Chapter 1596: Minoru Arakawa's counterattack
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Satoshi Iwata found himself in a complete dilemma, although Tajiri's non-compete agreement compensation could make Tajiri responsible for himself, and it had nothing to do with Nintendo.
But if Tajiri steals Daqian's intellectual property, then Nintendo can't escape.
Here's a general law for everyone, it's not that the copyright belongs to the creator of the anime or cultural products with characters designed entirely by themselves.
First of all, it depends on whether the creator works in the enterprise when creating these cultural products, and then whether he creates them in the course of work.
If so, then the copyright of the cultural product belongs to the company and has nothing to do with the creator.
Of course, Tajiri can argue that he did it in his spare time at work, and it is not the company's copyright.
But this kind of thing is generally difficult to find evidence, unless the company's business scope has nothing to do with Tajiri's cultural products, such as Tajiri's work in a real estate company responsible for moving bricks, and then he drew a Pikachu, then this Pikachu can basically be regarded as Tajiri's own copyright.
But the problem is that Daqian Games happens to be a game, and the game content of Pokemon and Pokemon is exactly the same, which is not justified at all.
What's more, these stolen characters, Daqian has applied for cultural intellectual property rights in advance, which is basically a sure thing, and if Tajiri Zhi fights a lawsuit, he will not even have a 0.001% winning rate.
And these things have been used in "Pokemon", once Daqian sues, Nintendo will have to pay a sum of money, not to mention, these Pokemon, they must be erased immediately, and they are not allowed to be used again.
But the problem is that in this "Pokemon", the most popular elves are these elves brought by Tajiri Tomo, especially the water leaping fish, which is very popular, and can be described as the popular champion in "Pokemon".
If such Pokemon are erased, God knows what a huge mess it will be.
So now Iwata Satoshi can be said to be the first two big, but Daqian's lawyer's letter is indeed on his desk, if he doesn't deal with it, when the official court opens, Nintendo will be charged with plagiarism.
Satoshi Iwata couldn't sleep for three days and three nights until the fourth day, when he finally squinted for a while, and suddenly received a phone call, and then an unexpected person appeared in front of him.
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"Arakawa-kun, I didn't expect us to meet in this posture like this!" Looking at Minoru Arakawa in front of him, Satoshi Iwata's expression was full of bitterness and eccentricity.
When he received Arakawa's call, Iwata Satoshi thought that the other party was just communicating with him on a daily basis, but as soon as Arakawa Minoru reported his title, Iwata Satoshi was shocked.
Because the current Arakawa Minoru has a title on his head, he has become the president of Daqian Games, and he actually succeeded Zhong Yu and became the controller of Daqian Games.
This change made Iwata Satoshi deeply feel the malice of this world.
Minoru Arakawa a few days ago, who was still an abandoned pawn of Nintendo, a son-in-law who was abandoned by Pu Yamauchi, and a loser who was ousted by himself, should have been as pitiful as a reservoir dog.
No one would have thought that in the blink of an eye, this guy has become the global president of Daqian Games and the controller of the world's No. 1 game company.
And now that Nintendo is in second place, Minoru Arakawa actually re-rode on his head in another way.
Although Nintendo still has the second position now, but in a few years, God knows if Nintendo will be able to keep it?
The most uncomfortable thing is that the current Minoru Arakawa is still holding Nintendo's weakness, and he is specifically representing Daqian Games to discuss this infringement with Nintendo.
"Yes, Mr. Mengjia takes a fancy to him, and I'm ashamed!" Minoru Arakawa sighed, making Satoshi Iwata even more uncomfortable.
"Isn't Arakawa-kun not afraid to see the old president in the future?" Although Satoshi Iwata wanted to question like this, now that Minoru Arakawa had the advantage, Satoshi Iwata did not dare to provoke Minoru Arakawa.
Besides, Arakawa is only Yamauchi Pu's son-in-law, and what people want to see in the future is the ancestor of the Arakawa family, what does it have to do with Yamauchi Pu, and Yamauchi Pu is not qualified to scold him.
"Arakawa-kun, I don't know what you're going to do with it this time!" Satoshi Iwata made himself look as pitiful as possible, and then looked at him and said, "Arakawa-kun, we were colleagues a few days ago, and you know Nintendo very well, but their company is in a very bad situation now, and I really can't accept more blows!" ”
"I know, so I'm here with a better solution!" Minoru Arakawa said with a very sincere expression, "As long as Iwata-kun can agree to my conditions, then this incident will pass, and the copyrights of several Pokemon related can also be completely transferred to Nintendo!" ”
"Oh!" Iwata Satoshi was first happy, and then keenly realized that there is no free lunch in the world, and since the other party has offered such conditions, the price must be not small.
"What do you want?"
"I want the Legend of Zelda!" Minoru Arakawa said very simply.
"It's impossible!" Satoshi Iwata didn't think about it, and jumped up directly and said, "Arakawa-kun, don't you understand, how important The Legend of Zelda is to Nintendo?" How could I possibly sell this game to Daqian! ”
"Oh, no matter how important it is, can there be Mario brothers, does Tetris matter?" Arakawa said disdainfully.
"......" Iwata Satoshi was stunned for a moment, although the Zelda series was blown to the sky in later generations, but in fact, in 99, the Zelda series is actually a more important game brand for Nintendo.
Although "Zelda Ocarina of Time" was already on the market at this time, and the word of mouth was booming, it was actually not selling well. Especially with the defeat of the N64, the sales of "Zelda Ocarina of Time" have fallen by about double that of the other world, and it has only been less than 3 million copies so far, which is far from Nintendo's expectations.
Nintendo's real ace IP, in fact, is still Mario Bros.
"But it's not something you can trade for just a few Pokemon!" Satoshi Iwata refused again, but his tone was not as tough as before.
"Of course, that's not comparable, so we can pay $180 million to buy the full rights to the Legend of Zelda series!" Satoshi Iwata.
"$180 million!" Satoshi Iwata really hesitated, after all, all the profits brought by the "Zelda" series to Nintendo, and Dao has not had $80 million so far, and this price sold the copyright of "Zelda", which does not seem to be a loss.
And if the $180 million can be credited, Nintendo's financial situation will undoubtedly be much better.
At least this year's financial report will directly become positive, from losses to profits, and he can also explain to shareholders.
But faintly, Satoshi Iwata feels that this is not enough, after all, the reputation of "Zelda Ocarina of Time" is really good to the extent that it bursts, and the players who bought this game are all deeply attracted.
It's just that this game can only run on the N64 platform at present, and the player base is too small, so it has a bad reputation in the game circle.