Conan's Victory is Justice

Chapter 158 You can ask for more compensation after the other party releases animations and then sue, do you understand?

"Thank you so much lawyer!"

Seeing that Gu Meimen's attitude was so firm, Kimura immediately felt relieved.

The opponent is a powerful lawyer who can defeat the queen of the legal world, Eri, and with his help, he will definitely win the case.

But Gu Meimen immediately said again: "Don't thank me in a hurry, I need to ask you a key question first."

Kimura smiled and said, "Well, please tell Lawyer Gu Meimen."

"The other party plagiarized your book, how far has it been written?" Gu Meimen asked.

"A little more than three volumes." Kimura replied.

"so little?"

Gu Meimen frowned slightly, her enthusiasm suddenly cooled down again.

"Any questions?"

Xiao Ai asked curiously.

"Of course there is a problem!"

Gu Meimen said directly.

"With only such a few words, you want to sue the other party. Even if you win, how much compensation can you get! If you want to use the copyright law to hit porcelain, you might as well go and hit a car. The money you get is much more than this! "

Kimura on the side looked embarrassed: "Then what, I'm not Pengci, I'm absolutely sure that that book copied my book..."

Gu Meimen glanced at him.

"It doesn't matter whether you are Pengci or not. The copyright law was born for Pengci."

"Hey, be careful what you say." Xiao Ai looked modestly, "Isn't this law designed to protect the rights and interests of authors?"

"That's because you have seen few cases in this area." Gu Meimen said, "If you go to judicial study for a while, you will know that there are quite a few cases involving copyright law, and the final verdict is that the plagiarist is innocent."

"Well, I feel like you have something to say..."

"In short, I first need to know in detail how the sales volume of the plagiarized book is, and then I can make a decision."

"……All right."

Xiao Ai probably understood what Gu Meimen meant.

The tort liability under the copyright law is still the same as other civil matters, and compensation is based on the degree of infringement.

Under normal circumstances, the defendant's illegal income, that is, the net operating profit, should be used as the reference for the amount of compensation. (In fact, there are other calculation methods, which are more complicated, so I will simplify them here and not list them one by one.)
In other words, if the person who plagiarized earns less than a few hundred thousand, you can sue the other party, and the compensation you want will not exceed this amount at most.

"Wait a minute, let me check."

Xiao Ai walked to the desk, opened Gu Meimen's laptop, and started to operate it.

The sales method of Japanese web articles is very similar to the web articles of a certain fruit website in a country across the ocean.

It is not calculated by subscription, it is calculated by page views and readers' rewards.

After the book written by the author is signed, each click will bring the author 0.1 yen in income.

However, Japanese web literature is still not the main force of popular literature.

When the number of clicks and popularity of online works reaches a certain level, this book will still go to the publishing channel, just like traditional light novels, with a volume of 7 to 10 words, and it will be published and sold in various regions.

In addition to physical publishing sales, there is also electronic publishing sales, which is to sell physical books online in digital form volume by volume.

Of course, this is only the treatment of upper-middle-class authors. It is not easy for most writers who hit the streets to make a living, let alone published.

After a while.

"Although this plagiarism book is written less, it is quite popular."

Xiao Ai turned the laptop over and showed Gu Meimen the page.

Gu Meimen looked at it, and there were almost 1000 million hits.

The total population of Japan is only over 1 million, which is indeed quite good.

"What about physical and electronic publishing sales?"

"The sales volume is good. The current sales volume of physical publishing sales is about 40 per volume, and the sales volume of electronic publishing is [-] per volume."

Paused.

"According to the price of 600 yen per volume and 10% of the royalties, the other party has published three volumes, and it is roughly estimated that there are about 9000 million royalties."

Xiao Ai pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose - she would wear these glasses as long as she was working.

At this time, she suddenly changed her temperament, her face was expressionless, like a ruthless working machine.

Gu Meimen nodded: "What about the surrounding content? Are there any animations, games, figures, etc. in this book?"

"There are no surroundings yet."

"Is that so..."

After hearing this, Gu Meimen seemed not very satisfied.

In other words, the author of the plagiarized book, Daisuke Hukura, currently only has an income of about 9000 million.

These are only gross profits. Compensation fees under copyright law are generally calculated based on net profits, and some expenses such as taxes have to be deducted.

Moreover, there is nothing around.

The light novel industry in Japan is very developed. The novel itself is the mainstay, but its focus is on the peripherals such as animation and games.The industry chain in this area is integrated, and if you want to break out of the country, you need to rely on the influence of animation and games.

Even if you are a risk agent, the most you can win is more than 1000 million yuan in remuneration.

"I have a suggestion for you."

Gu Meimen turned her head and looked to the side.

At this time, Kimura looked dull, as if he was dumbfounded by Xiao Ai's operation just now.

Regarding data such as sales and income of works, if the author or the company involved has not made it public, it is generally kept confidential.

The other party was able to find these data casually, which shocked him.

"Serialize your work first, wait for a while, and the other party has written more words and published more peripherals, and then go to sue."

Hearing Gu Meimen's words, Kimura came back to his senses.

"Huh? Why?"

He looked confused, as if he didn't understand.

Gu Meimen raised her eyebrows: "I need to teach you this? If you want to make a fortune by suing copyright infringement, then you'd better wait for the other party to 'infringe enough rights' and release animation games around it." I want a lot of compensation, understand?"

"Hey!"

Xiao Ai on the side was speechless and couldn't help but make a sound.

"What kind of suggestion is this, thank you for being able to come up with it!"

"Is there something wrong?" Gu Meimen glanced at her, "The best definition of copyright law for civilians is to make money, as much as they can make, and I'm showing the other party a clear way by doing this!"

"What a bright way!"

Xiao Ai rolled her eyes.What Gu Meimen said, this is completely evil. Is the law used like this?

After hearing Gu Meimen's words, Kimura was silent for a moment, with a tangled expression, as if hesitating.

"Okay, just do as the lawyer says."

Finally, having made up his mind, he nodded fiercely.

Gu Meimen gave him a deep look.

Paused.

"In this case, please leave your contact information, and I will contact you when the time is right."

"Ok."

After that, the two sides discussed for a while.

The two parties have not temporarily signed a lawsuit contract, and need to wait for a while.

After leaving his contact information, Kimura took his leave and left.

(End of this chapter)