"Thank you so much, lawyer!"

Kimura saw that Furumimon's attitude was so firm, and his expression immediately reassured.

The other party is a strong lawyer who can defeat the queen of the legal world, Princess Yingli, and with his help, he will definitely be able to win the lawsuit.

However, Gu Meimen immediately said: "Don't be in a hurry to thank me, I need to ask you a key question first. ”

Kimura smiled: "Well, lawyer Gumeimon, please speak." ”

"The other party plagiarized your book, what progress has been made so far?" Gu Meimen asked.

"It's a little over three volumes." Kimura replied.

"So little?"

Gu Meimen's brows furrowed slightly, and his enthusiasm suddenly cooled down again.

"Any questions?"

Xiao Ai asked curiously.

"Of course there's a problem!"

Gu Meimen said directly.

"It's only such a small number of words, you want to sue the other party, even if you win, how much compensation can you get! If you want to use the copyright law to touch porcelain, you might as well go find a car and hit it, and you will get a lot more money than this! ”

Kimura on the side looked embarrassed: "What, I'm not touching porcelain, I'm absolutely sure that the book copied my book......"

Gu Meimen glanced at him.

"It doesn't matter whether you touch porcelain or not, the copyright law was originally born to touch porcelain."

"Hey, be careful what you say." Xiao Ai looked at it modestly, "Isn't this law to protect the rights and interests of authors?" ”

"That's one of the few cases you've ever seen." Gu Meimen said, "If you go to serious judicial study for a while, you will know that there are quite a few cases involving copyright law, and the final verdict is that the plagiarist is innocent. ”

"Well, I feel like you have something to say......"

"In short, I first need to know how the plagiarized book is selling, and then make a decision."

“…… All right. ”

Xiao Ai probably understood what Gu Meimen meant.

The liability for infringement under the Copyright Law is still the same as other civil cases, and compensation is based on the degree of infringement.

Under normal circumstances, the defendant's unlawful gains, i.e., net operating profits, shall be used as the reference basis for the amount of compensation. (In fact, there are other calculation methods, which are more complicated, so I will simplify them here and not list them one by one.) ）

That is to say, if the person who plagiarized earns less, only earns a few hundred thousand, you go to sue the other party, and the compensation you have to receive will not exceed this amount at most.

"You wait first, I'll check."

Xiao Ai walked to the desk, opened Gu Meimen's laptop, and crackled.

The way in which Japanese web posts are sold is very similar to that of a fruit website in a country across the ocean.

It is not calculated by subscription, but by page views and reader tips.

When the author signs a contract for a book, each click will bring the author 0.1 yen.

However, Japanese online literature is still not the main force of popular literature.

When the number of clicks and popularity of online works reaches a certain level, the book will still go through the publishing channel, and like the traditional light, it will be published and sold in major regions according to 7-100,000 words per volume.

In addition to physical publishing sales, there is also electronic publishing sales, which is the sale of physical books online in digital form in volumes.

Of course, this is only the treatment of middle- and upper-class authors, and it is not easy for most street authors to make a living, let alone publish.

After a while.

"Although this plagiarized book is not written, it is quite popular."

Xiao Ai turned the laptop upside down and showed Gu Meimen the page.

Gu Meimen took a look, and the number of clicks was almost 10 million.

The total population of Japan is just over 100 million, which is really good.

"What about physical and electronic publishing sales?"

"The sales volume is good, the current sales volume of physical publishing sales is about 400,000 per volume, and the sales volume of electronic publishing is 100,000 per volume."

There was a pause.

"At a price of 600 yen per volume and 10% of the royalty, the other party published three volumes, and it is roughly estimated that there will be about 90 million royalty income."

Xiao Wai pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose - these glasses, she would wear them as long as she worked.

At this time, she suddenly changed her temperament, and her face was expressionless, like a ruthless work machine.

Gu Meimen nodded: "What about the surrounding content?" Does this book have animations, games, figurines, or anything like that? ”

"There aren't any peripherals yet."

"That's ......"

After listening to this, Gu Meimen didn't seem to be very satisfied.

In other words, the author of that plagiarized book, Daisuke Torakura, currently only has an income of about 90 million.

These are only gross profits, and the compensation fees under the Copyright Law are generally calculated according to net profits, and some expenses such as taxes must be deducted.

Moreover, there is nothing around.

Japan's light industry is very developed, and it is the backbone of itself, but its focus is more on peripheral products such as animation and games. The industrial chain in this area is integrated, and if you want to break out of the country, you need to rely on the influence of animation games.

Even if it is a risk agent, the maximum remuneration that wins is more than 10 million.

"I'll give you a suggestion."

Gu Meimen turned his head to look to the side.

At this time, Kimura looked sluggish, as if he was dumbfounded by Xiao Ai's operation just now.

Data on sales and income of works is generally confidential if they are not disclosed by the author or the company involved.

The other party was able to check these data casually, which simply shocked his eyeballs.

"You serialize your work first, and after a while, the other party writes more words, and there are more peripherals, and then you will sue."

Hearing Komimon's words, Kimura came back to his senses.

"Huh? Why? ”

He looked confused, as if he didn't understand.

Gu Meimen raised his eyebrows: "Do you want me to teach you?" If you want to make a lot of money by suing for infringement, then it's best to wait for the other party to 'encroach on the right' and go out to the surrounding animation game, you can ask for a large amount of compensation, understand? ”

"Hey!"

Xiao Wai on the side was speechless and couldn't help but speak.

"What kind of suggestion is this, you can come up with it!"

"Is there something wrong?" Gu Meimen glanced at her, "The best definition of civilians in the Copyright Law is to make money, how much can be made, I am doing this to show the other party a clear way!" ”

"What a clear road!"

Xiao Ai rolled her eyes. What Gu Meimen said, this is completely heresy, is this how the law is used?

And after listening to Gu Meimen's words, Kimura was silent for a moment, his expression tangled, as if he was hesitating.

"Okay, just do as Mr. Lawyer says."

Finally, having made up his mind, he nodded vigorously.

Gu Meimen looked at him deeply.

There was a pause.

"In that case, please leave your contact information, and I will contact you when the time comes."

"Okay."

After that, the two sides discussed for a while.

The two parties did not sign a lawsuit contract for the time being, and they need to wait a little longer.

After leaving his contact information, Kimura took his leave and left.

(End of chapter)