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

 

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 Wowie Catabijan. For more information, please visit http://filcols.blogspot.com

 

 

 

  

FILCOLS Joins Partners in QC's Inclusive White Cane Month Celebration for Readers with Print Disabilities

 

FILCOLS Joins Partners in QC's Inclusive White Cane Month Celebration for Readers with Print Disabilities

In support of making books accessible to those with a print disability, Regina Reyna "Reg" V. Pastor, membership officer of the Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society, Inc. (FILCOLS), addressed participants at the Quezon City executive hall during the White Cane Month event on August 14.

Reg Pastor explains the advantages of being a member of FILCOLS. 
Photo by Shai Gondra.

“Copyright is very important for creators,” said Pastor before the group composed of the visually impaired and their guardians, authors, publishers, and QC government staff. “The authors must be properly recognized like giving proper attribution and just remuneration if their works are used on a large-scale like photocopying and digital copying inside institutions.”

“For FILCOLS we protect the reproduction rights of authors so if you have a book, you may join us. Membership is free,” she added.

Candy Gourlay shares how she got rejected many times as a Filipino author in the UK.
Photo by Shai Gondra.

Award-winning author Candy Gourlay supported Pastor’s invitation and said she is also a member of a similar copyright society in the United Kingdom. The London-based author talked about her writing life and gave away CDs of her work “Tall Story” for the Quezon City Public Library.

White Cane Month is a national celebration made possible by RA 6759, a law crafted during the presidency of Corazon Aquino.

Candy Gourlay with the lucky participants who each received a copy of her book.
Photo by Shai Gondra.

The law aims to “promote and protect the physical, moral, and social well-being of all handicapped persons, such as the blind, and to undertake studies on specific causes of the high percentage of blind people in the Philippines.”

QC executive hall with participants celebrating White Cane Month.
Photo by Shai Gondra.

FILCOLS is one of the groups tapped by Wowie Catabijan, FILCOLS trustee and Kahel Press officer, to coordinate the event's organization to celebrate White Cane Month. The other groups are Kahel Press, Bookshare Philippines, the Philippine Blind Union, and the Persons with Disability Affairs Office of the Quezon City Government.

To view more photos, please click the link to Kahel Press FB below:

https://www.facebook.com/kahelpress/posts/pfbid0czTxZ6dpmMRHB9gRgsi2be4cJpq5g6FnS15L9WNJa4Vac4Cb7odLMcwNcx1AbZ78l

 

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. For more information, please visit http://filcols.blogspot.com