Posts Tagged ‘ Copyright Royalties ’

Crazy waiting tones are Vietnam’s latest cell phone craze

September 6, 2009
Crazy waiting tones are Vietnam’s latest cell phone craze

LookAtVietnam – The time when waiting-tone providers competed by providing snatches of classics or popular tunes has passed. The current trend in wait music is distorted songs. Websites providing waiting tones for download. One may be astonished while waiting for a friend to pick up by hearing a singer warble “I wish you die quickly,” “this subscriber craves [...]

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Online copyrights

August 31, 2009
Online copyrights

Copyright issues are always hot in Vietnam. Sports and Culture Newspaper analyses the situation in Vietnam, focusing on online copyrights.   Musicians Nguyen Van Chung and Minh Khang. In the Golden Album show on June 8, 2009 on the HCM City Television (HTV), the host introduced singer Khanh Phuong performing “Chiec Khan Gio Am” by Nguyen [...]

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Musicians furious over ringtone rip-offs of their work

June 20, 2009
Musicians furious over ringtone rip-offs of their work

Singers and recording firms say ringtone vendors and other phone content providers are blatantly marketing songs and photos without compensating the owners of the music. The victims (and their lawyer) speak out. The list of companies that breach music copyrights on the Internet and telecom networks.LookAtVietnam – Singers and recording firms say ringtone vendors and [...]

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Drastic measures needed to control content services

June 20, 2009
Drastic measures needed to control content services

The list of companies that breach music copyrights on the Internet and telecom networks.LookAtVietnam – Artists and recording firms, victims of copyright infringement by content service providers, and lawyers state their opinions about the situation. No need to withdraw business licences: official Digital propheciesRingtone producing “technology”Doing business on bodies of others Truong Thi Thu Dung, Recording Industry Association [...]

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Music copyright royalties – worries

April 10, 2009
Music copyright royalties – worries

Three months after the prime minister’s instruction on scrutinising the collection of copyright royalties at restaurants, hotels and cafes was issued, the revenue of music copyright royalties in HCM City is still extremely low. Many big hotels in HCM City don’t pay music royalties. According to the Vietnam Centre for the Protection of Music Copyrights’ southern [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...