Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam willcomplete policy and enhance the management and exploitation of music copyright,said Dinh Trung Can, vice director of the Vietnam Centre for Protection ofMusic Copyright (VCPMC) during a workshop held in Hanoi on March 1.
The International Confederation ofSocieties of Authors and Composers (CISAC) hosted the workshop with theparticipation of 12 member countries to exchange experiences on performingrights licensing for Asia-Pacific societies.
The delegates discussed performing rights licensingin cinemas, theme parks, live concerts and other places such as hotels,restaurants, cafes and special events.
“CISAC works to protect the rights andpromote the interests of creators across all regions of the world and artisticfields; music, audiovisual, drama, literature and visual arts,” said BenjaminNg, the Regional Director for Asia-Pacific of CISAC.
“We aim to secure fair remuneration forcreators for the use of their works anywhere in the world.”
Each year CISAC organises a workshop at amember country to share experiences and enhance the copyright management of thesocieties.
“I highly appreciate the effort of theVCPMC in actively fulfilling music copyright in the country,” Ng said.
“Not only in Vietnam, but other countries,we face with many challenges in protecting the copyright and practicelicensing, especially when it’s hard to manage the copyright on internet.”
“We are trying to cooperate with localauthorities to give solutions and policy to protect copyright effectively in Vietnam,”said Ng.
“On the other hand, we also raise people’sawareness of the importance of musical copyright protection. It’s the best wayto encourage and support authors and composers to create works for the life.”
Can said the VCPMC established the networkof representatives in cities and districts throughout the country who directlymanage the license and collect royalties. Now the VCPMC has 3,550 membersnationwide.
“Not only paying attention, the VCPMC alsohave constructive suggestions on the making of copyright law documents andcollaborate with government agencies in promoting, disseminating and practicingcopyright law,” he said.
“On a global scale, VCPMC always activelyseek, build, and expand relations with sister music copyright organisations.”
Currently, VCPMC used CIS-Net (a network ofdatabases provided by the CISAC) and MIS-Asia (copyright alert system).
Satoshi Watanabe, representative of theJapanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC),suggested that Vietnam should use a comprehensive plan to collect royalties andprotect copyright.
“At any given moment, numerous musicalworks are being used in a variety of ways,” he said.
“For music users, the ideal is to be ableto get permission from the right owners to use any musical work as quickly andas effortlessly as possible. For copyright owners, on the other hand, the idealis to choose an organisation with a system that is able to efficiently collectroyalties from a full range of music users.”
“We are committed to develop acomprehensive range of services, using a variety of databases and licensingsystems that will satisfy the needs of both copyright owners and music users.” -VNA
The International Confederation ofSocieties of Authors and Composers (CISAC) hosted the workshop with theparticipation of 12 member countries to exchange experiences on performingrights licensing for Asia-Pacific societies.
The delegates discussed performing rights licensingin cinemas, theme parks, live concerts and other places such as hotels,restaurants, cafes and special events.
“CISAC works to protect the rights andpromote the interests of creators across all regions of the world and artisticfields; music, audiovisual, drama, literature and visual arts,” said BenjaminNg, the Regional Director for Asia-Pacific of CISAC.
“We aim to secure fair remuneration forcreators for the use of their works anywhere in the world.”
Each year CISAC organises a workshop at amember country to share experiences and enhance the copyright management of thesocieties.
“I highly appreciate the effort of theVCPMC in actively fulfilling music copyright in the country,” Ng said.
“Not only in Vietnam, but other countries,we face with many challenges in protecting the copyright and practicelicensing, especially when it’s hard to manage the copyright on internet.”
“We are trying to cooperate with localauthorities to give solutions and policy to protect copyright effectively in Vietnam,”said Ng.
“On the other hand, we also raise people’sawareness of the importance of musical copyright protection. It’s the best wayto encourage and support authors and composers to create works for the life.”
Can said the VCPMC established the networkof representatives in cities and districts throughout the country who directlymanage the license and collect royalties. Now the VCPMC has 3,550 membersnationwide.
“Not only paying attention, the VCPMC alsohave constructive suggestions on the making of copyright law documents andcollaborate with government agencies in promoting, disseminating and practicingcopyright law,” he said.
“On a global scale, VCPMC always activelyseek, build, and expand relations with sister music copyright organisations.”
Currently, VCPMC used CIS-Net (a network ofdatabases provided by the CISAC) and MIS-Asia (copyright alert system).
Satoshi Watanabe, representative of theJapanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC),suggested that Vietnam should use a comprehensive plan to collect royalties andprotect copyright.
“At any given moment, numerous musicalworks are being used in a variety of ways,” he said.
“For music users, the ideal is to be ableto get permission from the right owners to use any musical work as quickly andas effortlessly as possible. For copyright owners, on the other hand, the idealis to choose an organisation with a system that is able to efficiently collectroyalties from a full range of music users.”
“We are committed to develop acomprehensive range of services, using a variety of databases and licensingsystems that will satisfy the needs of both copyright owners and music users.” -VNA
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