Now, the case of factory pollution has ended, and half a year has passed.

Moreover, now Gumeimen still has to repay the mortgage, and he urgently needs a sum of money to settle the balance of the house.

It's time to go ahead and take that commission.

Of course, before that, Gumeimen first needs to confirm it.

What is the current progress of plagiarism and whether plagiarism really exists.

Therefore, some time ago, he assigned Xiao Ai a little work in this regard.

"Oh, that's it, in fact, I investigated it that night, and I forgot if you didn't say it."

"So fast?"

"Nonsense, who do you think I am? You're lucky to have such a good employee as me in your life. ”

Xiao Ai glanced at Gu Meimen.

Then, I opened my laptop's work document and pulled up a document inside.

Open the file, which is a tabular document.

A paragraph of text appears on each side of the table, and the paragraphs are occasionally annotated with different colors.

It looks like a color palette.

"I read both of them and can be sure that there is plagiarism in them."

Xiao Ai first came to a conclusion.

She held out her white fingers and pointed to the words in the palette.

"The excerpt on the left side of the table is Kimura's original "The Wandering Tanuki Cat", and the one on the right is Daisuke Torakura's plagiarized "The Adventures of the Black Cat with the Shield", and I marked the passages involving plagiarism in it in the same color."

Gu Meimen looked carefully and nodded.

Indeed, as Xiao Wai said, there are many similar words in these two parts.

Plagiarism excerpts some wonderful passages from the original version, using the technique of "Japanese to Japanese", slightly changing the subject-verb-object grammar of the text, and turning it into its own thing.

This technique is commonly known as "washing the text".

It is a very shameless common plagiarism technique.

"Good." Gu Meimen nodded, "Then what about the current progress of plagiarism?" How much money do plagiarists make? ”

Xiao Wai replied: "The progress is almost 700,000 words, the seventh volume has been written, and the eighth volume is being written." The content of the first seven volumes is currently on sale in various bookstores and online electronic sales platforms across the country, which is very popular. ”

Gu Meimen raised his eyebrows: "It's been half a year since I wrote this?" ”

"This progress is very fast, and the plagiarist wrote at least 400,000 words during this time." Xiao Wai reminded, "Serialized on the Internet, in the light channel opened at the same time, he is a very diligent author." ”

"So what, it's only 400,000 words in half a year, it's just a waste!"

Gu Meimen shook his head and said.

Can it not be wasted?

It's the same online article.,Try it for the online article of the country across the ocean.。

This progress, I'm afraid I'm going to starve to death, and the roll will roll you to death.

The online article of the country across the ocean, if you don't write 10,000 words a day, can the author be called the author?

Rubbish! Rubbish! Rubbish!

What's more, the structure of the Japanese language is much more scattered than that language.

One sentence has the same meaning, and Japanese can casually have more than a dozen characters.

If you water it a little more, there is not much actual content in a chapter at all.

After sighing, Gu Meimen asked again: "So, what about the animation game and other peripherals, are there any?" ”

"The anime has come out, the first season has ended, the ratings have been well received, and the second season is being planned. At the same time, the game copyright has also been taken over by the studio, and the progress is very fast, and the demo version has been released on Nintendo Switch and Steam platforms. In addition, a series of peripheral toys are being developed by designers and commissioned manufacturers to make them. ”

Xiao Wai said, operating the mouse to open another document.

Inside is a bar chart.

In the chart, the royalties and royalties received by plagiarists in each field are listed.

"To sum up, the amount of profit that plagiarists make so far, after deducting taxes and a series of miscellaneous expenses, is estimated to be more than one billion yen."

"So tall?"

At this time, even Gu Meimen raised his eyebrows.

"He can make so much money in such a short period of time by writing such a small number of words?"

Gu Meimen usually doesn't pay much attention to Japan, and he is not very interested in these things, so he almost startled him.

"Daisuke Torakura is a big writer, and he can be regarded as the first echelon of best-selling writers in Japan."

Xiao Ai pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose.

"I see."

Gu Meimen nodded.

That's pretty normal.

The profession of a writer can also be regarded as a tool for attracting money.

But not every writer can make money.

Most of the writers are on the streets, and they can only eat with a mouthful of food, and some can't even afford to eat.

Only top writers can live a glamorous life, and make people think that the industry is very well-paid, giving people the illusion that they can make money.

Here, Xiao Ai hesitated.

"Well, actually, I've always had a problem."

"Say."

"I remember that Article 119 of the Copyright Act stipulates that anyone who infringes on an author's copyright, right of publication, or neighboring rights shall be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to 10 million yen."

Xiao Ai moved her mouth, looking at her as if she was a little unbearable.

"You asked Kimura to deliberately wait for the plagiarist to write a lot more words, and then let the plagiarist publish animations, games, and peripherals, which greatly expanded this influence. In this way, if the plagiarist loses the civil lawsuit, he will inevitably be criminally charged, and it is equivalent to sending the other party to prison? ”

"Tsk, my Dora lamentation, there is no need to send some sympathy to you."

Gu Meimen held up a finger and shook it gently.

"On the side of Europe, the United States and Japan, the implementation of the copyright law is already quite strict, and since plagiarists dare to copy, they must be prepared to go to jail beforehand. According to the control of copyright on the Japanese side, even if you write an anime fan, you will be caught. I don't need to arrange this kind of thing at all, as long as I put pen to paper, the person concerned will definitely go to prison. And the act of plagiarism is shameful, no matter what, he deserves it. ”

"Well, you have a point."

Xiao Ai thought about it and agreed with Gu Meimen's point of view.

She wrinkled her little nose and seemed to think of something again.

"You said that you would be arrested if you wrote anime fandom in Japan, so if it was another country, such as a country across the ocean, someone wrote anime fandom on the Japanese side, would you be caught?"

Gu Meimen raised his eyebrows: "Why do you suddenly have questions about this?" ”

"On a whim." Xiao Ai said, "Haven't I been learning the language of the country across the ocean lately? During this period, I went online and logged on to the website over there, looking for some to see, and it turned out that the writers there were overwhelmingly writing about Japanese doujin. I would like to ask, are these people considered infringement? ”

"How can it not be counted, of course it is an infringement." Gu Meimen replied directly.

Xiao Ai nodded: "Well, then they are all going in, and they will all be sentenced." ”

"What sentence? No, it can't be judged. ”

Gu Meimen disagreed.

"You may not have studied the laws of Japan thoroughly, so you can recite the first article of the Japanese criminal law to me."

"Uh......"

Xiao Ai blinked, and then turned his back.

"General Provisions of Part 1 of the Criminal Code of Japan, General Provisions of Chapter 1, Article 1, This Law shall apply to persons who commit crimes in Japan, and shall also apply to persons who commit crimes outside Japan but on ships and aircraft registered in Japan......

This thing, Xiao Ai once recited it to him when he took refuge in Gu Meimen.

(See chap. 21)

"Do you know what this means?" Gu Meimen asked.

Xiao Ai thought for a while and replied: "I understand, Japanese law is a 'territorial principle', so only those who commit crimes locally will be arrested and put in prison. ”

"Looks like you're not too stupid."

Gu Meimen smiled and touched Xiao Ai's little head.

The latter gave him a roll of the eye.

"Got it? The countries across the ocean, no matter how much they write fandom, are all working within their own territory. On the Japanese side, because the criminal law uses the 'territoriality principle', there is no way to arrest them and sentence them. In essence, these people are innocent, because that's what the law says. Unless one of them travels to Japan and renews in Japan, then the next moment there will be a police officer coming to the door to arrest someone. ”

"Uh, then these authors infringe casually, and no one cares?"

"It will be managed, although there is no criminal guilt, but the civil still constitutes tort liability, as long as you sue you, you have to pay money."

Gu Meimen said.

Immediately, he changed his words.

"But, do you know who writes about the doujin over there? It's all a bunch of poor poor guys who have no money, they are tired and tired every day thinking about plot code words, they just get a little remuneration income, they can't eat enough, and they will be scolded by readers if they don't write well, how much pressure it is. Deliberately cross countries to sue these guys who have nothing, what can they gain? The compensation you get may not be as much as the money you spend on hiring a lawyer......"

Gu Meimen said a lot, and Xiao Ai was stunned when he heard it.

After a while, she looked Gu Meimen up and down: "You seem to know a lot about this." ”

"I knew a little bit about it before."

Gumeimen shrugged.

"In short, you must know that the concept of law is that only by forming a 'proposition' can we talk about breaking the law and committing crimes. Civil cases are private prosecution cases, and the principle of 'whoever asserts shall bear the burden of proof' has always been followed. If there is no claim, it is equivalent to not violating the law. ”

There was a pause.

"Do you know Gintama?" Gu Meimen asked.

Xiao Ai nodded: "I've heard of it, it's the anime that plays other works everywhere." ”

"That's right." Gu Meimen said, "Strictly speaking, the Gintama anime definitely has all kinds of infringements, and as long as someone sues it, it will inevitably end in losing the lawsuit." But because the author is popular, no one sued, so not only was it fine, but it was also made into an animation and broadcast on TV. So can you say that Gintama is illegal? ”

Xiao Ai shook his head and said, "It's not illegal." ”

"So,If someone really writes a homo defendant,Then at this time he is really breaking the law.,It can only be regarded as his bad luck.,After all, if you fight this kind of lawsuit once.,The plaintiff will only lose money.,Nothing to make.。

"I see."

Xiao Ai nodded.

At this time, the girl had her hands on her chin, and her big eyes were shining, listening with relish.

Gu Meimen occasionally gave her some legal knowledge.

Xiao Ai especially likes this kind of time, and can always learn a lot of interesting knowledge.

(End of chapter)