불교게임과 지적재산권

Abstract

This study is focused on the Legal Protection of Buddhist Games in digital media through the cultural contents using Buddhist Cultural Contents. For this purpose, I would like to discuss Buddhist Games. Digital Technologies have been developed and changed and the type of contents varied in many ways. The importance of the Buddhist Characters under the Digital Media are now emphasized. The Legal Protection of Buddhist Characters was suggested in the serial order of Copyright Law, Patent Law, Design Protection Law, Trademark Law, the Prevention of Unfair Competition Law and utilizing them. Then discussions were made to establish a foundation for developing a Activation Strategy of Buddhist Games. The following suggestions were made to activate the legal protection of Buddhist Games and activation strategy in future:First, many Contents on Buddhist Culture should be developed and this increased possibility can be of tremendous value to the game industry. Secondly, introduction of prevention strategy by intellectual property laws should be reviewed in the early stage of development to prevent illegal use. Instead, diverse utilization plans of the existing infrastructure should be prepared. Thirdly, diverse utilization plans of the existing Buddhist Culture including Game Production of Contents should be prepared. Most of all, the most serious problem is how to create story subjects, that is, materials for digital contents, which is the most important element in developing the Buddhist Cultural Contents. Many other countries in the world have already discovered elements needed for digital contents from their present or traditional culture and gone through the process of creation, turning them into contents vast enough to draw attention from all the citizens of the world. If Buddhist Games are concentrated mostly on Buddhist Culture and Buddhist Doctrine, they will not be much interesting. These days, the selection of the game is affected by the personal emotion including personal preference and spiritual satisfaction. The discussion will hopefully serve as a foundation stone for legal protection and utilization of various Buddhist Cultural Contents.