In the current integration context, issues surrounding the field of intellectual property are increasingly concerned when compositions, inventions and designs all need protection to protect their owners first. disputes. One of the areas that has received a lot of attention is the music field. When composing and writing music is becoming popular and the music market always has the appearance of new artists and works with certain harmonies and melodies, listeners cannot avoid wondering. Are there piracy issues here? Are their favorite artists protected by copyright? And to ensure copyright for musical works, his own "spiritual child" is not violated in all disputes, what should the author do?
Under the provisions of Clause 1 of Article 6, copyright arises from the time a work is created and is expressed in a certain material form, irrespective of its content, quality, form, or medium. language, published or unpublished, registered or unregistered.
According to the provisions of Point d, Clause 1, Article 14 of the 2005 Intellectual Property Law, amended and supplemented in 2009 and 2019, a musical work is a type of work protected by copyright.
Step 1: Prepare, draft registration documents
Authors, owners or authorized organizations / individuals to prepare dossiers and documents for registration of copyright of musical works according to the provisions of Article 50 of the 2005 Intellectual Property Law, amending and supplementing Supplemented in 2009 and 2019.
Step 2: Submit the registration and pay the fee
Under the provisions of Clause 1, Article 34 of Decree 22/2018 / ND-CP, the author, the copyright owner directly or authorizes another organization or individual to submit 01 application for registration of copyright, at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Copyright Office or Representative Office of the Copyright Office in Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang City). Applications can be sent by mail.
According to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 4 of Circular 211/2016 / TT-BTC, the fee for registration of musical works is 100,000 VND / certificate.
Step 3: Track registration documents
The applicant shall monitor the appraisal process of the experts at the Copyright Office and amend and supplement the file if required to be granted a Music Copyright Registration Certificate.
Step 4: Receive the Copyright Registration Certificate
Within 15 working days from the date of receipt of a valid application, a Copyright Registration Certificate will be issued. In the event of a denial, the applicant will receive written notice.
As such, an author does not need to register for each musical work to have copyright for that work. Just creating a work and presenting it in the form of a recording or clip with sound, the creator has copyright to his music and is protected by that copyright. In fact, many websites on today's online music platforms (such as Distrokid, Tunecore, Spotify, Soundcloud, Youtube, ...) also support copyright protection of music works for those who post their music. has composed. However, if you do not register the copyright of a music work according to the order and procedures prescribed by the Law, it will be difficult for you to cooperate or transfer music or your own disadvantage if it happens. Dispute and someone wants to infringe on their copyrights. So, music creators can choose to record the score (sheet music), record recordings, post music publicly on online music sites or register copyright for musical works. to be guaranteed copyright to the "spiritual child" that I already have.
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