General Director of Bihaco Trading and Media Services Joint Stock Company (BH Media Company) - Nguyen Hai Binh has just been prosecuted by the Investigation Police Agency of the Ministry of Public Security for the act of copyright infringement.
This incident has caused the story between BH Media and musician Giang Son to be repeatedly mentioned in recent days.
In 2021, musician Giang Son reacted when she was beaten by BH Media with a "copyright baton" for the song she composed herself, "Noon Dream".
BH Media explained that this company has purchased old recordings from Ho Guom Audio, including the recording of "Noon Dream" performed by Duong Thuy Anh with musical instruments. BH Media has loaded Duong Thuy Anh's recording into YouTube's Content ID system and exploited this content in digital space.
When musician Giang Son posted the original recording owned by herself on her personal YouTube channel, the system sent a copyright confirmation notice from BH Media.
BH Media believes that YouTube uses an automatic "scanning" system, when it detects matching melodies, it will "claim" (strike the copyright baton).
However, musician Giang Son reacted that Ho Guom Audio or BH Media did not have any working sessions with the author. BH Media only purchased one recording (related rights) through an intermediary content production unit, but abused power, "tied the copyright baton" with every recording of "Night Dream", as if BH Media had already owned the copyright of "Night Dream".
This is a typical example of the "matrix" of controversy and ambiguity about copyright and music copyright exploitation in the digital space.
This case is currently being mentioned again in the media when the Department of Police for Investigation of Corruption, Economic Crimes, and Smuggling (C03) simultaneously initiated 5 criminal cases related to acts of infringing copyright and related rights under Article 225 of the Penal Code.
The song "Night Dream" is currently being re-listened on platforms. This is the most famous hit of musician Giang Son.
The song "Night Dream" (music: Giang Son, lyrics: Nguyen Vinh Tien) was composed in 2004, continuously topping many music charts when it was released. "Night Dream" was performed successfully by many singers, but the most famous was the performance of Khanh Linh and Thuy Chi.
In a conversation with Lao Dong reporters, musician Giang Son said, "I heard that many singers order songs up to 300 - 500 million VND. After that, musicians also receive extra money when songs are exploited on digital platforms.
Songs like "Noon Dream" or "Hanoi 12 Seasons of Flowers" are famous but were born 20 years ago, at that time digital platforms were not as popular as they are now. However, "Noon Dream" is still the song that helped me receive the most royalties. I don't receive hundreds of millions each year, each quarter like other musicians, I receive about tens of millions of dong in royalties each year".
According to musician Giang Son, the song "Noon Dream" has been adapted the most, in many different art genres, from instrumental solos, dance, stage to film...
""Afternoon Dream"" helped me have the most copyright money, but the total is only about a few hundred million VND, not reaching a few billion VND" - musician Giang Son said.
Musician Giang Son's full name is Ta Thi Giang Son, born in 1975 in Hanoi into a family with a rich tradition of art. Giang Son's father is a People's Teacher - a Cheo researcher and lecturer in traditional music composition Hoang Kieu, his mother is Cheo artist Tran Thi Bich Ngoc - teaching Cheo dance at Hanoi University of Theater and Cinema.
Giang Son used to be a member of the band 5 Dong Ke. After the band disbanded, Giang Son operated independently as a musician. Giang Son has many famous hits such as "Grass and Rain", "Hanoi 12 Seasons of Flowers"... In particular, with "Night Dream", Giang Son won the Impressive Musician award at Vietnam Song 2005.
