Submitted by: Stephen Jay L.

Araña

BSED – 1 ENGL 01 (Study and Thinking Skills)

Submitted to: Ma’am Abi Calimbahin

Republic Act No. 8293

Objectives:

1. To know the state policy declaration of this law.

2. To know the effect on international conventions and on principle of reciprocity
3. To know the significant changes in the copyright law

State policy declaration:

The State recognizes that an effective intellectual and industrial property system is vital to the
development of domestic and creative activity, facilitates transfer of technology, attracts
foreign investments, and ensures market access for our products. It shall protect and secure
the exclusive rights of scientists, inventors, artists and other gifted citizens to their intellectual
property and creations, particularly when beneficial to the people, for such periods as provided
in this Act.

The use of intellectual property bears a social function. To this end, the State shall promote the
diffusion of knowledge and information for the promotion of national development and
progress and the common good.

It is also the policy of the State to streamline administrative procedures of registering patents,
trademarks and copyright, to liberalize the registration on the transfer of technology, and to
enhance the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the Philippines.

International conventions and on principle of reciprocity:

Any person who is a national or who is domiciled or has a real and effective industrial
establishment in a country which is a party to any convention, treaty or agreement relating to
intellectual property rights or the repression of unfair competition, to which the Philippines is
also a party, or extends reciprocal rights to nationals of the Philippines by law, shall be entitled
to benefits to the extent necessary to give effect to any provision of such convention, treaty or
reciprocal law, in addition to the rights to which any owner of an intellectual property right is
otherwise entitled by this Act.

Significant changes in the copyright law:

It is now required that after the first public dissemination of performance by authority of the
copyright owner of certain specified work, there shall, for the purpose of completing the
records of the National Library and the Supreme Court library, within three (3) weeks, be
registered and deposited with it, by personal delivery or by registered mail, two (2) complete
copies or reproductions of the work in such form as the directors of said libraries may
prescribe.

The scheme of penalties for infringement has also been changed. From the previous fine of
Php200 to Php2,000 and/or imprisonment of 1 year, the current range of penalties are as
follows:

For first offenders - fine of PhP50,000 to PhP150,000 and/or imprisonment of 1 to 3 years

For second offenders - fine of PhP150,000 to PhP500,000 and/or imprisonment of 3 to 6

Years.

For third and subsequent offenders - fine of PhP500,000 to PhP1.5 Million and/or

imprisonment of 6 to 9 years.

In case of insolvency, the offender shall furthermore suffer subsidiary imprisonment.

Interview Findings

Q1. How often do you or your students use material created by others in your teaching?

a. Never
b. Once or twice a semester
 c. Monthly
d. Almost every week

Q2. Why many People Pirate and Illegally Download Movies, Songs, And Software?

a. They don’t want to pay for it.

b. It’s not available in their region
c. They want to use it only once.
d. They don’t mind copyright law

Q3. What is copyright law to you?

a. Copyright protects "works"

b. The right to claim authorship of the work
c. Others______________

Respondents:

1. JD Caray

2. Levi Fedellaga

3. Jasper Barbaso

Essay

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”

This law is one of the neglected laws here in the Philippines and even in Asia, especially
us Filipinos we don’t like to pay or to spend an amount of money just in a simple thing because
we always want to ask for a discount or free in everything. Copyright law is very important
because it is still a law that the government has been implemented to us. If we observe even
some of the Christian churches here are not following this law for example the choir pieces that
they use for singing are still under this law but they still used a photocopy of that choir piece
that is actually from an copy under copyright, but we cannot blame them for doing this act
because some of them has no idea about this law. The good thing do is we need also to remind
them that this is against the law, copyright law is very important because this law is protecting
your work from the stealers.

References:

 Charles Robes, Virtual law Library: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE

PHILIPPINES - AN OVERVIEW. Retrieve from

http://www.chanrobles.com/legal7code.htm#.WtVFyy5ubDc

 Suites (2004 & 2005), Federis intellectual property: what is copyright?. Retrieve
from

http://www.federislaw.com.ph/faqs-resources/copyright/

 Technologies Asia, Inc. cdtai (June 6, 1997), Republic Act No. 8293. Retrieve from

http://www.ipophil.gov.ph/images/Patents/IRRs/RepublicAct8293.pdf