The blogger involved talked about the suspected plagiarism of 'Black Myth: Wukong ': The game manufacturer has no commercial use rights and has not yet figured out how to protect its rights.

Am I causing trouble? It has been read more than 100,000 times and has many comments. At 10:30 pm on August 22, blogger Nanshan Zen posted a message to Moments, with this sentence and a sweating expression. The picture was the Weibo he distributed at 4:01 pm that day, and the text part was not included. Not much, just one sentence: "Hello Wukong, you did not inform me when using Brother Monkey's picture. If you see it, please contact me, thank you." What really triggered tens of thousands of comments and 465,000 likes from netizens was the picture posted by the blogger. Content: There are two sculptures in the original painting of the game "Black Myth: Wukong". Whether it is the perspective of the picture or the overall light and shadow effect, they are very similar to the photos he took.

1. We contacted the blogger, named Hou Nanshan. He has been engaged in image design-related work and engaged in the study and research of ancient Buddhist statues in his spare time. He studied under the famous Buddhist statue appraisal expert and Zen painter Jin Shen.

2. He said that there are two Buddhist sculptures in the original painting of the game and two photos from his publication "The Crowning of the World: Statues at the Iron Buddha Temple in Gaoping, Shanxi", both of which were taken in 2017.
3. Regarding the content that appears in the game, he said: "No one has contacted Black Myth Wukong so far." He believed: "The original painting of the game should be my picture" "If you want to use it commercially, you need to inform me."
4. Contact Game Science, the producer of "Black Myth: Wukong", regarding this matter. As of press time, no response has been received.

   

   Conversation with Hou Nanshan

Brief content:

1. "If you want to use it commercially, please inform me"

2. Question: After you posted on Weibo, "Black Myth" Have you been contacted by the official of "Wukong"?

Answer: No

3. Question: Have you consulted a lawyer? Is it plagiarism?

Answer: I have consulted. The lawyer believes that it is plagiarism under normal circumstances. But if you want to file a lawsuit, you need to send a lawyer's letter, and the other party may not respond. Moreover, litigation costs are relatively high, and you may not be able to receive much compensation if you win the lawsuit.

4. Question: How to confirm that the game pictures are from your photos?

A: The photos I take will be shared. If you buy a book, the clarity of the original pictures is better than the pictures in the book. I may give the original image to the purchaser for their enjoyment, but not for commercial use. For commercial use, please contact me. The game pictures are not reproduced from books, but made directly from the original pictures, because many people have my original pictures.

Q: When was this book published?
A: The first edition of my book was published in 2019, and the photos were taken in 2017. After the filming was completed, because I had never thought of publishing a book before and because I had a public account, many people asked me if I could publish a book after I posted the public account. Then I say I will publish it, and I will compile it into a book. After communicating with the Gaoping Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau, they acted as a supporting unit and published the book.
After the show, there was another exhibition at the Gaoping Museum. After it was published, the book was sold out immediately. After the book was sold out, Sanjin Publishing House started talking to me and added the Jade Emperor Temple to the list again, so another edition was published, and then another print was added the next year. One edition.
"I haven't thought about my request for this matter yet"
Q: When I interviewed "Black Myth: Wukong" online, I said that these Buddha statues are officially cooperated with cultural tourism from various places and are officially authorized sampling and modeling. Could this be something they sampled themselves?
A: Yang Qi, the art director of "Black Myth: Wukong", was interviewed in a video. He said that he regretted not collecting pictures at the Iron Buddha Temple. He just took a few pictures on a flat surface. There is also a video of him. Because the Iron Buddha Temple is troublesome and crowded, and the work there is complicated, it is too difficult to do 3D scanning. It doesn’t mean that you can scan it if you want to. And maybe because the management of Tiefo Temple is strict, they are afraid of damaging the inside, which they cannot afford.
So when it comes to Yang Qi’s video, he made it very clear that he didn’t do a scan, he just took some photos. And what he said was that he read this book when he was in school. But I don’t know who his book is about. This book of mine should be the earliest. And before my book, the Central Academy of Fine Arts had an exhibition on the Iron Buddha Temple, but their exhibition definitely didn’t have the angle of my picture. So these two pictures should be my pictures.
Q: What kind of demands do you have for this current matter, or what do you hope for?
A: I haven’t thought about it yet. I hope Black Myth Wukong Game Company can contact me for further communication.

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