Karapatan sa copyright

ni Atty. Persida Rueda-Acosta @Magtanong Kay Attorney | June 29, 2023

Dear Chief Acosta,

Isa akong estudyante sa isang unibersidad na nagbigay ng sulat sa aming dean patungkol sa aking mga saloobin hinggil sa mga pagbabago sa aming unibersidad.

Nagustuhan ng aming dean ang aking sulat at inutos niyang i-publish ito sa diyaryo ng aming department nang walang paalam sa akin. Maaari ba niyang gawin ito? - Mikael

Dear Mikael,

Para sa iyong kaalaman, ang batas na nakasasaklaw sa iyong katanungan ay ang Section 172 (d) ng Republic Act (R.A.) No. 8293 o mas kilala sa tawag na Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines, kung saan nakasaad na:

“Section 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

(o) Other literary, scholarly, scientific and artistic works.”

Sang-ayon sa nabanggit, ang mga sulat o letters ay itinuturing na literary work at original intellectual creations, at protektado ito ng ating batas sa copyright. Samakatuwid, ikaw ay may karapatan sa copyright ng iyong ginawang sulat at dahil dito ay hindi ito maaaring i-publish ng walang consent o pahintulot mula sa iyo.

Sana ay nabigyan namin ng linaw ang iyong katanungan. Ang payong aming ibinigay ay base lamang sa mga impormasyon na iyong inilahad at maaaring magbago kung mababawasan o madaragdagan ang mga detalye ng iyong salaysay.

Maraming salamat sa iyong patuloy na pagtitiwala.