Musician Phu Quang announced that he will stop cooperating with the Vietnam Centre for Protection of Music Copyright (VCPMC).

Phu Quang ends cooperation with the VCPMC

The musician intends to stop giving the centre authority to collect copyright fees for his material. At present, most local musicians authorise their copyright payments through the centre.

“I intend to officially end my agreement with the VCPMC September 1. I’ll take on the responsibility for the collection of copyright fees for all of my works and performances,” said Phu Quang.

Even though did he not give specific reasons for this decision, many say that it is a result of the lack of transparency in music copyright fee collection by the centre.

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“The centre survives based on music copyright fees. The problem is the rate they pay composers,” Phu Quang said.

He stated that the centre wanted to collect VND80 million for the performance use of five songs by other musicians; Doan Chuan, Pham Duy and Doan Chuan. Meanwhile, the fees it required from musician Van Cao was only VND1 million each.

“The centre used to collect only VND1 million per song at most. On average, the fees ranged from VND200,000 to VND300,000 per song,” Phu Quang said.