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Intellectual Property Code of The Philippines
Intellectual Property Code of The Philippines
Intellectual Property
Code of the
Philippines
Part IV
LAW ON COPYRIGHT
CITATION
• An act of quoting, according to
Merriam Webster.
• “A researcher uses citation to
inform the readers that certain
texts or ideas on his work came
from another source.”
PLAGIARISM
• The act of taking another person's
ideas, writings, inventions, and similar
intellectual products as one's own
without knowledge, consent and/or
accreditation. (University of the
Philippines’ Code of Student Conduct)
COPYRIGHT
• A set of rights granted to the author or
creator of a work, to restrict others’
ability to copy, redistribute and
reshape the content. Rights are
frequently owned by the companies
who sponsor the work rather than the
creators themselves and can be
bought and sold on the market.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
• Refers to anything created by
someone, including but not limited
to inventions, literary works, items
created by artists, symbols,
designs, images, pictures, and even
names that are used for
commercial purposes.
FAIR USE
• Refers to the limitation and to the
exclusive right granted by copyright
law to the author of a creative work.
Examples of fair use include
commentary, search engines, criticism,
news reporting, research, teaching,
library archiving and scholarship.
(UNESCO MIL Curriculum for Teachers)
E-COMMERCE LAW
• Result of anomalous transactions involving
new media and ICTs.
• The Electronic Commerce Act of 2000
(Republic Act No. 8792) which protects
mostly financial and commercial
transactions online.
• It also covers hacking and illegal
downloading of copyrighted materials
OPTICAL MEDIA ACT