Research On Legal Protection Of Online Games' Overall Screen Copyright

With the development of China's online game industry,copyright infringement disputes that have taken place in the field of online games have also shown an increasing trend year by year.Compared with other works stipulated in the Copyright Law,the game works have their own characteristics.It consists of two parts,the computer program code and the overall game screen.For the program code,China's copyright law and relevant laws have more perfect provisions,and will be protected as computer software works.However,it is not yet clear in our country whether or not we should protect and protect the overall image of online game work composed of elements such as game storylines,game props,game character modeling,and game animation.The absence of relevant laws and regulations has led to the trial of copyright infringement disputes in online games as a whole,which has become a new difficulty in judicial trials.From the typical case of the "Miracle MU" infringement case,the author studies the legal protection of the copyright of online games as a whole,hoping to make a contribution to the online game industry in China.This article is divided into four parts in addition to the introduction.The first part is the facts overview and the focus of the controversy.Including a brief introduction of the basic facts and the trial of the case,and refining the focus of the dispute;the second part is an analysis of the legal issues involved in the case.This section introduces the definition of "work" and,in conjunction with the case,demonstrates that the overall picture of an online game meets the requirements of the copyright law.Then the author further expounded the possibility and condition of protecting online game works as movie works under the current legal framework,as well as the analysis of related issues that infringe on the overall picture copyright of the game.The third part is the legal thinking triggered by this case.In this part,the author puts forward suggestions for further perfecting the legal protection of the overall screen copyright of China's online games from both the legislative and judicial aspects.The fourth part is the conclusion.This article discusses the problems faced by the legal protection of the overall screen copyright of China's online games.This part is a summary of the full text.