盛大授权《传奇世界》改编游戏遭下架(3)

导语：盛大的《热血传奇》客户端游戏运营许可即将于今年到期，鉴于盛大存在多个未经著作权人许可擅自进行对外就《热血传奇》进行授权，侵害著作权人权益的行为，娱美德很难再与盛大续约。因此，盛大近期开始对外以《传奇

盛大的《热血传奇》客户端游戏运营许可即将于今年到期，鉴于盛大存在多个未经著作权人许可擅自进行对外就《热血传奇》进行授权，侵害著作权人权益的行为，娱美德很难再与盛大续约。因此，盛大近期开始对外以《传奇世界》进行授权，妄图绕过《热血传奇》著作权人，并以娱美德在2007年诉讼中承认其《传奇世界》客户端游戏的著作权来主张其授权合法性。但是，绕不过的是《传奇世界》游戏本身与《热血传奇》的高度近似性，如果基于《传奇世界》改编的游戏同样与《热血传奇》构成近似，仍然构成对《热血传奇》著作权的侵犯。正如《传奇战域3D》被下架这一事件所反映的，广大业内公司在获取正版授权时，应当辨别真正的权利人，尊重他人知识产权，避免因侵权行为承担赔偿责任。

Shanda’s license for operating the PC client online game “The Legend of MIR II” (《热血传奇》) will expire this year. Considering Shanda’s authorization of “The Legend of MIR II” (《热血传奇》) to others without copyright owner’s consent and its damage to the copyright owner’s legitimate rights, Wemade could hardly extend Shanda’s license after its expiry. Accordingly, Shanda recently begins to grant for authorization based on “Chuanqi World” (《传奇世界》), attempting to bypass the copyright owner of “The Legend of MIR II” (《热血传奇》), and trying to prove its “legitimacy” based on Wemade’s admission of Shanda’s copyright in the PC client online game “Chuanqi World” (《传奇世界》) in the year 2007. However, it cannot overturn the fact that the game “Chuanqi World” (《传奇世界》) is identical or highly similar with the game “The Legend of MIR II” (《热血传奇》). If any game adapted from “Chuanqi World” (《传奇世界》) is also similar with “The Legend of MIR II” (《热血传奇》), it would also constitute copyright infringement of “The Legend of MIR II” (《热血传奇》). As alerted by the Apple Store’s removal of “Chuan Qi Zhan Yu 3D” (《传奇战域3D》), game companies should distinguish who is the real copyright owner when obtaining copyright authorizations, respect legitimate IP rights, and avoid to compensate for potential infringements