Research On Copyright Protection Path Of Computer Game Rules

Computer games are popular in recent years,but at the same time,there is copying tort.For computer games,the most creative part is the rules of computer games.But in practice the rules of computer games are not protected enough frequently.Computer game rules are game design actually,which are not equal to computer games.Any part of a computer game that limits the player’s behavior is the rule of the game.The rules of computer games have inherent characteristics of works and should be protected by copyright law.It is not appropriate to place it under the protection of law against competition by inappropriate means,patent law or other laws directly.However,the rules of computer games are faced with the difficulties of dividing the idea and expression,the defects of the existing protection modes,and the inability to realize the win-win situation between creators and industry.In this regard,first of all,we should directly extract game rules from computer games according to whether to limit the virtual role players operate,then directly protect the game rules;Secondly,the rules of computer games can be divided into three levels: pre-game rules,post-game rules and quasi rules,and the boundaries of thought and expression can be defined by referring to the classification of game rules in the game industry.Finally,the standards of protection should be different for computer game rules with different create costs,so as to achieve a win-win situation for creators and industry.This paper is divided into four parts,the key part of which is the dilemma of copyright protection of rules of computer games and the optimization of copyright protection path of rules of computer games.The first part is the concept analysis of computer games and their rules,in which we discuss the connotation and characteristics of rules of computer games and computer games,and compares the similarities and differences between them.Reality rule is the norm of people’s behavior to achieve the goal,it is people’s application of the law of the objective world;While the rules of computer games play a dominant role in the virtual law in computer games,which is a virtual world design.The second part is the realistic consideration and choice of the protection path of computer game rules,in which we discuss the dispute of the protection path of computer game rules and draw the conclusion that copyright law is the most appropriate to protect computer game rules.In the third part,we discuss the dilemma of copyright protection of computer game rules.Due to the ambiguity of idea/expression dichotomy,the copyright protection of computer game rules lacks practical and operational standards.In terms of protection mode,there exists the defect of confusing computer games and rules of computer games,which can’t effectively protect the rules of computer games.And the win-win situation between creators and industry cannot be realized because the protection threshold is too high.The fourth part puts forward the path optimization scheme for the dilemma of computer game rule protection.