网络游戏著作权法保护的路径选择与模式优化——评《蓝月传奇》案

The Right Approach and Better Scheme to Protect On-line Games under Copyright Law

《蓝月传奇》诉《烈焰武尊》网络游戏著作权侵权一案裁判在法律适用方法、保护对象、救济方式等方面均有创新。著作权法保护的本质在于独创性表达,但同时受作品类型法定性的限制。网络游戏在画面与情节两个方面均可构成独创性表达,理应受到保护。为解决作品类型法定性限制问题,直接将游戏画面框入类电作品类型这一路径不尽科学,更优的选择应是类推这一法律漏洞补充方法。在侵权比对时,应当把握独创性表达这一核心,可以适用"寻亲法"。考虑到游戏开发难、抄袭易、均有创新、裁判耗时长的特性,可以以"先行判决+临时禁令"模式为其提供救济。

In the ruling of the online game copyright infringement case of"blue moon legend"v."fiery flame warrior",there are some shining points like the new way of appling the law,new defining of protectable object,and the new combination of remedies.The essence of copyright law protection lies in original expression,but it needs to be categorized as one of the statutory types of works.Both the motion pictures and the plot of a network game can constitute the original expression,and thus it should be protected.To overcome the limitation of statutory types of works,it is not scientific to directly frame the game pictures into work created by a process analogous to cinematography.The better choice is analogy,which is a scientific way of filling the loopholes that might exsit in laws.The original expression is also the core when doing comparison;the method doing so can be called“seeking son”approach.Considering that the game is difficult to develop,easy to copy,short to live,and long to get through a judicial process,the"partial judgment+temporary injunction"mode is a better choice for remedy.