# Copyright

Source: https://luatbanquyen.com/en/copyright

Protected subject matter, moral and economic rights, terms, exceptions and transfers.

### [Categories of works protected by copyright](/en/copyright/protected-categories-of-works)

The categories of works under Article 14 of the IP Law and Decree 17/2023 — and why picking the right one determines your registration fee.

### [What copyright does not protect](/en/copyright/what-copyright-does-not-protect)

Ideas, procedures, methods, data and legal instruments all fall outside protection. The idea/expression line is where many disputes collapse.

### [Moral rights and economic rights](/en/copyright/moral-and-economic-rights)

Copyright splits into two bundles with different fates: one you can sell, one tied to the author and lasting indefinitely.

### [The author and the copyright owner are not always the same person](/en/copyright/author-vs-copyright-owner)

Employees, freelancers and co-authors — three situations that separate creator from owner, and the contract clauses you need.

### [Copyright terms — how to calculate them precisely](/en/copyright/copyright-term)

Two core rules, a little-known 25-year fallback, and the rule that terms end at 24:00 on 31 December — which rounds every calculation up to the end of the year.

### [When you may use a work without permission](/en/copyright/limitations-and-exceptions)

Vietnam has no US-style fair use — it has an enumerated list plus three overarching conditions. Confusing the two causes a great deal of trouble.

### [Assignment and licensing](/en/copyright/assignment-and-licensing)

Selling outright versus licensing — two fundamentally different contracts, and the clauses both should contain.

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Reference material only; it does not replace legal advice on a specific matter.