Media leaders call for new association to protect against copyright infringement Leaders of media agencies called for a new association to deal with copyright infringement at a meeting held by the Authorities of Press, Broadcast and Electronic Information held in HCM City yesterday.

Legal framework needed to promote OTT media services Việt Nam needed to raise an appropriate legal framework to promote the development of over-the-top (OTT) media services in the context that the Government was striving to build a digital economy.

Copyright violations rife Participants at a workshop on film and TV copyright protection said on Thursday that they were surprised at the extent of infringements happening in the domestic market.

Media copyright violations rife, say journalists The media, especially digital, ignores copyright laws resulting in rampant plagiarism and demoralising journalists, a workshop held by the Viet Nam Journalists Association heard in HCM City yesterday.

Online copyright violations pose major problem Viet Nam lacked the capacity to respond to online copyright infringements, said Vu Ngoc Hoan, director of the national Copyright Office.

Copyright infringements rife Low public awareness has led to an alarming level of copyright violations in Viet Nam and authorities need to act urgently to curb them, authors and publishers say.

VN moves on copyright violations The Asia Pacific Director of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) Tarun Sawney has praised Viet Nam's efforts in cracking down on copyright violations in a meeting with General Director of the Copyright Office Vu Ngoc Hoan.

Publisher continues on anti-piracy crusade The Tri Viet (First News) Publishing House, a well-known, HCM City-based English language academic publisher, has officially taken out a lawsuit against the private printing centre Huy Thi, for violation of copyright.

Software copyright becomes bigger issue in Viet Nam Vu Manh Chu, PhD, director of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Copyright Office, spoke to the newspaper Tin Tuc (News) about the importance of enforcing software copyrights.

Intellectual rights law ‘crucial' for competition The effective protection of intellectual property (IP) rights would encourage innovation, healthy competition and development in Viet Nam, experts said at a two-day seminar entitled "Intellectual Property Rights and Viet Nam's Deep Integration into the World Economy". Jennie Ness, regional IP attache at the US Department of Commerce, said IP assets in the US accounted for 47 per cent of total assets and were worth over US$5 trillion.