togi,
It's good that you've written them a letter. Next step is to invoke your rights:
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
[Republic Act No. 8293]
AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE AND ESTABLISHING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE, PROVIDING FOR ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
CHAPTER II ORIGINAL WORKS
Sec. 172. Literary and Artistic Works. -
172.1 Literary and artistic works, hereinafter referred to as "works", are original intellectual creations in the literary and artistic domain protected from the moment of their creation and shall include in particular:- (a) Books, pamphlets, articles and other writings;
- (b) Periodicals and newspapers;
- (c) Lectures, sermons, addresses, dissertations prepared for oral delivery, whether or not reduced in writing or other material form;
- (d) Letters;
- (e) Dramatic or dramatico-musical compositions; choreographic works or entertainment in dumb shows;
- (f) Musical compositions, with or without words;
- (g) Works of drawing, painting, architecture, sculpture, engraving, lithography or other works of art; models or designs for works of art;
- (h) Original ornamental designs or models for articles of manufacture, whether or not registrable as an industrial design, and other works of applied art;
- (i) Illustrations, maps, plans, sketches, charts and three-dimensional works relative to geography, topography, architecture or science;
- (j) Drawings or plastic works of a scientific or technical character;
- (k) Photographic works including works produced by a process analogous to photography; lantern slides;
- (l) Audiovisual works and cinematographic works and works produced by a process analogous to cinematography or any process for making audio-visual recordings;
- (m) Pictorial illustrations and advertisements;
- (n) Computer programs; and
- (o) Other literary, scholarly, scientific and artistic works.
172.2. Works are protected by the sole fact of their creation, irrespective of their mode or form of expression, as well as of their content, quality and purpose. (Sec. 2, P. D. No. 49a)
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Read the
IPR Code in full.
MODIFIED RULES AND REGULATIONS ON
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS FOR VIOLATION OF LAWS
INVOLVING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
[March 28, 2001]
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RULES AND REGULATIONS ON ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS FOR VIOLATION OF LAWS INVOLVING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Rule 1 DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION, RULES OF COURT
(l) "Infringement of Copyright and Related Rights" means any violation of the rights provided under Part IV of the IP Code and/or the applicable IP Law, including the act of any person who at the time when copyright subsists in a work has in his possession an article which he knows, or ought to know, to be an infringing copy of the work for the purpose of: (i) selling, letting for hire, or by way of trade offering or exposing for sale, or hire, the article; (ii) distributing the article for purpose of trade, or for any other purpose to an extent that will prejudice the rights of the copyright owner in the work; or (iii) trade exhibit of the article in public.
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Modified Rules and Regulations on Administrative Complaints in full.
All creatives: literary, artistic, etc. should be aware of our rights. Get yourself a copyright lawyer for advise or real counsel services, togi. You can try the UP OLA of the College of Law for suggestions.
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