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| FILCOLS executive director Alvin J. Buenaventura introduces gifted teen artist Sam Benwick to students of the Philippine Science High School – Main. She is a composer, lyricist, and arranger of many songs including the latest Sarah Geronimo song “Sansinukob, Salamat.” Photo by Shai Gondra. |
FILCOLS Empowers PISAY Students with Knowledge of Copyright, AI
during the 26th YMSAT Festival
To address copyright and ethical issues on the use of Generative
AI like ChatGPT to fulfill academic requirements, Filipinas Copyright Licensing
Society, Inc. (FILCOLS) executive director Alvin J. Buenaventura equipped the
senior high school students of the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) – Main
Campus with knowledge and useful tips. The event was part of the 26th
Youth Mathematics, Science, and Technology (YMSAT) Festival held at the PSHS-MC
in Quezon City on March 2.
“Respect for copyright is respect for the human rights of
authors,” Buenaventura explained. “We must attribute properly and use
artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT responsibly.”
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| Junior and Senior HS students listen to Alvin J. Buenaventura. Photo by Shai Gondra. |
Proper attribution means recognizing and giving due credit to the
source of the information or work. Normally, the complete name of the author
and the year of publication should be indicated in the student’s output.
In other instances, the school has its format for the elements
that must be included when giving credit to sources used in a school paper.
“Giving proper credit is a good practice to show that your work is
supported by experts,” he said. “It shows that you did your research well and
that you did not plagiarize.”
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| Young people are always ahead when it comes to using new tech like ChatGPT. Photo by Shai Gondra. |
Buenaventura noted the wide use of Generative AI like ChatGPT
among the students after a brief show of hands to indicate who among them uses
AI for their school work.
The classic definition of plagiarism which is passing off another
person’s work as your own must be reviewed. The student cannot be accused of
plagiarism when it comes to AI because the source is not a person.
He reminded the teachers to update their student handbook to
redefine plagiarism and provide guidelines on the proper use of ChatGPT and
other AI tools when it comes to completing school requirements. “If it is not
in the student handbook, then your students are not violating anything,” he
cautioned.
“We urgently need to redefine and update our definition of
plagiarism in the face of the rapid rise of AI,” Buenaventura said.
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| Alvin J. Buenaventura during the open forum. Photo by Shai Gondra. |
During the open forum, Grade 12 students Markus and Angel asked about
the prevalent use of “CTTO” or “credit to the owner” by digital content
creators and what constitutes parody.
Buenaventura explained that the use of CTTO is a lazy person’s way
of giving credit to the source of material being used in their content. As
content creators, they also want their names properly cited if their works are
used. They need to be diligent in researching the authors or sources of the works.
As regards parody, he cited the songs created by Michael V, who
was a product of the Manila Science High School, when he was just starting as a
singer-composer-comedian. He used the music of pop songs and replaced them with
humorous lyrics.
“By adding funny lyrics plus his exaggerated imitation of the
singer, Michael incorporated his creativity which made the piece a new
creation. His parody falls under fair use,” he clarified.
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| YIPA officer Liam Castro with FILCOLS Staff. Photo by Liam Castro. |
Lance Lee (Grade 11) asked about fan fiction as he writes about his
favorite anime and K-Dramas in his Wattpad account.
Buenaventura explained that like Michael V, Lance should put as much of
his creative inputs into his Wattpad stories so that the reader can see that it
is not a mere copy of the anime or K-Drama.
“Copyright is given to the expression of ideas which originated
from Lance as the author,” he added. “The anime or K-Drama should serve as
inspiration but there should be sufficient details like new stories, characters,
and twists.”
PSHS teacher Efren J. Domingo invited FILCOLS to present at the
YMSAT festival while teacher Mara Esguerra assisted especially during the
ChatGPT demo. The Young IP Advocates (YIPA) of PSHS-MC actively facilitated the
event as moderators led by President Eron Jasper Martin (Grade 12) and Kevin William "Liam" Castro
(Grade 11).
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| FILCOLS Staff (l-r) Shai Gondra, Alvin J. Buenaventura, and Reg Pastor. Photo by Liam Castro. |
Participation in school events like this is one of the ways
FILCOLS raises the awareness of young people on IPR mainly copyright. FILCOLS
membership officer Reg Pastor and staff Shai Gondra were also present to assist
during the presentation.
The authors allow the reposting of the unaltered article along with photos provided the following is included at the end:
Text by Alvin J. Buenaventura. Photos by Shai Gondra and Liam Castro. For more information, please visit http://filcols.blogspot.com
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