Tighter rules sought on e-commerce trade piracy

Tighter rules sought on e-commerce trade piracy

Lack of regulations on requiring goods invoices is causing the likes of Facebook and Shopee to become indirect culprits of suffusion of goods with unidentified origin, raising concerns on the piracy of genuine products.
New regulation imposes VND-billion fines for using ‘freebie' software

New regulation imposes VND-billion fines for using ‘freebie' software

The Penal Code takes a harder grip on software piracy, setting crippling financial fines up to VND1 billion ($45,400) and suspending operations.
War against software piracy turning heads on global stage

War against software piracy turning heads on global stage

Vietnam is the best world performer in software piracy reduction. The positive results shown by the decrease in the software piracy rate is testament of great efforts expanded by the government. - Tarun Sawney Senior director BSA’s Anti-piracy Division in the Asia-Pacific region.  
Software copyright violations fall year on year

Software copyright violations fall year on year

Vietnam recorded a PC software piracy rate of 81 per cent last year, down 2 per cent compared to 83 percent in 2010 and 85 per cent in 2009.
Microsoft Consumer Action Day 2011: Play Fair for a better growth

Microsoft Consumer Action Day 2011: Play Fair for a better growth

Today, Microsoft held an annual event, Play Fair Day, to call attention to the problem of software counterfeiting around the globe to highlight new technologies to stop counterfeiting, educational activities and resources to help consumers protect themselves.
Campaign turns spotlight on software piracy issue

Campaign turns spotlight on software piracy issue

A campaign was launched in mid - May by the Copyright Office of Vietnam, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Business Software Alliance to raise business and consumer awareness towards software copyright.