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Those who are reviewing for the bar Who owns the copyright?
exams. Karamihan jan they are Actually, meron similarities sa patent
classmates in one school and made an pero may pagkakaiba.
an agreement, ikaw magreview ka sa
UE, ikaw sa Arellano then bigyan mo First. Who is entitled to copyright?
ako ng materials. Kaya lang ni-isa jan The intellectual creator.
hindi mo mababasa(LOL). Ngayon, pag
pinagsama sama mo yun meron ka If two or more persons work in the
copyright. Hindi naman ikaw ginawa same intellectual creation together, in
but ikaw yung nagcompile. So yun ang the absence of an agreement to the
compilations. Sa mga CDs din. Sa mga contrary, they become co-owners of
record bar, pinagsama sama itong the copyright.
isang klasi ng love song for a certain
era. If a person hires another to do the
intellectual creation, in the absence of
When does copyright begin? agreement to the contrary, the
Copyright begins the moment of its copyright belongs to the employer.
creation. Kaya lang, you still need to
register so that there will be a public
If a person hires another to do karamihan Pinoy. Meron daw
something else although the employer-employee relationship dito
intellectual creator had done the sabi ni sir. Sino may ari ng copyright?
creation during his working hours and Kumpanya (ER)
may have even used the materials of Copyright is a personal property and
the employer, the copyright belongs to smilar to patents, copyright is one
the employee. property and the copyrighted
property is a separate property. They
Kung mapapansin nyo, walang first to may be dealt with separately. So
file rule. Kasi imposible naman pwede mo ibenta yung copyright
makagawa ka ng nobela, parehong without including the finished
pareho nung saken? product.
One thing nice about copyright is that
If a person commissioned another to for as long as it owned by the
do the intellectual creation, in the intellectual creator, it is not subject to
absence of an agreement to the attachment. Yung patent, kahit ikaw
contrary, the work belongs to the yung intellectual creator, pwede ma-
owner but the copyright belongs to attach. Kaya lang pag yung intellectual
the person who was commissioned. creator ng copyright binenta sa iba
(Walang employment dito) tapos yung binentahan naging
judgement debtor, pwede ma-attach
Example, etong kwarto ito aking yung copyright.
condo unit. Over there is a very wide What are the rights of the copyright
wall. So pinakamaganda may mural. holder? There are two:
Sabi ko, friend, tignan mo magandang 1. moral; and
mural jan sa pader. Sa haba ng wall na 2. economic.
yan, maganda jurasic park. In short we
have agreed on the price. Kung wala So ano moral rights? It refers to the
tayo napag-usapan, sino may ari ng right of the intellectual creator to state
mural, natural akin yun. Akin yung how the authorship shall be presented
pader e. Yun and ibig sabihin ng the or it is also a right to demand that the
work belongs to the owner. Kaya lang, authorship be acknowledged.
right to copy belongs to the person he
is commissioned. Para mas madaling ma-appreciate
yung moral right ganito. Ikaw yung
Halimbawa gusto ko ipagyabang gumawa, syempre gusto mo pangalan
mural tapos gusto ko pabless invited mo andun.
mga friends ko. Sabi nila, ang ganda
naman ng mural mo, sino ba artist By own experience. Nasa National
nyan? Ang tanong, who has the right Bookstore ako. Dumaklot ako ng
to copy the mural? The person who pocket book. Nakita ko yung pocket
was commissioned. (walang book nakalagay Nora Roberts. Akala
employer-employee relationship). ko yun ang title ng libro. Nakita ako isa
pa, Nora Roberts ulit yung cover. Bakit
Sa mga animation companies, like ganoon? Yun ang gusto ng author e.
pixar, etc. Ang mga empleyado nyan
Gusto nya e yung pangalan nya ay nyo, may mga pocket book na naging
nasa taas. best seller. Nung naging best seller na
iyon, edi ginawang movie.
Dun sa IP code, hindi nakalagay term
moral rights. Dun sa IP code, it must Another economic right, to make
be co-extensive with economic rights. translation. Alam nyo si JK Rowling,
Nagkaroon ng later legislation that kumita ng pagkalaki laki even richer
moral rights are now perpetual. Tama than the Queen of England. That is
lang naman. Isipin mo na lang. Sino ba when she translated her work to
nagsulat ng Romeo and Juliett? Si Chinese. E population ng china, bilyon
William Shakespeare. E matagal ng yan. Kunin mo na lang 10 percent edi
namatay si William Shakespeare diba? 1 million nayun. Alam nyo mga
Kung tatanungin mo, sino author? Chinese, hindi marunong mag-english
William Shakespeare padin. So tama yan. Kaya kahit nabalitaan na
lang na moral rights are perpetual. maganda Harry Potter, hindi bibilhin
Ang 50 years lang, economic rights. yan.