Illustrative image (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - The Vietnam MusicCopyright Protection Centre collected 72 billion VND (3.2 million USD) inroyalties last year for registered composers and songwriters, an increase of 7 percentover last year.
The centre’s director, musician Pho Duc Phuong,said this year the amount would increase sharply as royalties would becollected from hotels, karaoke parlours, nightclubs and other entertainmentproviders.
“Only 400 million VND (19,000 USD) of royaltiesfor writers and composers came from the sales of videos and CDs [because] weare facing rapid growth of online music.”
He said that controlling the use of works bypeople who “ignore royalties” was a problem facing the centre.
Last year, the centre collected more than 8billion VND (355,000 USD) from use of music websites, an increase of 87 percentcompared to 2015.
It collected 52 billion VND (2.3 million USD) inroyalties in the south while the number was 20 billion VND (900,000 USD) in thenorth.
The highest royalties were paid to latesongwriter Trinh Cong Son, veteran composer Thanh Son, and young musicians KhanhDon, Nguyen Hong Thuan and Nguyen Van Chung.
The country’s first organisation to protectsongwriters and composers from copyright infringement has signed more than1,700 contracts with music producers and entertainment companies.
It has also collected and paid royalties tonearly 3 million foreign citizens and foreign organisations through its foreigncounterparts.
After the centre became a member of theInternational Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers in 2007,Vietnamese composers had copyright protection when their work was performed orrecorded abroad.
Foreign musical products used in Vietnam aregiven the same protection as domestically produced work.
"We need the Government’s help to enforcethe rights of composers, songwriters and users as stipulated in theIntellectual Property Law, which took effect in 2006," said Phuong, addingthat paying royalties for use of music was no easy task.
Young singer Thuy Dung of District 1’s CulturalHouse, said: "One of our biggest problems is that we don’t know where andhow to contact artists to make copyright deals."
Nguyen Van Chung, a young composer, said he andhis friends often performed in charity shows in rural areas.
“I think we don’t need to pay for the right touse it for charity purposes. Is that right? Cultural authorities should help usunderstand copyright protection and how it can be used effectively,particularly for those of us working in rural areas," he said.-VNA
The centre’s director, musician Pho Duc Phuong,said this year the amount would increase sharply as royalties would becollected from hotels, karaoke parlours, nightclubs and other entertainmentproviders.
“Only 400 million VND (19,000 USD) of royaltiesfor writers and composers came from the sales of videos and CDs [because] weare facing rapid growth of online music.”
He said that controlling the use of works bypeople who “ignore royalties” was a problem facing the centre.
Last year, the centre collected more than 8billion VND (355,000 USD) from use of music websites, an increase of 87 percentcompared to 2015.
It collected 52 billion VND (2.3 million USD) inroyalties in the south while the number was 20 billion VND (900,000 USD) in thenorth.
The highest royalties were paid to latesongwriter Trinh Cong Son, veteran composer Thanh Son, and young musicians KhanhDon, Nguyen Hong Thuan and Nguyen Van Chung.
The country’s first organisation to protectsongwriters and composers from copyright infringement has signed more than1,700 contracts with music producers and entertainment companies.
It has also collected and paid royalties tonearly 3 million foreign citizens and foreign organisations through its foreigncounterparts.
After the centre became a member of theInternational Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers in 2007,Vietnamese composers had copyright protection when their work was performed orrecorded abroad.
Foreign musical products used in Vietnam aregiven the same protection as domestically produced work.
"We need the Government’s help to enforcethe rights of composers, songwriters and users as stipulated in theIntellectual Property Law, which took effect in 2006," said Phuong, addingthat paying royalties for use of music was no easy task.
Young singer Thuy Dung of District 1’s CulturalHouse, said: "One of our biggest problems is that we don’t know where andhow to contact artists to make copyright deals."
Nguyen Van Chung, a young composer, said he andhis friends often performed in charity shows in rural areas.
“I think we don’t need to pay for the right touse it for charity purposes. Is that right? Cultural authorities should help usunderstand copyright protection and how it can be used effectively,particularly for those of us working in rural areas," he said.-VNA
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