On March 23, around Tencent’s the glory of the king andIts "Yin Yang Shi"The dispute over the plagiarism of the inner role, the dispute between the two sides continued to escalate, causing the attention of the majority of players.
On the evening of the 22 nd, with "the glory of the king"The newspaper issued a statement claiming that "legal measures will be taken to seriously fight back", and "the glory of the king" and "Yin Yang Shi" boarded the hot search. The glory of the king’s article is aimed at the fact that earlier, Yin Yang Shi issued a document claiming that he had sent a lawyer’s letter to the glory of the king.
The similarity of role images leads to controversy
On March 21st, its well-known "Yin Yang Shi" suddenly "attacked" it, pointing out that the role image in Tencent’s "the glory of the king" copied itself.
"Yin Yang Shi" said, "@ the glory of the king Although we are going to be the God of Wealth, Xiao Wang has earned a lot himself, right? Are you sure you don’t want to hire a more original art? It’s inappropriate for you to sneak out all the time. How did a good god become a spiritual guy? Didn’t you get the genuine HD resources? I want to contact the sweeper directly, and the Yin and Yang teacher is an authentic original game, not a material library! " It is suspected to imply that the role of the glory of the king is plagiarized.
From the follow-up, the core of this controversy is that the character image design of the game character "Priestess of Death" in the glory of the king is similar to the character "SP Shenqi Huang" in Yin and Yang Teacher, so the latter thinks that the former is suspected of plagiarism.
Contrast in two-role games. On the left is "Yin Yang Shi" and on the right is "the glory of the king". The picture comes from the Internet.
The sudden "trouble" in "Yin Yang Shi" quickly triggered a heated discussion among the majority of players.
On the evening of March 22nd, the official blog of Yin Yang Shi announced that it had sent a lawyer’s letter to Tencent the glory of the king.
According to the lawyer’s letter, Tencent released materials suspected of infringing Netease’s game Master of Yin and Yang in the game the glory of the king without Netease’s permission, including the skin of the game character "Li Bai Broken Moon Sword Heart" in the glory of the king suspected of infringing the game character "SUSANOO" in Master of Yin and Yang, and the game materials of "the glory of the king" and "Priestess of Death" suspected of infringing the SP God in Master of Yin and Yang.
The dispute between the two sides continued to escalate.
Later on the 22nd, the glory of the king officially responded through Weibo.
The glory of the king said that a series of malicious acts against some games today and in the past, including but not limited to:
1. Repeatedly publish false content that denigrates us through official accounts, trying to gain attention;
2. Publicly release commercial incentive tasks through official accounts, and guide creators to make malicious video content at a price suspected of 20 yuan;
3. According to the authentication standards of some games, they have been suspected of copying our popular characters many times.
The glory of the king said that it had collected and fixed relevant evidence, and would seriously fight back against all means of touching porcelain.
The reporter noted that at present, some players who support the glory of the king have also released some material pictures that prove the plagiarism of Yin and Yang Master.
In fact, as one of the cultural industries, all kinds of "plagiarism" behaviors are not uncommon in the game industry.
Although the two sides are arguing over "who copied whom", a legal person told reporters that judging "plagiarism" from the judicial point of view is not "clear at a glance", and it is often quite complicated in judging specific cases.
In addition, some people in the game industry told reporters that with the increasing prosperity of the game industry and the continuous growth of game investment, many small and medium-sized game manufacturers often choose to "copy" the materials in popular games and extract the materials from other games for their own use by "unpacking".
The reporter learned that at present, in order to prevent the material of their popular game works from being directly stolen, many large manufacturers often implant a large number of hidden watermarks in the material of the game, which will leave evidence in advance for future rights protection.