Since June, authorities in Vietnam have blocked more than 500 copyright-infringing websites.
Pham Hoang Hai, director of the Vietnam Digital Content Copyright Center, said the above information during the seminar “Online piracy and prevention measures in Vietnam” on July 21.
The conference was hosted by the Department of Broadcasting and Electronic Information (Ministry of Information and Communications) in conjunction with the Entertainment and Creative Alliance, the Motion Picture Association of America.
Mr Hai said that piracy in the digital environment is now taking place publicly on many platforms. Infringing content owned by digital content producers is broadcast and posted on media platforms to the detriment of the owners.
Common piracy such as live streams, live broadcasts on social networks or websites; copy the played content as is or cut, edit the videos and then illegally post them on the internet.
Infringing content is illegally used on state-licensed OTT websites and applications; websites that register domain names and host servers abroad; illegal OTT apps shared on the web or installed via Android TV Box devices; popular social networks such as Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Gapo, TalkTV, Instagram, Twitch; content providers on mobile networks…
At the same seminar, Mr. Le Quang Tu Do, deputy director of the Department of Broadcasting, Television and Electronic Information, said that piracy in the network environment is a burning problem. Cross-border social networks, information sites and social networks transmit huge resources of digital content to millions of Internet users every day, many of whom infringe copyright and harm the interests and reputation of content owners.
The Department of Broadcasting, Broadcasting and Electronic Information has received many requests for piracy of entertainment content such as football, movies, television games, etc. when the forms and methods of piracy are advanced and provide cross-border services to Vietnam from abroad.
And Mr. Neil Gane, advisor to the Asia Pacific Creative and Entertainment Alliance, citing data from Media Partners Asia, showed that online video piracy has increased to 15.5 million people by 2022, resulting in a loss of USD 348 million, well for 18% of the revenue of the entire legal video industry. It is predicted that if this situation is not brought under control, the number of piracy users could increase to 19.5 million by 2027, leading to a loss of revenue of USD 456 million.
Media Partners Asia believes that stepping up efforts to fight online video content piracy will help triple the video industry’s revenue.
@ Saigon Times
