What are penalties for acts of infringing upon the right to reproduce works in Vietnam?

What are penalties for acts of infringing upon the right to reproduce works in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 18 of the Decree 131/2013/NĐ-CP stipulating acts of infringing upon the right to reproduce works in Vietnam as follows: 

1. A fine of between VND 15,000,000 and 35,000,000 shall be imposed for reproducing the works without permission of the copyright holders.

2. Remedial measures:

Forcibly removing copies of the work which in infringed, in electronic form, on internet and digital environment, or forcible destruction of material evidence of violation for act specified in Clause 1 of this Article.

As regulations above, the minimum penalty for infringing upon the right to reproduce works is VND 15,000,000. Meanwhile, the maximum penalty for such acts is VND 35,000,000.

What are acts of infringing upon copyright in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 28 of the Law on Intellectual Property stipulating acts of infringing upon copyright in Vietnam as follows: 

1. Appropriating copyright in a literary, artistic or scientific work.

2. Impersonating an author.

3. Publishing or distributing a work without permission from the author.

4. Publishing or distributing a work of joint authors without permission from the co-authors.

5. Modifying, editing or distorting a work in any way which prejudices the honour and reputation of the author.

6. Copying a work without permission from the author or copyright holder, except in the cases stipulated in sub-clauses (a) and (dd) of article 25.1 of this Law.

7. Making a derivative work without permission from the author or copyright holder of the work used for making such derivative work, except in the case stipulated in sub-clause (i) of article 25.1 of this Law.

8. Using a work without permission from the copyright holder and without paying royalties, remuneration or other material benefits in accordance with law, except in the cases stipulated in article 25.1 of this Law.

9. Leasing out a work without paying royalties, remuneration or other material benefits to the author or copyright holder.

10. Duplicating, producing copies of, distributing, displaying or communicating a work to the public via a communications network or digital means without permission from the copyright holder.

11. Publishing a work without permission from the copyright holder.

12. Deliberately destroying or de-activating the technical solutions applied by the copyright holder to protect copyright in his or her work.

13. Deliberately deleting or modifying electronic information in a work regarding management of the rights to such work.

14. Manufacturing, assembling, transforming, distributing, importing, exporting, selling or leasing out equipment when knowing, or having grounds to know, that such equipment may de-activate technical solutions applied by the copyright holder to protect copyright in his or her work.

15. Making and selling a work with a forged signature of the author of such work.

16. Importing, exporting or distributing copies of a work without permission from the copyright holder.

Therefore, anyone violating above regulations shall face administrative sanctioned depending on how serious the case is.

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