Musical works are one of the objects of copyright protection. Registering copyright protection for musical works is one of the necessary actions to avoid infringements on authors and works. Online copyright registration is one of the administrative procedures the Government advocated for conversion many years ago. However, in the past few years, as the service industry and online commerce… have increasingly developed, online copyright registration has been implemented through the online portal of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism. Therefore, how to register a copyright online for a musical work? Please follow VCD’s article below.
1. Why should you register the copyright for musical works?
It can be said that in the past few years, Vietnamese music products have encountered many suspicions of plagiarism, using other subjects’ works without permission, and it can be said that musical works are one of the subjects of copyright infringement. Therefore, registering copyright for musical works is a way to protect the intellectual property rights of those who compose, produce, or own music copyright. Once copyrighted, the owner will have control over their music’s copying, distribution, use, or sale. Detail:
- Registering copyright protection is a way to protect the intellectual property rights of the person who composes, produces, or owns the music copyright, avoiding unauthorized copying, distribution, or use.
- Copyright registration will help the owner have legal evidence to prevent copying and copyright infringement. If anyone violates copyright, the owner can take legal action to protect his or her intellectual property rights.
- By registering a copyright, the owner will have control over the release and use of their music, thereby earning royalties from copies, commercial use, and also broadcasting rights.
- Copyright registration also helps increase the brand value of musicians, singers, bands, or music companies. This can attract more audiences and businesses, increase revenue, and improve their market position.
2. What is online copyright registration?
Registering a copyright online is an activity to mark your ownership of a work. Registering copyright protection will mean declaring legal ownership of the work. According to the provisions of the current Intellectual Property Law, copyright arises from the moment a work is created and expressed in a certain physical form, regardless of content, quality, form, media, language, published or unpublished, registered or unregistered copyright online or in person.
Clause 1, Article 3 of the Intellectual Property Law (amended and supplemented) stipulates: “Copyright subjects include literary, artistic, and scientific works; objects of rights related to copyright include performances, sound recordings, video recordings, broadcast programs, and satellite signals carrying encrypted programs”. Online copyrighted works are often presented in the form of songs, poems, stories, computer programs, works of art: logos, paintings, photos; videos; movies…
3. The procedures for registering copyright for online musical works
3.1. Prepared documents
Registering copyright for online musical works is a step in the copyright registration procedure. Therefore, documents submitted online must be fully prepared and match the paper documents when sent to the Copyright Office. A set of documents will include a declaration, a photocopy of the ID card (or passport, Citizen identification card, Business registration, and establishment decision) of the author or rights owner, a decision on a job assignment, or confirmation of job assignment if the author is assigned to do the work, power of attorney if authorizing another person to make the application… Registration documents must be prepared in Vietnamese. In case it is in a foreign language, it must be translated into Vietnamese and notarized or authenticated.
Note: musical works can be created by one author or many authors. In many cases, the author is just the person hired to create the work (not at the same time the copyright owner). Therefore, for each copyright registration application, it is necessary to prepare all documents and fill in all information, otherwise the Copyright Office may reject the application.
3.2. The procedures for registering copyright for online musical works
Copyright registration for online musical works is currently implemented on the online public service portal of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism. The agency that receives and processes dossiers and issues copyright registration certificates is the Copyright Office. This procedure is an online public service at level 3.
Step 1: Access the link https://dichvucong.bvhttdl.gov.vn/. Select the agency as “Copyright Department”, and the screen will display many administrative procedures related to copyright. If you apply for copyright registration, select “Issuance of copyright registration certificate” and select “Apply”. In case you already have an account on this Portal, enter the account and proceed to declare profile information; If you don’t have an account, click register to create a new account.
Step 2: The system will move to the initial home page interface, select “Copyright Department” select the procedure “Granting copyright registration certificate”, select “Submit application” and enter the registration account access into the system. Need to fill in registration information such as:
- Choose the name of the profile holder: individual or company;
- Fill in paperwork showing information such as ID card/Passport/CD (for individuals) or Business Registration Certificate (if a company);
- Contact information such as Address, phone number, email.
Step 3: Select the “enter registration content” button and fill in registration information including:
- Name of musical work
- The writer’s name
- Copyright owner
Step 4: Select “Attach registration documents”. Depending on the type of application, the corresponding attached documents as above are required. If you want to attach other documents, select the “add documents” button.
Step 5: After attaching the documents, press “Choose application form and return results”. If you want to receive results at the Copyright Office, select “Return to the receiving department and return results”. If you want to receive it by mail, select “Receive by post” and fill in the specific address.
Step 6: Select “Apply” and complete the registration.
Note: After declaring information online, you still need to submit the original documents to the Copyright Office.
Above is the article: “Register copyright online for musical works”. Hope this article will help you.
