Legal analysis: In-game works also have patents. Although there are few invention patents, there are still utility model patents and appearance patents. Therefore, copying works in the game is also illegal and violates the patent law.
Legal basis: Article 47 of the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China commits any of the following acts of infringement, and shall bear civil liabilities such as stopping the infringement, eliminating the influence, making an apology and compensating for losses according to the circumstances:
(1) publishing his works without the permission of the copyright owner;
(2) publishing a work created in cooperation with others as a work created by oneself without the permission of the co-author;
(3) not participating in the creation, and signing others' works for personal fame and fortune;
(4) distorting or tampering with other people's works;
(5) plagiarizing other people's works;
(6) without the permission of the copyright owner, using a work by exhibition, making a film, or using a work by means of adaptation, translation, annotation, etc., except as otherwise provided by this Law;
(7) where remuneration should be paid for the use of another person's work, but it has not been paid;
(8) renting out works or audio-visual products without the permission of the copyright owner or copyright-related obligee of film works and works created by methods similar to film production, computer software and audio-visual products, except as otherwise provided by this Law;
(9) using the layout design of books and periodicals published by the publisher without the permission of the publisher;
(1) transmitting a live performance from a live broadcast or publicly, or recording a performance without the permission of the performer;
(11) other acts that infringe copyright and rights and interests related to copyright.