Năm 2020, số tiền bản quyền thu được từ các tác phẩm âm nhạc Việt Nam từ nước ngoài tăng tới 82% so với năm ngoái, từ gần 2 tỷ năm 2019 lên hơn 3,6 tỷ năm 2020.
Composer Dinh Trung Can, Director of the Center for Protection of Music Copyright in Vietnam, speaks at the closing ceremony of activities in 2020.
On January 13, Musician Dinh Trung Can, General Director of the Vietnam Center for Music Copyright Protection, said that in 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic situation is complicated, the revenue of the performance industry will decrease. decreased, but the amount of money used for music copyrights collected excluding value added tax reached more than 150 billion VND, an increase of 12% compared to 2019. Also in 2020, the Center has carried out 4 installments paying the amount of about 107.5 billion VND to copyright holders. It is expected that in January 2021, the Center will continue to pay 36 billion VND to copyright owners.
In particular, in 2020, the amount of royalties obtained Vietnamese musical works abroad increased by 82% compared to last year, nearly 2 billion in 2019 to more than 3.6 billion in 2020. According to Musicians Dinh Trung Can, the above result is possible because in 2020, the Vietnam Center for Music Copyright Protection has continued to expand bilateral cooperation with copyright protection organizations around the world.
Specifically, up to this point, the Vietnam Music Copyright Protection Center has signed bilateral contracts with 81 collective management organizations CMOs around the world, an increase of about 10% compared to 2019. In particular, the organizations that have just signed in 2020 include: SAZAS Slovenia, STEF Ireland, RSAU Rwanda, SAYCE Ecuador, BSCAP Belize, UNISON Spain.
Due to the complicated development of the COVID-19 epidemic, the revenue of the performance field of the worlds collective rights management organizations CMOs has decreased a lot, but the foreign revenue of the Center for Copyright Protection has been greatly reduced. Vietnamese music industry is still growing due to the growth rate of the digital sector foreign organizations, mainly COMPASS Singapore, JASRAC Japan, SACEM France, ASCAP USA , GEMA Germany, APRA AMCOS Australia...
According to musician Dinh Trung Can, the bilateral cooperation relationship with copyright protection organizations around the world not only helps promote and protect the inventory of Vietnamese musical works exploited abroad, but also helps protect the repository of foreign works of foreign owners exploited in Vietnam.
Musician Dinh Trung Can emphasized: In 2020, the Center has identified the situation early, when a series of key and traditional fields can charge fees such as "live" music, background music, and art performances. ... has been severely reduced due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. The center has adjusted its operation plan, focusing on the exploitation and protection of music copyright on the internet environment, actively applying 4.0 technology and best software in all activities. In particular, the Center has successfully negotiated with Google; Youtube, Facebook; Apple; Tiktok; Spotify; MOOV; Star Maker… to strictly manage the entire cyberspace in exploiting Vietnamese musical works, ensuring maximum benefits of authors and copyright holders.
In 2021, the Vietnam Music Copyright Protection Center will continue to coordinate with local state management agencies in training, propaganda and enforcement of copyright protection. The Center continues to promote the application of technology in all areas of activity, measuring the number and use of works in different environments to providing distribution information for member authors. . The Center applies legal measures to protect copyright in accordance with the provisions of law; initiate lawsuits and request competent agencies to handle violations of rights in cases of willfully violating the provisions of Article 20 of the Intellectual Property Law on performance of the obligation to “ask for permission and pay” when use copyright.
In addition, the Vietnam Center for Music Copyright Protection focuses on caring for and developing members, resolving complaints, and providing legal advice to member authors; speed up the signing of authorization contracts according to the new authorization contract form, strengthen the legal basis for management and exploitation, and best protect the legitimate rights and interests of the Centers authors and members.
