relatively rough and more like fandom quality.

Not to mention the intensity of publicity. Fetion has Fetion communication software as the background, and it has a great advantage in publicity, and the future platform has no ability to compare with the other party.

As a result, with the spread of publicity, the number of downloads and purchases of the Fetion engine increased at an extraordinary rate, and then more than a week later, it directly surpassed the future game.

Many people also knew about the existence of such a single-player game type through guò's publicity, and soon became interested in it after the trial and began to become a user group.

On the first Saturday after the launch of the Fetion engine, Lin Shu held a meeting in Xingze.

Zheng Fangcheng said: "Completely shoddy imitations, there are as many bugs as a mountain, but many people use them. The influence of Fetion Communications is really not to be underestimated. ”

Lin Shu replied as fairly as possible: "To be honest, there are currently three network companies in China, and their influence is cross-platform and almost monopolistic, and Feixin is one of them. In terms of influence alone, we are completely incomparable. In fact, there are software vendors with similar nature abroad, but no matter which one they are, they are not as good as Feixin. Although many people despise Feixin as plagiarism, it is a fact that he has strong business operation ability. ”

But despite all that, no one likes to have a well-made product completely suppressed by a counterfeit.

Zheng Fangcheng was a little restless, walking around the conference room and not speaking for a long time.

Du Sitong opened his mouth and asked, "Can you sue!?" This kind of Cheng dù can be regarded as plagiarism, right!? ”

Lin Shu replied, "I went to someone for consultation." It is difficult to determine plagiarism cases in games, and generally speaking, plagiarism is not judged to be plagiarism in laws such as plagiarism settings or rules, and plagiarism will only be judged when it comes to plot copywriting, plagiarism of pictures, music materials, etc. There is also the act of plagiarizing the source code, which does not conform to these Feixin, and it is impossible for us to sue the other party for plagiarism. ”

Du Sitong suddenly felt as if he had a breath choked in his throat, difficult to exhale, and difficult to swallow.

Lin Shu still had something to say.

That is, no matter what kind of game infringement lawsuit it is, even if it is won in the end, most of them are in a state of high cost and low compensation. It will take seven years for the Copyright Law and the Regulations on the Protection of Computer Game Software to develop into the Law on the Protection of Computer Game Software, and in between, whether it is music, novels, TV dramas, or ...... And so on, and so on, cultural copyrights have been protected by copyright one step in advance, and only the process of protecting game copyrights has always been difficult.

In essence, this is not a legal issue, but the fact that it is difficult to judge the scope of copyright as a carrier of games. Aside from the difficulty of adducing evidence, the most important thing is that even if the lawsuit is won, the final compensation awarded by the court may not necessarily give the original copyright owner appropriate compensation - and the possibility of serious damage is greater.

Lin Shu didn't want to go into a lawsuit with Feixin at all - this kind of large company usually has its own political protection, just like his Xingze years later. Large companies that pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes a year and solve the work problems of thousands of people are naturally treated differently from ordinary small companies.

Unless the existence of such large companies has hindered the development of society, the officials will even take the initiative to give them a hand□□...... There is no chance of winning a lawsuit with this kind of company, and even if it really wins, it is difficult to say who will be hurt in the end.

Lin Shu vaguely remembers that a few years later, Feixin was hit hard in the end, in fact, there was a big reason. In fact, the copyright war that the country has carried out in recent years is a step-by-step process - music sources, Japanese anime, original novels, film and television works...... Halfway through, it hit several large Internet companies.

But if one looks closely, each step of these actions is well thought out. The copyright battle for music sources and animation works is itself accompanied by the historic process of related domestic industries entering the world market. The formalization of copyright for original novels is also accompanied by the reorganization and promotion of the cultural industry. The formalization of copyright in film and television works is also accompanied by the process of anti-export to Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States.

After the economic downturn in the first two years, in order not to be brought into the quagmire of economic crisis by developed countries such as Europe and the United States, on the one hand, the country began to depreciate the renminbi in an attempt to re-elevate the shape of foreign trade, and on the other hand, it began to invest in the cultural and scientific and technological industries, hoping that China's main foreign exchange income could be slowly transferred from simple and crude manpower output to more technical and cultural industries.

Under such a premise, the government can ruthlessly rectify a large number of large Internet companies, so as to set an example of chickens and monkeys, formalize a large number of related websites, and promote the normal and healthy development of the entire industry.

Lin Shu thought about it for a long time and thought that this was not the best time. If you want to make a complaint about Feixin, you must at least wait until the policy begins to favor enterprises that are not Feixin. There should be many opportunities for this - one is when the government begins to clean up the online literature industry. Feixin's background is indeed large, but its acquisition and integration of Kuaishu is quite risky, because the current situation is that in the palm-sized porcelain bowl, it is a large lobster that has always been huge and delicious, and the rest is only small shrimp. It's barely a small river shrimp, but it went through a reorganization two years ago, which is a bit overkill. The most important thing is that we have been trying to export culture overseas in the course of operation, which in itself is in line with the government's expectations for the future cultural industry, so there is no danger at the moment.

And compared to the trembling, the fast book with a background is far bolder.

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The major websites under the name of Kuaishu have always chosen more novel themes than boldly, but the copyright management is much more relaxed and indulgent. They don't prohibit players from following each other's trends, imitating, borrowing memes, or even supporting them.

After the emergence of such a hot theme, the market will quickly grab it, and then develop, use and consume it as soon as possible. Although the life of the subject matter may be lost to a certain extent, the website can take this opportunity to maximize the development of hot themes and obtain hot money.

In general, for the authors and readers themselves, for the sake of the website, the advantages of such an approach outweigh the disadvantages.

Although the excessively short life span of the subject matter itself has caused aesthetic fatigue before it has been fully explored, it can make great use of the numerical advantage of online writers. In many cases, as a writer, you don't need to think too much, as long as you follow the existing success examples, you can get the rewards faster. And readers can also read a lot of related content while becoming interested in a subject, and everyone is happy to have enough food to eat, right?

Even many people think that the pursuit of online articles is such timeliness.

Lin Shu did not deny this, at least not at this time. But he knows one thing - the well-known authors who have become famous and famous in the online literature circle after 20 years, and are still often mentioned and regarded as classics after 20 years, have little to do with such "following the trend" and "hot themes".

Therefore, when Feixin had an accident four years later, their influence in related industries was far less than expected.

Lin Shu pondered for a long time, but still couldn't remember how several large international companies won the lawsuit against Feixin later. He only remembered two points -- one was that the prosecution of Feixin by several companies was launched almost simultaneously, and at the same time, it was accompanied by increased political pressure. At that time, the export of domestic and foreign culture was increasing, and the two TV series adapted once again swept Southeast Asia, and games such as "Sword Network III", "Nine Heavens" and "The Road to the Stars" grabbed a lot of real money in Europe, America and Asia in the next few years, but Feixin never made any great achievements. Its business scope has always stayed in China, because from its core software itself to various game programs under its name, there are too many traces of imitation and infringement, and foreign countries do not recognize it at all. Second, the development of Fetion software itself has encountered a bottleneck. Although many people thought that Feixin was going to develop towards online literature, and Feixin also spent a lot of time and energy on this, there were many problems with its system and development direction.

At that time, the pressure on Fetion mainly came from two aspects, one was the contract. Later, many people called the contract the overlord clause, because there were a lot of contract traps set in it, which was very unfavorable to the author, but it was subject to Kuaishu's status in the industry at this time, but it had to be signed. On the other hand, there are antitrust lawsuits.

You must know that up to this time, the domestic anti-monopoly or anti-plagiarism regulations are almost still in vain. The law is there, but most people don't care about it or recognize it. If someone asks, many people are also very dismissive and believe that the law does not hold the public accountable.

But does the law really not hold the people accountable? Lin Shu felt that many people had not figured out the premise that the law was not responsible.

He pondered for a moment and said to Zheng Fangcheng: "Sue Feixin." ”

Zheng Fangcheng: "!? Apparently surprised, he asked, "Doesn't that mean the odds of winning are not high?" ”

Lin Shu smiled: "Who knows about this kind of thing?" Maybe we'll win the case? Having said that, this kind of lawsuit, whether to win or not, is the decision of the court. But whether we want to fight or not is our own choice. ”

"Now that the state is grasping copyright, no one can decide that we really can't win this lawsuit. But even if you really can't win, as long as someone keeps fighting, there will always be a day to win. ”

Zheng Fangcheng didn't understand, but Ju Mingfeng understood what Lin Shu meant.

In the previous life, Feixin was not defeated by a lawsuit. It has been dragged down by one lawsuit after another, one after another, one after another.

However, Lin Shu did not make such a decision blindly. In fact, he felt in his heart that if he fought this lawsuit, on the whole, the benefits would outweigh the disadvantages.

First, this lawsuit can be used as a means of publicity, showing that we are the original creators of the open platform, and it is quite through the publicity of the Fetion engine to attract some people's attention to Lin Shu's website, making an unusual free publicity. Second, Feixin has been "imitating" habitual offenders for many years, and many enterprise groups are taboo about their big business, and they are worried that similar prosecutions can rarely be pursued, so few people prosecute, but Lin Shu feels that being a rising bird is not necessarily bad.

Sometimes it's the bird that always eats the most.

The state is currently grasping copyright, promoting genuine editions, and trying to sort out the patent and copyright market, so Lin Shu feels that the more lawsuits are fought during this period, the more likely it is to attract attention and attract a wide range of discussions. In this atmosphere, they are actually the easiest to win, because for the sake of market orientation, if they win in the political position, it will be the most beneficial to the implementation of the current policy in this regard.

Of course, the premise is that they are well prepared when they prosecute, and they will kill with one blow.

With such thoughts, Lin Shu said to Zheng Fangcheng: "We will make three preparations and sue them for plagiarism, monopoly, and vicious competition. Then try to reach out to the media that we can contact and get the word out about it. In addition, if Feixin does not respond, we will find a water army to stir up this matter ourselves. Not only to speculate on the platform, but also to fry their title of 'inertial plagiarism', and to fry their title of 'a benchmark for China's plagiarism business'. Make a big deal out – the bigger the thing and the more people who pay attention, the more likely we are to win. ”

It took Zheng Fangcheng some effort to understand what Lin Shu meant. Lin Shu wanted to speculate in politics, taking advantage of the current political tendency to support copyright and originality, and took the initiative to push his lawsuit to the point where he could set a benchmark.

Lin Shu knew the direction of history and knew that the government would further rectify the market in a few years, but he didn't feel that he needed to wait. Anything you expect to happen, you can't wait for anything just by waiting. You've got to do it yourself.

So in a few years, there may be a copyright lawsuit, and there will be an anti-vicious competition lawsuit, Lin Shu decided to detonate it in advance - he didn't care about being the first spark to fly away. The current political direction is basically clear, although the timing at this time is a little earlier than in the previous life, but Lin Shu doesn't believe it, if he is ready to hand over the excellent chicken that the official can kill chickens and monkeys, the official will not seize this opportunity.

Feixin's chicken is a little too big and fat, and the official may not be willing to eat it, but the basic posture should still be out. After all, compared with the guidance of social policies, no matter how big a tax-paying enterprise is, it is just an enterprise.

And once this opening is opened, it is impossible to see how the next shape will develop. It can be said that at the moment when the first lawsuit was lost, the fate of Feixin's future was already sealed.

It doesn't matter if he loses, because Lin Shu doesn't care about fighting a war of attrition with the other party at all. lost, or the compensation was not enough to make Feixin hurt his bones, Xingze appealed and appealed, and has been hyping up the heat of this topic. Fetion imitated their products, and they used Fetion's influence to pull a large number of potential audiences from Fetion...... Who loses and who wins, who takes advantage and who suffers, no one knows until the end.

After that, the routine is to go to school. Then the next weekend, Lin Shu was surprised to find that Ju Mingfeng was analyzing Feixin's game, and he didn't know who was directing what was going on through the guò chat software.

After Lin Shu took a closer look, he found that Ju Mingfeng was actually looking for a system bug in the module interface operation method in the Fetion engine. What he instructed others to do was to let the other party imitate several of the most popular modules of the future platform, and make similar modules based on the Fetion engine.

Fetion's engine imitates future games very well, but they do not have the corresponding understanding and mastery of the open platform, which leads to many imitation elements are not very in place. But UV's own technology is also indispensable, in fact, if they only grasp the concept of an open platform and make the engine system in the way they are good at, although it is difficult to achieve the future platform in all aspects, but it is also very possible to attract players and create another model of open engine.

In Lin Shu's memory, there are many types of open engines, and what he makes is just one of them, and it is also a type that Dacheng has emasculated and innovated according to his situation and ideas, combined with his own experience in making zuò games later.

But Feixin didn't know whether they were used to getting benefits from imitation, or they were too unconfident in their own creative ability, in short, they chose to imitate the future platform.

This also gave Ju Mingfeng an opportunity. No matter how you think about it, how can a counterfeit compare to the original?

So he wants everyone to see where the gap between the two is. He spent a little time analyzing the Fetion platform - the strength of this company has always been in business operations rather than in technology openness, so Ju Mingfeng is relatively easy to crack.

After cracking it, he went through the whole program again, and then found a lot of unreasonable places in design and operation. He carefully studied the possible results of each bug, and then hired some people to make the game by imitating the main mods of future games while using them to the fullest extent.