FILCOLS at the Accessible Books Creation Training in Quezon City Public Library

FILCOLS at the Accessible Books Creation Training in Quezon City Public Library

 

“Your creations are protected by copyright automatically," said Regina Reyna “Reg” V. Pastor before participants of the Accessible Books Creation (ABC) training held at the Quezon City Public Library on September 30.

“Copyright is basically your right to put your name on your work and your right to earn something if the work is sold,” Pastor added.

“Copyright is a bundle of rights and its two main components are moral rights and economic rights. Every time an author puts his or her name on a work, he or she exercises moral rights; and whenever we see a book, film, music, or painting displayed for sale, we know that the creators of these works are exercising their economic rights.”

Reg Pastor explaining the purpose of a collective management organization like FILCOLS.
Photo by Wowie Catabijan.

The rest of copyright law revolves around the scope of moral rights and economic rights of authors; and the rights of the users to access these works.

Pastor was speaking before an audience made up of authors, publishers, and members of the visually impaired and blind.

The training session aims to equip participants with knowledge and skills on how to produce books and other works accessible to the visually impaired and blind community.

Allan Mesoga conducted the training on how to produce books accessible to the visually impaired and blind readers.
 Photo by Shai Gondra.

Bookshare Ambassador Allan Mesoga conducted the ABC Training. He is also a Senior Education Program Specialist at the Department of Education – Bureau of Learning Development.

FILCOLS trustee and Kahel Press officer Wowie Catabijan explains why publishers should support the creation of "born accessible" books. Photo by Shai Gondra.

The event was organized by Kahel Press main officer Wowie Catabijan, who is also a FILCOLS trustee. Aside from FILCOLS, other organizations involved in the event were Bookshare Philippines, the Quezon City Public Library, and the QC Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO QC).

 

To know more about the ABC Training, please click the link below to the FB page of Kahel Press:

https://www.facebook.com/kahelpress/posts/pfbid0ripmfFF6vMkeKeTgLuih6XPnsZeKfGzn3s7j38QrxENhFALSAHaycyvoYqewd2Vrl

 

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Text by Alvin J. Buenaventura. Photos by Shai Gondra and Wowie Catabijan. For more information, please visit http://filcols.blogspot.com