Vietnam: Forging signatures of authors on the works shall be fined up to VND 15 million

Specifically, according to Article 19 of the Decree No. 131/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, a fine of between VND 10,000,000 and 15,000,000 shall be imposed for forging signatures of authors on the works. Concurrently, remedial measures are forcible destruction of material evidence used for committing acts of forging signatures of authors on the works.

Besides, according to Article 20 of the Decree No. 131/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, administrative penalties for acts of infringing upon the right to apply technological solutions to self-protect copyright are specified as follows:

- A fine of between VND 3,000,000 and 5,000,000 shall be imposed for internationally deleting or modifying copyright management information in electronic from attached to the original or copies of a work.

- A fine of between VND 5,000,000 and 10,000,000 shall be imposed for intentionally canceling or deactivating technical and technological solutions applied by the copyright holder to protect copyright to his/her work .

- A fine of between VND 10,000,000 and 20,000,000 shall be imposed for producing, assembling, mutating, distributing, importing, exporting, selling or renting devices or systems to deactivate technical and technological solutions applied by the copyright holder to protect copyright to his/her work.

Concurrently, remedial measures are as follows:

- Forcible re-export of material evidence used for committing acts of violation for import specified in Clause 3 of this Article;

- Forcible destruction of material evidence used for committing acts of violation specified in Clause 2 and Clause 3 of this Article in case the remedial measure specified in point a of this Clause is not applied.

View more details at Decree No. 131/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from December 15, 2013.

Ty Na

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