Experience from Korea
Ms. Lee Ha Young, Deputy Head of the Cultural Trade Cooperation Department (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea), said that the process of internationalization and sophistication of the circulation of illegal content has caused peeping to become more and more widespread.
In that context, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea cooperated with relevant ministries and sectors to announce a policy to prevent the illegal circulation of digital content (abbreviated as K-content). This policy comes with specific measures, including: Quick and serious response; International cooperation; Scientific investigation; Changing perceptions.
However, one of the positive and significant moves in copyright protection is the establishment of the National Copyright Museum of Korea, located in Jinju City, Gyeongnam Province.
The museum was established on November 22, 2023, including 5 spaces: Discovering copyright in daily life; Understanding copyright; Experiencing and using works; Creation space; Awareness of the importance of copyright. In addition to these 5 spaces, the museum also has other facilities such as classrooms, libraries, archives, etc.
Currently, the National Copyright Museum of Korea houses 839 documents, which are organized into different thematic groups. However, according to Ms. Lee Ha Young, the main goal of the museum is not to display documents but to allow visitors to experience copyright-related issues. Visitors can directly use the works, create and register copyrights.
“Through these activities, visitors will have the experience and feeling of becoming an author. And then, they will also feel their legitimate rights. From there, it helps them realize that everyone needs to respect copyright,” said Ms. Lee Ha Young.
According to Ms. Pham Thi Kim Oanh, Deputy Director of the Copyright Office, Korea is currently providing great support to Vietnam in activities, especially in copyright issues.
“Korean content has been exploited and used a lot in Vietnam, especially digital content related to literary and artistic works. Conversely, Vietnamese culture is also exploited a lot in the Korean market. In addition to sharing legal and practical information, Vietnam and Korea can cooperate with each other in exploiting, enforcing and protecting copyright, and jointly handling copyright infringement issues, especially in the digital environment,” Ms. Kim Oanh informed.
We are members of international copyright treaties, each with nearly 200 member countries. Therefore, in the digital environment, cooperation is needed to be able to implement together, and we will also be protected in each of those member countries.
Ms. PHAM THI KIM OANH, Deputy Director of the Copyright Office
Positive changes
Not only Vietnam and Korea, copyright in the digital environment is a burning issue for many countries in the world. This requires not only the efforts of each country but also the cooperation between countries.
Since 2004, Vietnam has been a member of 8 international treaties on copyright and related rights, including: Berne (2004), Geneva (2005), Brussels (2006), Rome (2007), TRIPs (2007), WCT (2022), WPPT (2022) and Marrakesh (2023). Along with that, the legal corridor has also been gradually improved, closely following real life. Thanks to that, the issue of copyright protection in the digital environment in Vietnam is having positive changes.
According to lawyer Phan Vu Tuan, Head of Phan Law Vietnam Law Firm, by 2022, the total revenue from online music in the world will be about 26.2 billion USD, accounting for more than 80% of the revenue from music in general. If compared to 1999, when revenue from physical music accounted for more than 95%, it is clear that the current situation has completely changed.
“According to the Vietnam Music Copyright Protection Center, 80% of the revenue of this unit comes from online music. On average, a Vietnamese person spends 1 USD/year (about 25,000 VND) to listen to music online. Although the above figure is not large, it shows that Vietnamese people are starting to have the habit of paying to listen to music,” shared lawyer Phan Vu Tuan.
In the publishing field, especially in the field of electronic publishing, there are also positive changes.
According to data from the Department of Publishing, Printing and Distribution, by the end of 2023, 24/57 publishers participated in electronic publishing and distribution (up 26.3% over the same period in 2022), accounting for 42.1% of the total number of publishers. In 2023, electronic publications reached 4,000 publications (up 19.4% over the same period in 2022) with an estimated 36,000 copies (up 11%). Revenue from publishing and distributing electronic publications reached more than 9 billion VND, with a profit of nearly 1 billion VND. Some units with revenue of 1 billion VND or more include Tre Publishing House (1.2 billion VND), Vietnam Environmental Resources and Maps Publishing House (3.1 billion VND), People's Army Publishing House (1 billion VND), Hanoi Publishing House (1 billion VND).
However, Ms. Pham Thi Kim Oanh said that although the legal framework has been improved and people's awareness has been raised, in reality, there are still many violations, especially in the digital environment. Many people still have the habit of using for free, or taking advantage of the digital environment for profit. To solve this problem, cooperation and many simultaneous solutions are needed to implement.
“We must continue to raise awareness, especially the initiative of rights holders. In the digital environment, it is necessary to apply technological measures to monitor, exploit, use and pay copyrights in a public and transparent manner,” Ms. Kim Oanh expressed.
Information from the Copyright Office shows that: According to the survey data of the World Intellectual Property Organization on the economic contribution of copyright-based cultural industries, in the United States this contribution accounts for about 11.99% of GDP and in Korea it is 9.89% of GDP; in China this contribution accounts for about 7.35% of GDP, in Malaysia it is 5.7% and in Thailand it is 4.48% of GDP.
In Vietnam, according to estimated data, the added value (current prices) of cultural industries contributing to the economy in 2018 was estimated at 5.82%; in 2019 it was estimated at 6.02%; in 2020 and 2021, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the data decreased to only about 4.32% and 3.92%; by 2022, the industries had begun to recover and the contribution value had increased, estimated at 4.04%. The production value of Vietnam's cultural industries in the 2018-2022 period contributed an average of VND 1,059 trillion (equivalent to about 44 billion USD).
These figures show that effective protection of copyright and related rights plays an important role in contributing to the economic, cultural and social development of each country.
HO SON
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