Conan: The winner is justice

"Thank you so much, lawyer!"

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

The other party is a powerful lawyer who can defeat the queen of the legal world, Eri. With his help, the case will definitely be won.

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

Kimura smiled and said: "Well, lawyer Gu Meimen, please tell me."

"What progress has the other party made in writing the book that they copied from you?" Gu Meimen asked.

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

"so little?"

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

"Any questions?"

Xiao Ai asked curiously.

"Of course there is a problem!"

Gu Meimen said directly.

"You only have so few words and you want to sue the other party. Even if you win, how much compensation can you get? If you want to use copyright law to cause trouble, you might as well go find a car and hit it. The money you will get is much more than this! "

Kimura on the side looked embarrassed: "What, I am not cheating, I am absolutely sure that that book plagiarized my book..."

Gu Meimen glanced at him.

"It doesn't matter whether you are cheating or not. Copyright law was originally created for cheating."

"Hey, be careful what you say." Xiao Aixu stared, "Isn't this law meant to protect the rights of author?"

"That's why you have seen so few cases in this area." Gu Meimen said, "If you study seriously 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 there's something in your words..."

"In short, I first need to know specifically how the plagiarized book is selling, and then I can make a decision."

"……All right."

Xiao Ai probably understood what Gu Meimen meant.

Liability for infringement under copyright law is still the same as other civil rights, and compensation depends on the degree of infringement.

Under normal circumstances, the defendant’s illegal income, that is, the net operating profit, should be used as a reference for the amount of compensation. (In fact, there are other calculation methods, which are more complicated. I will simplify them here without giving examples one by one.)

In other words, if the person who plagiarized the work earns little, only a few hundred thousand, and you sue the other party, the compensation you will receive 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 working with it.

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

It is not calculated based on subscriptions, but based on page views and reader rewards.

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

However, Japanese online literature is still not the main force in popular literature.

When the number of clicks and popularity of the online work reaches a certain level, the book will still go through publishing channels. Like traditional light novels, it will be published and sold physically in major regions with a volume of 70,000 to 100,000 words.

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

Of course, this is only the treatment for middle- and upper-class authors. Most of the street-beating authors have a hard time making ends meet, let alone being published.

After a while.

"Although this plagiarism book has little writing, it is quite popular."

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

Gu Meimen took a look and found that there were almost 10 million clicks.

Japan's total population is only over 100 million, which is indeed a pretty good figure.

“What about physical and electronic publishing sales?”

"The sales volume is good. Physical publishing sales are currently about 400,000 per volume, and electronic publishing sales are 100,000 per volume."

There was a pause.

"Based on a price of 600 yen per volume and a 10% royalty rate, the other party has published three volumes. It is roughly estimated that the royalty income is about 90 million."

Xiao Ai pushed up the glasses on the bridge of her nose—she would wear these glasses whenever she was working.

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

Gu Meimen nodded: "What about the peripheral content? Does this book have animations, games, figures, etc.?"

“There’s nothing around yet.”

"That's it..."

After hearing this, Gu Meimen seemed not very satisfied.

In other words, the author of the plagiarized book, Daisuke Tokura, currently only has an income of about 90 million.

These are only gross profits. Compensation fees under copyright law are generally calculated based on net profits, and taxes and other expenses must be deducted from this.

Moreover, there is nothing around it.

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

Even if you are a risk agent, the most you can win is more than 10 million yuan in remuneration.

"I'll give you a suggestion."

Gu Meimen turned to look to the side.

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

Data such as sales and income of works of art are generally kept confidential if they are not disclosed by the author or the company involved.

The other party was able to look up this data casually, which shocked him.

"You should serialize your work well first. After a while, the other party has written more words and released more peripherals, and then you can sue."

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

"Ah? Why?"

He looked confused and didn't seem to understand.

Gu Meimen raised his eyebrows: "You want me to teach you this? If you want to make a fortune by suing for infringement, it's best to wait until the other party 'infringes upon the rights' and releases peripherals and animation games. I want a large amount of compensation, do you understand?"

"Hello!"

Xiao Ai on the side was speechless and couldn't help but speak out.

"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 that they are used to make money, as much as they can make. By doing this, I am showing the other party a clear path. !”

"What a clear path!"

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

After listening to Gu Meimen's words, Kimura was silent for a moment, with a tangled look on his face, as if hesitating.

"Okay, just do as the lawyer says."

Finally, he made up his mind and nodded firmly.

Gu Meimen looked at him deeply.

There was a pause.

"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 signed a legal contract for the time being and will need to wait for a while.

After leaving his contact information, Kimura said goodbye and left.