The Expiration of the “Legend of MIR II” License and Next Steps
5月10日，在娱美德1季度业绩发布电话会议中，张贤国(CEO)公布了将《热血传奇(Legend of Mir II)》、《传奇3(Legend of Mir III)》相关事业部门分拆成立为全新的独立法人的消息。另外，张贤国还表示娱美德与盛大游戏之间签订的今年9月份到期的《热血传奇(Legend of Mir II)》中国地区代理合同以及今年10月份到期的《传奇3(Legend of Mir III)》运营合同均不会再续期。
On May 10th, during its’ earnings meeting, Wemade Entertainment announced the incorporation of a new entity which will handle all business ted to the “Legend of MIR II” and “Legend of MIR III” IP. Henry Chang, Wemade’s CEO, also said that Wemade has no intentions to extend the publishing agreement with Shanda Games, of not only the “Legend of MIR II” PC client game when it ends in September of this year, but also the publishing agreement of “Legend of MIR III” PC client game, which will terminate on October of this year with Shanda Games.
娱美德指出，其拒绝续约的理由是：“盛大一直在隐瞒着分成费并拒绝支付应该支付给娱美德的分成费”以及“盛大凭借着PC端游运营商的身份，实施了包括主张自己拥有IP所有权和擅自进行授权的非法行为”等事实。
As for the reason for not extending the publishing agreement with Shanda Games, he stated, “Shanda Games is purposefully not being transparent in regards to the revenue of our licensed games, and is delaying the payment of royalties. Also, using the status of being the publisher of the PC client game, Shanda Games is illegally claiming that it has the licensing right to the IP and is currently licensing it to other third parties. Thus, how can anyone continue to work with such a partner?”
目前，盛大游戏只拥有限于《热血传奇(Legend of Mir II)》PC端游上的代理运营权限，并只是基于该受限的权利声称其拥有IP相关的被许可权利。该主张明显与事实不符，且将进一步变得毫无根据，因为盛大游戏的上述受限的权利将由于《热血传奇(Legend of Mir II), 传奇3(Legend of Mir III)》PC客户端游戏的运营合同分别于今年9月和10月终止而期满。
Shanda Games currently has the publishing rights only limited to the “Legend of MIR II” PC client game, and Shanda Games is claiming, only d on this limited right, that it has the licensing rights to the IP. This claim clearly is wrong and will further be meritless as even Shanda’s limited right will expire as the publishing agreement for the “Legend of MIR II” and “Legend of MIR III” PC client game will terminate in September and October, respectively, of this year.
随着这2份合同的到期终止，继2015年9月份已到期的《热血传奇》IP维权授权之后，盛大游戏对《热血传奇》系列PC端游的运营权限也将全部寿终正寝。这意味着，盛大一直坚持的非法主张也将成为无本之木。
When the publishing agreements of these two games expire, and along with the Letter of Authorization which expired in September 2015, Shanda Games will lose even the shaky grounds on which it made these false claims.
娱美德主张，有充分的理由证明盛大的违反运营合同及违法行为。因此，亚拓士无权单独续展运营合同，这是被中国和韩国的法律明确支持的。
It is Wemade’s position that there are sufficient grounds evidencing Shanda’s breach of the publishing agreement and its illegal acts. Therefore, as clearly supported by PRC law and Korean law, Actoz will not be end to extend the publishing agreement on its own.
并且，假如亚拓士无视娱美德合法的反对意见，继而一意孤行的与盛大游戏续展运营合同的话，该行为将与亚拓士一直以来主张的“只有经过双方协商一致才能进行授权IP”自相矛盾。
Also, if Actoz ignores Wemade’s lawful disagreement and extends the publishing agreement with Shanda Games, this action will be in conflict with Actoz’s own stance of claiming that only through complete agreement can either party license the IP.
另外，即便亚拓士试图单独跟盛大游戏续展运营合同，在娱美德已经在准备与第三方就《热血传奇》代理事宜开展合作的情况下，未来将不再出现盛大游戏独占性运营《热血传奇》的情况。
Meanwhile, even if Actoz tries to extend the publishing agreement with Shanda Games, because Wemade is preparing the service of the “Legend of MIR II” with other partners, Shanda will not be able to claim exclusivity anymore.
最后，无论《热血传奇(Legend of Mir II)》客户端游戏最终出现何种情况，随着数月之后《热血传奇》运营合同到期终止，盛大游戏无疑将会遭到重创。
Finally, regardless of how the “Legend of MIR II”, PC client game situation plays out, it is inevitable that the publishing agreements will terminate in a few months. This will surely have a detrimental impact on Shanda Games.