网络游戏画面的作品属性及其著作权人

The Works Property of Picture Appearance of Online Games and Their Copyright Owners

网络游戏产业发展如火如荼,已经成了我国文化产业发展不可忽视的力量。如何界定作为网络游戏组成部分的网络游戏画面的性质,一直是理论研究和审判实践热议的问题。网络游戏画面应当属于新《著作权》中的"视听作品",著作权人为游戏制作者。在非竞技类网络游戏中,游戏用户的操作行为可能形成演绎作品;在竞技类游戏中,用户的操作行为既不构成"演绎",也不构成"表演"。

The development of the online game industry is in full swing, which has become a force that cannot be ignored in the development of China’s cultural industry. To define the property of picture appearance, an integral part of online games, has always been a hot issue in theoretical research and trial practice. The picture appearance should belong to the "audiovisual works" in the new Copyright Law, and the copyright owner is the game maker. In non-competitive online games, the user’s operating behavior may form representing works;in competitive games, the user’s operating behavior constitutes neither "representation" nor "performance".