"The most chaotic game copyright lawsuit in history, Tetris!"

"As of now, at least more than a dozen companies claim to own various copyrights!"

"Adali and Tengen have the key evidence!"

"Oriental is interested in joining forces with Warner to create the Tetris movie!"

"Oriental Company's last communication, all infringing companies will remove the Tetris cassette before the end of the month!"

In June, the American gaming industry became lively due to a lawsuit. Litigation is one of the best publicity methods. Chen Qi spent money and shouted, which was known to everyone.

First, Tetris itself is very famous, and second, the copyright is too messy, involving Americans and British people.

The Japanese, Chinese, Soviet, and France are all five-day.

Chen Qi said he wanted to make a movie, but he made an egg, which was all hype.

But many people really expressed their expectations and wanted to see what movie "Tetris" can make? It is interspersed with each other. Some are in a tight fit, some are incorrect, and some are not in a good way. Finally, one is thick and long, so they can be cleared together and leaked as if they are not covered?

During this period, both parties have been collecting evidence and preparing to sue.

After Oriental Company took root in the United States, it had a close-knit lawyer team, which came in handy. Movies and games are industries that are extremely particular about copyright. The team asked for a high price, but there was no way, so it was necessary to ask.

Law is the foundation for the United States to build society. Regardless of private matters, it is necessary to follow the procedures on the outside.

If you involve those behaviors that "this matter is immoral and anti-human, but we have needs", people will directly avoid it legally, deliberately letting you take advantage of loopholes, such as child labor and child marriage.

The team studied the information about Tetris, especially the evidence brought back from the Soviet Union, and finally increased the winning rate to 100%.

Just under such a mess of public opinion, the copyright lawsuit was held, and half of the gaming industry was paying attention, including Sega.

Sega, also a Japanese gaming company, produces hardware and software.

They are very awesome in the arcade industry and have been beaten by Nintendo in the field of home game consoles for many years. Last year, a 16-bit home game console MD was launched. Compared with Nintendo's 8-bit FC, whether it is vivid characters, more beautiful scenes, more complex actions, and even dynamic electronic music, the gaming experience is more powerful.

Sega is confidently estimated that it sold 1 million units a year, spending a lot of money on publicity. But unfortunately, MD has only sold 350,000 units so far.

The reason is that the game is not good!

The game quality on Sega platform is not as good as Nintendo, and no matter how good the performance of the machine is, it is useless. Moreover, Nintendo is also developing a new generation of consoles, which makes Sega almost fight against the enemy.

In comparison, Tetris is just a small trouble.

At this moment, Nobuo Toyota, vice president of Sega America, is studying the matter and asked: "What does Oriental say?"

"When the lawsuit is over, they are willing to talk."

"Have you expressed your willingness to cooperate?"

"Yes, they are not rejected!"

"That's good-"

Toyota Nobuo breathed a sigh of relief.

Sega also bought a fake authorization. She originally wanted to sue, but she thought something was wrong. Although Oriental Company has copyright, they only have copyright.

They don’t have a host, so there are only two ways: either directly authorize it or cooperate with a company with a host to sell the cassette. Oriental also made a special statement: "Rejected Nintendo's offer!

These messages are too obvious.

Toyota Nobuo tacitly released his kindness, and the other party responded.

"If Tetris is released on MD, it should be able to drive some sales, it's always a good thing."

Nobuo Toyota sighed, still not paying much attention to Oriental Company. He only thought that the other party wanted to enter the game world, but he had luck with getting a game like Tetris.

The case between Tengen and Oriental Company was heard in court.

The debate between the two sides mainly revolves around one issue: is a home game console a computer system or an electronic game console?

As mentioned earlier, the British man Stein only obtained the computer copyright of Tetris, but the agreement was incomplete at the time and there was no explanation for the concept of the computer, leaving loopholes.

Later, at the suggestion of Chen Qi's team, the Soviets re-signed an agreement with Stein to clearly stipulate the concept of computers:

A machine containing a central processor, monitor, disk drive, keyboard and operating system.

In this way, the computer copyright and home game console copyright are distinguished.

Tengen got the earliest authorization, so they strongly advocated that home game consoles are computer systems, and the copyright should belong to them!

The evidence of Oriental Company is sufficient, the information is detailed, the lawyer team is strong, and the balance is tilting a little bit. Finally, the lawyer presented a fatal evidence: "As we all know, the copyright of Tetris belongs to the Soviets!"

"Tengen claimed to have copyright, but he had never even met the Soviets. Our company went to the Soviet Union for talks repeatedly. For the sake of this lawsuit, he went there again and found the copyright owner and the developer of Tetris."

"They were unable to come to testify in person, but wrote us a written testimony and a video proof!"

Metaphor!

There was a commotion at the scene, and this was a Soviet man!

This is a very subtle rule: for example, during this period, people hate Japanese people very much. If there are Japanese people suing in the United States, they will unconsciously favor the other party.

The same is true for the Soviets. The socialist camp has come to testify, which must be true.

The lawyer raised the documents and videotapes in his hand, and everyone was a little impatient, so not long after, I saw this "image proof" on the spot.

Pakitnov has been interviewed by Western media before and has a vivid understanding. At this moment, he appears on the screen and is very angry: "We only sold the home game console and handheld console copyright of Tetris to Oriental Company. The others are fake. That British man is a liar! A liar!"

"ha!"

Someone couldn't help but laugh at the scene. Tengen's lawyer looked like he was constipated. How could he even put on a yarn?

The result was expected.

The judge pronounced a verdict in court: "The copyright of Tetris' home machine and handheld machine belongs to Oriental Company, and supports it to request the infringing party to stop all infringements, and all cassettes that have been sold will be removed from the shelves, and compensation will be made.

The news came out, causing another stir.

The court information could have been kept confidential, and there was no mention of the Soviets' participation in supporting evidence. It was only said that Oriental Company had locked in the victory with a piece of key evidence and became the exclusive owner of the copyright of Tetris' home machine and handheld machine.

It's exclusive!

All infringing products have been removed from the shelves!
Chapter completed!