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WHAT ARE THE WORKS COVERED BY COPYRIGHT PROTECTION UNDER THE 15. (o) Other literary, scholarly, scientific and artistic works.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE?
WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF RIGHTS UNDER COPYRIGHT?
Section 172 of the IP Code lists the works covered by copyright protection
from the moment of their creation, namely: There are two types of rights under copyright: (1) economic rights,
so-called because they enable the creator to obtain remuneration
1. (a) Books, pamphlets, articles and other writings
from the exploitation of his works by third parties, and (2) moral
2. (b) Periodicals and newspapers rights, which makes it possible for the creator to undertake
measures to maintain and protect the personal connection between
3. (c) Lectures, sermons, addresses, dissertations prepared for oral himself and the work.
delivery, whether or not reduced in writing or other material form
Economic rights include:
4. (d) Letters
1. Reproduction
5. (e) Dramatic or dramatico-musical compositions; choreographic
works or entertainment in dumb shows 2. Transformation First public distribution
In the absence of a contrary stipulation at Thus, we have the related rights of: (a) performers; (b) producers of
the time an author licenses or permits sound recordings; and (c) broadcasting organizations.
another to use his work, the necessary
editing, arranging or adaptation of such Copyright ownership
work, for publication, broadcast, use in a
motion picture, dramatization, or Generally, the natural person who created the literary and artistic
mechanical or electrical reproduction in work owns the copyright to the same.
accordance with the reasonable and
For work created during or in the course of employment (works for
customary standards or requirements of the
hire):
medium in which the work is to be used,
shall not be deemed to contravene the Employee - if the work is not part of his regular duties, even
author's rights secured by this chapter. Nor if he used the time, facilities and materials of the employer;
shall complete destruction of a work
Employer - if the work is the result of the performance of 2. The making of quotations from a published work if they are
his regularly assigned duties, unless there is an express or compatible with fair use and only to the extent justified for
implied agreement to the contrary. the purpose, including quotations from newspaper articles
and periodicals in the form of press summaries: Provided,
For commissioned works: the person who commissioned the work
That the source and the name of the author, if appearing on
owns the work but the copyright thereto remains with the creator,
the work, are mentioned;
unless there is a written agreement to the contrary.
3. The reproduction or communication to the public by mass
For audiovisual works: the producer, the author of the scenario, the
media of articles on current political, social, economic,
composer of the music, the film director, and the author of the
scientific or religious topic, lectures, addresses and other
work so adapted.
works of the same nature, which are delivered in public if
such use is for information purposes and has not been
WHAT IS THE TERM OF PROTECTION OF COPYRIGHT? expressly reserved: Provided, That the source is clearly
indicated;
In general, the term of protection of copyright for original and
derivative works is the life of the author plus fifty (50) years after his 4. The reproduction and communication to the public of
death. The Code specifies the terms of protection for the different literary, scientific or artistic works as part of reports of
types of works. current events by means of photography, cinematography
or broadcasting to the extent necessary for the purpose;
In calculating the term of protection, the term of protection
subsequent to the death of the author shall run from the date of his 5. The inclusion of a work in a publication, broadcast, or other
death or of publication, but such terms shall always be deemed to communication to the public, sound recording or film, if
begin on the first day of January of the year following the event such inclusion is made by way of illustration for teaching
which gave rise to them (i.e. death, publication, making). purposes and is compatible with fair use: Provided, That the
source and of the name of the author, if appearing in the
work, are mentioned;
WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS ON COPYRIGHT AND FAIR USE?
6. The recording made in schools, universities, or educational
Copyright protection is not intended to give the copyright owner institutions of a work included in a broadcast for the use of
absolute control over all possible exploitation of his work. The law such schools, universities or educational institutions:
provides for limitations (“statutory fair uses”) on the economic Provided, That such recording must be deleted within a
rights of authors comprising of acts which do not constitute reasonable period after they were first broadcast: Provided,
copyright infringement even if done without the consent of the further, That such recording may not be made from
copyright holder, such as: audiovisual works which are part of the general cinema
1. The recitation or performance of a work, once it has been repertoire of feature films except for brief excerpts of the
lawfully made accessible to the public, if done privately and work;
free of charge or if made strictly for a charitable or religious
institution or society; (Sec. 10(1), P.D. No.49)
7. The making of ephemeral recordings by a broadcasting independently created computer program with other programs may
organization by means of its own facilities and for use in its also constitute fair use.
own broadcast;
In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular
8. The use made of a work by or under the direction or control case is fair use, the factors to be considered shall include:
of the Government, by the National Library or by
1. The purpose and character of the use, including whether
educational, scientific or professional institutions where
such use is of a commercial nature or is for non-profit
such use is in the public interest and is compatible with fair
education purposes;
use;
2. The nature of the copyrighted work;
9. The public performance or the communication to the public
of a work, in a place where no admission fee is charged in 3. The amount and substantiality of the portion used in
respect of such public performance or communication, by a relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
club or institution for charitable or educational purpose
only, whose aim is not profit making, subject to such other 4. The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value
limitations as may be provided in the Regulations; of the copyrighted work.
(c) Where the making of such a copy is in order to Selling or letting for hire, or by way of trade offering
preserve and, if necessary in the event that it is lost, or exposing for sale or hire, the article;
destroyed or rendered unusable, replace a copy, or
Distributing the article for the purpose of trade, or
to replace, in the permanent collection of another
for any other purpose to an extent that will
similar library or archive, a copy which has been
prejudice the rights of the copyright owner in the
lost, destroyed or rendered unusable and copies are
work; or
not available with the publisher.
Trade exhibit of the article in public.
3. the reproduction in one (1) back-up copy or adaptation of a
computer program shall be permitted, without the WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION?
authorization of the author of, or other owner of copyright
in, a computer program, by the lawful owner of that The owner of the copyright may file an application for a certificate
computer program: Provided, That the copy or adaptation is of registration and deposit of copies or reproduction of the works or
necessary for: works personally or via registered mail with the Copyright Division
of the National Library and the Supreme Court Library. The
(a) The use of the computer program in conjunction application must contain the following:
with a computer for the purpose, and to the extent,
for which the computer program has been 1. A duly accomplished form in duplicate for each work,
obtained; and provided, that a separate application is submitted for each
number of a periodical containing a notice of copyright.
(b) Archival purposes, and, for the replacement of
the lawfully owned copy of the computer program 2. A support document evidencing ownership of the copyright,
in the event that the lawfully obtained copy of the the manner of its acquisition if the claimant is not the
computer program is lost, destroyed or rendered original author translator, or editor, and where and in what
unusable. establishment the work was made, performed, printed, or
produced, and the date of its completion and publication.
WHAT CONSTITUTES INFRINGEMENT? 3. Receipt showing payment of the registration fee if the
application is filed personally, or by postal money order if
Under the IP Code the application is filed by registered mail.
1. Copyright infringement consists in infringing any right 4. Documentary stamps in the correct amount, which shall be
secured or protected under the Code. It may also consist in affixed to the registration and deposit certificate.
aiding or abetting such infringement. The law also provides
for the liability of a person who at the time when copyright 5. Two (2) complete copies or reproduction of the work or
subsists in a work has in his possession an article which he replica or picture
6. Two (2) printed copies with the copyright notice printed in
front or at the back of the title page or on any conspicuous
space for a non-book material, if the work is a published
work.
Main Law relating to copyright: R.A. 8293: The Intellectual Property Code,
as amended by R.A.s 9150, 9502, and 10372