Copyright Law
It’s
actually illegal to distribute a CD or USB flash drive containing your PHOTOS.
The OPTICAL MEDIA BOARD law (Republic Act
9239, 2004) has a penal provision that declares illegal any person, without
the appropriate licenses from the OMB, who distributes optical media as well as
the replication of such optical media (Section
13). The punishment for this “crime” is imprisonment of at least 3 years
but not more than 6 years, and a fine of not less than 500,000.00 but not
exceeding 1,500,000.00 (Section 19).
Latest
News from the Web
The Internet is not that “PURR-FECT”
An hour long video
(YouTube) of a cat purring has been asked to be taken down by EMI, a US based
music publisher because it is infringing on one their songs in their library.
See LINK
A singer named after a dog says “dog gone it”.
A popular Latino
singer/rapper has mulled suing an eyeglass company for using his generic dog
name for a brand of sunglasses. See LINK
Are you “G?”
Guess has won against Gucci
as the latter sued the former in a trademark infringement case. And this wasn’t
in Alabang. See LINK
