August 6, 2009
Sweden’s tough new anti-piracy law has led to a sharp drop in illegal downloading but critics say the effects will be short-lived and argue it is an excessive breach of personal privacy. Sweden’s legislation, based on the European Union’s Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive, is credited with a 30 percent fall in the country’s total [...]
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July 31, 2009
President visits National University in HCM City; Vietnam to attend 30th AIPA General Assembly; Vietnam calls for int’l support to Somalia’s government; President calls for a boost to fruit exports; Int’l outreach elevates Vietnam’s prestige President Nguyen Minh Triet and students of the National University – HCM City.President visits National University in HCM City President [...]
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July 31, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Strategies to tackle piracy of information and communication technologies, especially on the internet, is a priority for experts from Asian-Pacific countries and the World Intellectual Property Organisation at a three-day symposium in the capital. Market watch officials in Gia Lai province destroy nearly 25,000 CDs that violate anti-piracy laws.Internet technology has grown dramatically [...]
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June 22, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – Ten Vietnamese seamen brought to court in Capetown, South Africa, on kidnapping and piracy charges were released on June 19 after the court declared them not guilty.According to the Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa, the case concerned events on a Taiwanese trawler, the Belina, on May 4 when the ship was fishing [...]
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May 14, 2009
The 10 Vietnamese sailors arrested in South Africa last week should not be tried for kidnapping and piracy as they were victims of abuse aboard a Taiwanese vessel, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung said Wednesday. South African police boarded the Balena, a Taiwanese fishing vessel, and apprehended 10 Vietnamese crew members who allegedly commandeered the [...]
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May 11, 2009
Some of the thousands of illegally re-printed books found in a house in Ho Chi Minh City The head of Vietnam Publishing Association strongly disagrees with the suggestion that lowering book prices will help deal with the widespread problem of copyright violations in the country. Nguyen Kiem, who also serves as head of the Publishing [...]
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May 8, 2009
Publishers have criticized the ineffective control of book piracy after the recent capture of a large amount of pirated books in Ho Chi Minh City, saying “we had to save ourselves by investigating the issue. “The authorities are responsible but have failed to control book piracy,” said Quach Thu Nguyet, director of the Tre (Youth) [...]
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May 8, 2009
Pirated books displayed by the Tre Publishing House in Ho Chi Minh City to help readers identify fakes from originals Publishers have criticized the ineffective control of book piracy after the recent capture of a large amount of pirated books in Ho Chi Minh City, saying âwe had to save ourselves by investigating the issue. [...]
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May 5, 2009
A pavement book stall in Ho Chi Minh City. The pirated Vietnamese version of The New York Times best-selling memoir âEat, Pray, Loveâ by American writer Elizabeth Gilbert was on sale just four days after it was published early March. Another memoir, Le Van, yeu va song (Le Van, love and live) by local writer [...]
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April 16, 2009
The United States will join international efforts to fight against piracy off the Horn of Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said here Wednesday. This undated image shows the 17,000-ton container ship Maersk Alabama, when it was operating under the name Maersk Alva, which has been hijacked by Somalia pirates with 20 crew members aboard, [...]
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