Department of Culture meets on proposal to revoke Blackpink's license

On the afternoon of July 27, the Vietnam Center for Music Copyright Protection (VCPMC) announced that on July 21, the Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA) sent a letter to VCPMC. Accordingly, this unit requested coordination regarding copyright infringement of musical works belonging to KOMCA members in the performance of the music group Blackpink in Vietnam.

VCPMC said that when it was informed that Blackpink would be touring in Hanoi at the end of July, VCPMC contacted IME Vietnam Company to request permission and pay royalties before the show took place according to the provisions of copyright law.

Close-up of Blackpink's stage welcoming 67,000 spectators at My Dinh Stadium (Photo: To Linh).

However, according to VCPMC, as of July 27, IME Vietnam Company has not yet fulfilled its copyright obligations according to the working process discussed by the two parties.

Second, all 13 works according to Approval Document No. 2438/SVHTT-QLNT of the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports are under the protection of VCPMC through bilateral contracts with a number of copyright representative organizations; of which, 12 works are members of KOMCA.

Therefore, VCPMC has sent a document to the Hanoi People's Committee and the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports requesting to revoke the performance license of the Korean band Blackpink in Hanoi.

According to a private source of Dan Tri reporter, the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports has received a document requesting to revoke Blackpink's performance license and is meeting with a number of related units on this issue. However, this source also said that VCPMC must provide evidence of violations by the organizing unit in order to revoke the license.

Meanwhile, Dan Tri reporter contacted IME company, the show organizer said there was no response on this issue.

On July 25, the Hanoi People's Committee sent a document announcing that the Blackpink show will take place on July 29 and 30 as planned (Photo: Blackpink).

Previously, on July 25, the Hanoi People's Committee sent a document announcing that the Blackpink show would take place on July 29 and 30 as planned.

Specifically, the Blackpink World Tour 2023 program will take place at My Dinh Stadium on July 29 (with about 36,000 spectators) and July 30 (with about 31,000 spectators).

This announcement has made many people feel relieved because after much speculation, the two concerts will still take place as scheduled.

At My Dinh Stadium, the organizers have completed exchanging tickets for wristbands for the audience to watch the two nights of July 29 and 30. The installation of facilities and stages are also being rushed to completion.

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