Enterprises and individuals who provide digital content on the internet
but violate copyright regulations will be strictly penalised as of August 6,
according to a new joint circular issued by the ministries of Information and
Communications and Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Under Circular No. 07/2012/ TTLT,
enterprises and individuals who want to post information with digital content
will be required to have copyright certificates.
If digital information providers
cannot show their copyright certificates, they will have to pay civil damages,
including administrative fines or even criminal resettlement, in accordance
with current legal regulations on copyright ownership and other relevant laws.
The new circular aims to better
protect digital content as well as penalise cases that violate
copyright-related legal regulations more drastically.
The circular also requires
online-service users to commit to using only legal digital content on the
internet and telecommunication networks.
Those that use online
social-media networks but show signs of violating copyright ownership
regulations will be responsible for civil damages, and will receive
administrative fines or criminal settlement.
The circular also says that
providers of intermediate services will have to accept inspections conducted by
state management agencies, and will be forced to remove information that shows
signs of violating copyright laws.
Vo Do Thang, director of the
Athena Network Security Centre, said the joint circular was necessary to reduce
violations of copyright ownership for digital works and to protect intellectual
property rights.
"Enterprises and individuals
who own websites and social media, and internet users, should be aware of the
importance of copyright of digital content before deciding to post them in
order to avoid trouble," Thang told Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper.
Although the new circular
includes many strict regulations, online service providers are still worried of
its effectiveness because of potential obstacles.
Some enterprises and individuals
who own websites or online social media networks said that it was difficult to
check the copyright of digital works because many of them were posted
voluntarily for sharing purposes.
In addition, authorised agencies
would find it difficult to settle digital-work copyright violations when these
digital works were posted on websites and social networks whose archives are on
servers located abroad, according to Thang.
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