Over the past two years, there have been increasing cases of game accounts being retrieved, digital collections being counterfeited and virtual currency being stolen. A lot of people have thousands or even tens of thousandsDigital assetsI don't know if it's legal or notIntellectual property rightsWho to find and how to find when they've been violated. To put it simply, the intellectual property protection of virtual property on the internet is still at the "possession, lack of bylaws" stage, but the courts and legislation are already on the way。
Is virtual internet property secure
The concept of virtual internet property is not legally uniform. The game's equipment accounts, nft digital collections, domain names, social media fans, are they property rights, claims or intellectual property rights? "article 127 of the civil code only mentions."Legal protection"virtual property," not defined. I've seen people with game numbers asking if they can register their intellectual property, and the answer is -- not yet。
However, the power of certainty does not necessarily have to be registered. If you have developed a set of game role skins, a virtual scene, you can go through copyright registration; a unique virtual commodity logo is designed and you can go through trademarks. The point is to distinguish between what you created and what you bought, the former intellectual property, and more contractual and property rights。
How do you defend virtual property
The rights violations were committed, and a lawyer's letter was not sent. I dealt with a case where the plaintiff was a company that designed virtual clothing, and a platform dealer copied their 3d model. It took the plaintiff a week to make a notarized cut-off, block chain deposit, fix the time stamp and the original design documents and hand over the pleadings to stand. Without a chain of evidence, the big platform won't help you。
There are two main avenues for rights protection: access to the platform for complaints, suitable for small, well-known violations; and access to litigation, appropriate for cases of large amounts that require compensation. In the case, care is taken to select the competent court and the caseCopyright violationsAndUndue competitionThe path is different and the amount of compensation is much lower。
Who owns virtual internet property
The question seems to be quite simple, in fact. You paid for the cards, the rare equipment you took, the ownership? Or is it the game company? The one in the user agreement, "the account belongs to the platform, you only have the right of use," was still recognized by the courts in most of the proceedings. But the originals that you created in your account, like the plays you wrote, the drawings you drewCopyright is always yoursThe platform's provisions do not govern the creative dimension。
The digital collection is slightly different. You found and bought a nft, and the chain record was you, and the "own relationship" was clear. However, the authorship of the digital document itself, to which nft refers, is generally not subject to transfer of title unless expressly authorized by the creator. A lot of people are confused about this。
The rules are still long and the direction is set: your virtual property deserves to be taken seriously. In case of specific problems, the evidence is kept and then a professional lawyer is consulted to determine which way to go, so that you do not get bored with the platform's guest clothes。
