“Copyright protection is a must and Viet Nam should do it right now, despite the fact that there will be a lot of challenges.” — Photo petrotimes

HCM CITY (VNS) — The media, especially digital, ignores copyright laws resulting in rampant plagiarism and demoralising journalists, a workshop held by the Viet Nam Journalists Association heard in HCM City yesterday.

“Copyright violation has become a worry as serious newspapers spend money and human resources to create … an article, picture or video clip, but a minute after it is posted on their website, it is copied and changed without fear,” Pham Quoc Toan, vice chairman of the association, said while opening the “Online Copyright” workshop. Continue reading Media copyright violations rife, say journalists →

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