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Research on the Protection Route of Video Games Rules

—Transition from Holistic Protection to Independent Work

Authors
Deng Pan1, *
1Law School, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, 201600, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 23010101030@ecupl.edu.cn
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Deng Pan
Available Online 11 November 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-475-4_19How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Video Game Rules; Copyright; Protection Pathway; Holistic Protection; Independent Work Type
Abstract

China’s vast video game industry faces inadequate protection for game rules due to the lack of relevant laws. Existing research primarily debates whether game rules constitute copyrightable expression, with less focus on specific protection methods. In response, this paper comparatively analyses the advantages and disadvantages of different protection modes to identify a more favourable approach. The study finds that copyright protection aligns better with the nature of game rules and proves more effective than non-copyright modes. Within the copyright protection mode, the separate protection mode has weak protection and difficult justification; the holistic protection mode has certain defects but can still be an effective protection mode after certain improvements; and the independent protection mode as part of a work represents the future direction as it can avoid the conceptual incompleteness in other protection modes. Since creating a new type of work for video games in copyright law cannot be completed in a short time, the protection of game rules at this stage still needs to rely on the holistic protection mode and gradually transitions to the independent protection mode.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2025 10th International Conference on Modern Management, Education and Social Sciences (MMET 2025)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
11 November 2025
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978-2-38476-475-4
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-475-4_19How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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