Korean game makers are getting more and more hurt by the `fake game` that Chinese game makers copied Korean games and this is the situation, but the government is not even able to figure out the actual situation.

According to the industry on November 23, games suspected of plagiarizing Korean games have been in service for several years in the Chinese market. Some game companies are responding via their official distributors, but small game companies are not enough to respond to individual vendors.

Nexon`s `Dungeon and Fighter`, Blue Hall`s `Battle Ground`, Smile Gate`s `Cross Fire` and Sundays Toz`s `Anifang` are some of the games that Chinese companies seem to plagiarize.

Nexon has decided to take legal action against the game that it believes is suspected of infringement of intellectual property rights (IP) through Tencent, China `s official service of Dungeon & Fighter. On July 23, Park Ji-won pointed out seven companies, including Sang Hacking Net Online Co., Ltd., as a company suspected of infringing Dungeon and Fighter IP, in a statement on the exclusive rights of Dungeon and Fighter in China. Neopel, who created Dungeon & Fighter, is developing a mobile game that uses this game. Recently, mobile game that seems to infringe on the world view, character, and graphics of this game in China has been served, and the effect of entering into China has been halved.

Meanwhile, in China, a game similar to Blue Hall`s online shooting game "Player Unonvs Battleground" is being developed. It is an analysis of the industry that there is little difference between NetEase`s "Terminator 2 3D Judgment Day" and items in game mode and costumes are similar to those of "Battle Ground." "We are monitoring the situation, and we are preparing for hard-line response," an official at Blue Hall said.

Smile-gate, who is in charge of online shooter game "Crossfire" in China, is monitoring similar games in cooperation with Tencent, the local distributor of the game. Webzen, which has earned royalties from China using IP of online game `Mu Online`, has recently discovered dozens of similar games and requested to remove games from China`s Apple App Store. An official of the industry said, "SMEs cannot afford to file lawsuits directly against Chinese game companies, and Chinese developers cannot as it is difficult to win a lawsuit because we are choosing to make a subtle difference by copying the system and contents of our game. “There is a limit to individual companies in counterfeit game, It is necessary to inform the Chinese authorities of the seriousness of the problem. "

The game industry is taking common action as the problem grows. The Korea Game Industry Association issued a statement saying, "Chinese game companies are launching counterfeit games that copy their original characters and skill names beyond the level of imitating graphics or play methods."

However, the authorities such as the Korea Copyright Commission and the Korea Copyright Office are not able to grasp the actual situation of the Chinese counterfeit game. According to an official from the Copyright Commission, "Plagiarism in games is a complicated and difficult issue, so it is impossible for the company to directly investigate and resolve the case through litigation." "We do not understand the actual situation, but copyright lawyers have applied for investigation into" "We are monitoring the site for the time being, or posting a follow-up action, such as notifying China`s Copyright Protection Center, China`s copyright protection authority."

By Kim Soo Yeon newsnews@


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