Tencent's 'Yuanmeng Star' responded to being sued by the author of NetEase's 'Eggboy Party' map: all relevant maps have been removed from the shelves

According to news from this site on March 28, @Qianzhongjiu, the creator of the well-known UGC map "Yinlan" in NetEase's "Danzizai Party", recently released a video on Douyin saying that because the map he created was in "Yuanmeng Star" China has been plagiarized for a long time and many times, and has filed a lawsuit against Tencent. The case has been accepted and will be heard in May.

This afternoon, the official Weibo of Tencent's "Yuanmeng Star" game released the "Statement on the Protection of Original Map Creation". After receiving the " After the author of the "Blue" map made a rights protection complaint, and after manual review, we have removed all the complained-related creative maps from the shelves, and based on the handling principles in the "Yuanmeng Star Infringement Complaint Notification Guidelines", The complained player was notified via in-game email. Subsequently, the "Yuanmeng Star" operation team further upgraded the processing policy, prohibiting all players from publishing and using player-created maps containing the keyword "becauselan".

The complete statement attached to this site is as follows:

Since its launch, "Yuanmeng Star" has firmly adhered to the concept of "encouraging originality and supporting originality" and provided all map creators with Original protection services. In order to maintain good platform order and protect the legitimate rights and interests of all rights holders, we have opened the portal for complaints and rights protection in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, and have formulated corresponding original protection review and evaluation processes.

So far, we have banned more than 1,500 player-created maps suspected of violating regulations. Recently, after receiving a rights protection complaint from the author of the "Yinlan" map, after manual review, we have removed all the complained-related creative maps from the shelves, and handled them in accordance with the "Yuanmeng Star Infringement Complaint Notification Guidelines" In principle, the complained player was notified via in-game email. Subsequently, the "Yuanmeng Star" operation team further upgraded the processing policy, prohibiting all players from publishing and using player-created maps containing the "Yinlan" keyword.

We always firmly support and safeguard the copyright rights and interests of creators. We abide by the law, respect users, and always insist on resolving suspected infringements and related disputes among game map creators through legal channels. At the same time, we are also concerned that some self-media have fabricated, published and spread false information that "Yuanmeng Star" supports plagiarism through Weibo, Xiaohongshu and other social media. While slandering and defaming "Yuanmeng Star", It has also caused huge trouble to players, for which we reserve the right to pursue legal responsibility.

Since the launch of "Yuanmeng Star", the number of creators has continued to grow rapidly, and a number of original maps with good experience and good reputation have been born. Some of these excellent original map works have also been used by other game products. If creators find plagiarism, "Yuanmeng Star" will also provide comprehensive rights protection assistance to creators and bear corresponding rights protection fees, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of creators, and also call on the industry to take joint action.

Suspected violations related to player-created maps were found in "Yuanmeng Star". We encourage players and creators to use the in-game map reporting function and official rights protection channels to take action against suspected infringement of player-created maps. Report or complain about infringements, or you can report or complain about infringement through the official accounts of "Yuanmeng Star" and "Yuanmeng Star Dream Making Bureau", and we will deal with it seriously.

"Yuanmeng Star" Project Team

March 28, 2024

## Note from this site: "Egg Boy Party" is a trendy casual competitive game. It will open an unlimited number test on all platforms on February 6, 2021, and open an open beta on May 27, 2022. In the game, players can transform into cute Eggboys and challenge various fantastic levels with their friends; they can also pick up props in the scene to block other Eggboys, including bombs, freezes, electric shocks and even farts.

The mobile game "Yuanmeng Star" under Tencent Tianmei Studio was officially launched on all platforms in December last year. It focuses on family party attributes and provides Classic mode, super brawl, biochemical pursuit, weapon master, speed competition and other game modes. At present, "Yuanmeng Star" has obtained the official authorization of "Humanity Failed" and "Fall Beans: Super Knockout".

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