Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8293, ENTITLED `AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE AND ESTABLISHING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE, PROVIDING FOR ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Congress Author
Date filed
September 21, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 3182, 12th Congress of the Republic
FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8293, ENTITLED `AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE AND ESTABLISHING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE, PROVIDING FOR ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
ABSTRACT : This bill seeks to amend the Intellectual Property Code through the integration of comprehensive, swift, efficient and adequate strategies designed to respond to the criminal onslaught of Internet piracy. At the same time, it seeks to give as much concern to the rights of performers, phonogram producers and broadcasters in the same breath as those accorded authors of artistic and literally works, by acknowledging the right of such phonogram producers, performers or broadcasters to control or becompensated for the various ways in which their works are used or enjoyed by others. This measure also seeks to recognize rights to distribution and rental, and rights to receive payments for certain forms of broadcasting or communication to the pubblic.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ANGPING, HARRY. C.
DATE FILED : 2001-09-21
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
ADMINISTRATION BILL? No
URGENT BILL? No
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND INDUSTRY ON 2001-09-27
SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON REVISION OF LAWS

Abstract

This bill seeks to amend the Intellectual Property Code through the integration of comprehensive, swift, efficient and adequate strategies designed to respond to the criminal onslaught of Internet piracy. At the same time, it seeks to give as much concern to the rights of performers, phonogram producers and broadcasters in the same breath as those accorded authors of artistic and literally works, by acknowledging the right of such phonogram producers, performers or broadcasters to control or becompensated for the various ways in which their works are used or enjoyed by others. This measure also seeks to recognize rights to distribution and rental, and rights to receive payments for certain forms of broadcasting or communication to the pubblic.

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