VietNamNet Bridge – The inspection department of the Ministry
of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Thursday said violations of software
copyrights have decreased this year but use of pirated software at foreign
companies has intensified.
Pham Xuan Phuc, deputy director of
the inspection department, said more than 80% of software copyrights
infringements had been detected at foreign-invested enterprises.
Notably, the ministry along with
the hi-tech crime fighting department under the Ministry of Public Security in
the middle of this month detected pirated software at four wholly
foreign-invested firms in HCMC, and Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces.
The inspections at the four
companies found 561 pirated software products on 321 computers.
The pirated software products are
mostly those of Microsoft such as Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and
Microsoft SQL Server. Besides, the dictionary software LacViet MTD of Vietnam
is used illegally at numerous companies. Inspectors also found many violations
of other specialized software items like Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop CS2 and
AutoCAD.
However, inspectors have yet to
name the four violators and the process to tackle them is still underway.
“It is shameful that the
violators are all big companies with over 10,000 workers each and have strong
financial capability. They well understand the Intellectual Property Law but
deliberately evade the purchase of software copyrights,” Phuc said.
The department said it had
carried out snap checks at 87 entities, with 3,842 computers inspected. The
majority of the inspected firms commit wrongdoings of different degrees.
The department has imposed a
combined fine of more than VND1.58 billion and has asked them to purchase the
copyrights software.
Meanwhile, local enterprises have
purchased software copyrights with a total value of about US$1.77 million as
requested by law, Phuc added.
Source: SGT
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