Chapter 13: Breaking the Loopholes in the Law

Author: Fortunately I didn't go

Chapter 13: Breaking the Loopholes in the Law

After deciding to join the video game industry, Ethan had already gone to the city's library to check information in two months after traveling, so he understood what Barbara's lawyer meant by fifty-six years.

The Copyright Protection Law of Ameliga 1909 stipulates that the copyright protection law protects copyright owners for 28 years from the date of creation, and can be extended once, that is, fifty-six years.

In other words, no matter how popular a work is, its author can only enjoy the profits within fifty-six years from the date of its birth. After the fifty-six-year period, its work will become a public

Works can be used by anyone.

This fact is actually very cruel.

Because it may be that the author has not died, others have already started to discotheque with his works.

And Ethan was very confused about such a law.

Because in his memory, the provisions of the Copyright Protection Law should be seventy years after the author's death?

At that time, he only thought that Ameriga's copyright protection law was changed at a certain point, but now...

That time seems to be right in front of you?

"Teacher Barbara, what do you mean is that the Copyright Protection Act of 1909 will be revised recently?" Evelyn was not a fool, and directly asked the same question as Ethan thought.

"Yeah~ The copyright protection law will be changed soon! You heard it right away, what I said is right now!"

Ms. Barbara leaned back and put her hands on the armrest of the sofa.

The soft feeling made her eyes squint instinctively, and even her voice was filled with a hint of pleasure.

"Babys! As far as I know, there is a company that relies on copyright to make a living, and it's almost impossible to stand it."

"Because if we follow the current copyright protection law, the money tree in their hands will become public copyright in a few years, so, a few years ago, they had already sent lobbying companies to contact people from both parties, including donkey and elephant.

, They urgently need to promote the amendment of copyright protection laws, and for this, they can pay a lot of money."

"For this matter, I, my colleagues and my teachers, all think that this company will succeed because this company has an unusual meaning for Amerika..."

Hearing this, Ethan immediately laughed.

"Teacher Barbara, is it Disney right? Mickey?" he asked bluntly.

"Hmm? It's Walt Disney!" Ethan's words made Barbara laugh.

Two slender eyebrows were flying up, and the whole person looked extremely funny, "Their Mickey is about to expire in 1984! So you just need to wait a moment, and you can enjoy the new version of the law perfectly

It's convenient to come!"

"Why?"

Evelyn was a little confused and said, "Teacher Barbara, if we register the copyright now, we should be able to enjoy the new legal protection after the new version of the law is implemented, right?"

"No, that's not the case."

Before Barbara could answer, Ethan, who had memories of his previous life, had already said first: "Evelyn, I understand what Mr. Barbara means. Capitalists are all greedy, and no one knows what method they will use.

If you engage in lobbying, no one knows whether they will harm others while protecting themselves.”

"For example, is Mickey now a copyright under the name of a natural person or a legal person? Regarding this issue, when Disney makes people lobby, it can completely add a difference between a natural person and a legal person to the copyright term! How many natural persons are

Year, how many years is the legal person?"

"Teacher Barbara's meaning is very simple. Let's register copyright now, that is, use the green Franklin to bet on the chances with capitalists, because we can wait for the new bill to come out and follow the law that suits us the most.

If the laws of a natural person are better, then we can apply in the name of a natural person, otherwise, establish a company."

That’s right! Ethan suddenly remembered! In the American Copyright Protection Law in my previous life, the nature of the copyright owner was treated differently to varying degrees!

He no longer knows the specific laws. After all, he is not a lawmaker, but the name Disney can prove everything!

Walt Disney died in 1966. If the law agreed to seventy years after the author's death, then Mickey's expiration date should be 2036, but before Ethan traveled, he had already heard that Mickey's copyright

It is about to expire again, and Disney is lobbying Congress to amend the copyright protection law. Since there is a time difference, there must be problems!

Without Barbara's lawyer's reminder, he might not have cared about this, and it wouldn't matter.

But since Barbara said...

Then on the land of Militaria, if the copyright protection issue is not followed by the copyright tycoon, wouldn’t that be stupid?

Speaking of this, Ethan stopped.

He looked at the girl, and he could see surprise in the girl's eyes.

So he smiled and said, "Evelyn, in this country, if you don't pay attention to maximizing your interests, you will never be able to participate in commercial games."

"Who wants to do business?" Evelyn muttered unconvincedly, thinking it through.

"You have to understand without doing business, because the same is true for other things."

Ethan smiled and said, "In Ameriga, the first thing we have to do to do is to do everything we can to protect our own interests."

"Even if you want to change the world, you have to be strong yourself first."

"Okay! Okay! I was naive just now, okay?" Evelyn didn't want to argue and took the initiative to admit defeat.

Ms. Barbara, who witnessed all this, wrapped her hands around her face and showed appreciation, "Ethan Jones, right? Are you interested in the law? If you are interested, you can come to Stanford this year."

She waved her hand and said, "Although Stanford's fall application ends in March this year, it's just for ordinary people. You can choose a major to study for four years and go directly to law school after four years to study law directly in law school.

…”

"To be honest! I think your philosophy is great! Many guys always think that they can save the world by passing the judicial examination! But they don't know that only by improving themselves first can they change everything!"

"Anyway, I think if you become a lawyer, your future will be bright."

The sudden olive branch made Evelyn's eyes widen subconsciously.

The girl knew it was an opportunity.

Ethan politely declined the invitation.

"Oh, Mr. Barbara, thank you very much for your approval. If you need it, I will definitely come to you."

"Now, I just want to know how to protect myself with the law without registering copyright."

"I believe that since you told us not to register copyright and also mentioned the disadvantages of the damn urgent service, there must be other ways to get around it."

"Is it right?"

Ethan smiled.

He is extremely gentlemanly in his words and deeds.

"You are indeed talented, a pity."

Barbara was not sorry, and nodded with a smile, "Since you have heard what I mean, I will just say that the current law does have loopholes, because things like electronic arcades can be completely avoided.

Register copyright…”

With Ms. Barbara's guidance, Ethan quickly understood how to use the law to protect herself while exploiting legal loopholes.

That is to register a patent for the arcade machine of "The Snake".

On the surface, there is no patent for "The Snake" and the contents are pieced together using the existing technology. If it is formally reviewed, it is likely to be rejected by the Patent Office.

However, Ameriga's patent application channels are actually divided into two types, one is a formal application and the other is a temporary application.

The former, formal application requires submitting a series of information, such as formal claims, affidavits or statements, IDS (information disclosure statement), and the inventor is required. The patent content must not be modified after the application is submitted, but the latter is a temporary application.

, there is no need to provide anything, the applicant only needs to go to the patent office to file and file, and the validity period is one year.

Although the temporary application will not issue a patent certificate, it is not important, because all Ethan wants is to protect himself with the law before the new copyright protection law is introduced. When the patent office stamps it, anyone dares to plagiarize "Greed"

The game "Snake Eats" will be subject to legal sanctions!

The difference between the temporary application of the Patent Office and the expedited service of the Copyright Office is that the expedited service of the Copyright Office can only be applied after the infringement incident. In the process of confirming the copyright, the victim cannot provide any evidence at all

Prosecuting others.

But the temporary application of the Patent Office is different. Once the infringement incident occurs, the lawyer can take this thing and go to court with the plagiarist! Even if the court believes that this is not a patent infringement, but a copyright infringement, it doesn't matter.

Because the proposition stage that needs to be waited has been omitted by them!

When the court begins to accept infringement cases, they, as plaintiffs, can submit a request to the court to let the defendant stop infringement!

If Mirohua had done this at that time, Atari would definitely not have developed!

When the court had ordered the defendant to stop selling game consoles, Nolan Bushnell made a lot of money!

Ethan admires this idea very much.

Use the legal provisions that guarantee the protection of your own interests?

Damn this is really a mage, okay!

But at the same time, Ethan had a new problem.

He looked at Barbara in confusion and said, "Teacher Barbara, if you say that, things are wrong again, because I remember that Mirohua registered a patent for his home game console Odyssey, why did they

Can't prosecute like this?"
To be continued...