Copyright: For Authors

4 August 2011

The Living Letter by Alvin Buenaventura of FILCOLS
Translated from Filipino by Beverly W. Siy

Writers and creators are also called authors. Authors of poetry, short story, novel, scientific article, sermon, news article, song, musical composition and many more have rights over their creations. The same goes with architect, painter, visual artist, computer programmer, film maker and other kinds of authors of scientific, literary and artistic production.

The protection that is being given by the law and government to these authors is called Copyright. It’s a bundle of rights given to the authors as long as they are alive plus another fifty years starting from the first day of their death. They are all protected: the creations and the authors.

Copyright is made up of moral and material rights.

Moral rights are the rights of an author to be recognized as the creator of a work. His/her name must be in the byline. The author has the right to allow or not to allow any changes in his/her original work.

Material rights are the rights of an author to earn or receive royalty from his/her creation.

What is an example of economic rights of an author? How can they earn more from their creations?

The first one is the reproduction right or the right of an author to allow the publisher or anyone to make copies of his/her creation.

For example, you wrote the love story of your father-in-law and turned it into a romance novel. The novel must be permanent or fixed in one place, either in your computer or in paper. This will be a big help in the process of publishing the ultimate romance novel of all time (according to your father-in-law, okay?).

Naturally, your first customer will be your father-in-law because he would want to give away copies of the novel to his friends who play poker all day. From this day forward, you will start earning as a novelist because you will receive royalty worth 10-15% of the net price of each novel sold (or bought by the most eager customer in the world.)

You will earn much much more as a novelist if your work will be chosen for dramatization like a stage play or a telenobela and many more. You will earn again if the work will be chosen for translation in Korean or Japanese language. You must be paid (yes, again) if your work is translated into another language.

In the movie industry, the producer, the director and many more earn or receive payment when their movie is shown in the cinema. They earn or receive another payment if copies of the movie is rented out in authorized rental shops. Even if the movie is not shown in the malls anymore, the producer, the director and the likes should still be earning because there is more than one copy of the movie. The more number of copies of the movie, the more chances of earning (for the copyright owners).

In the visual arts, the artist earns or receives payment if a patron buys his/her artwork. He/she can still earn if his/her work was chosen to be displayed in museums or exhibition halls or a printed copy of the work was included in publications.

In the music industry, musicians and singers earn from the sales of their CDs or from every download (of the patron in the internet). They also earn or receive payment if their works are played in a concert or other commercial establishments like restaurants.

So if you want to earn big time, you don’t stop with your father-in-law’s love story. You must continue. For the sake of art. Compose a song about him. You will never know but the song may top the billboard charts someday. Make a marble sculpture with his face as the subject. You will never know but his marble face might just get featured in the Louvre Museum of Paris.

Not bad, huh?

Authors, publishers or heirs of copyright owners are invited to join FILCOLS. We will help you protect your copyright over your works. To join, one only needs to have published works, or one must be the heirs of an author or has the right to manage the rights of an author. Membership is free. If you have queries, email us at filcols@gmail.com.

Buhay na Titik: National Book Policy - Pagpapalaganap ng mga Akdang Gawa ng Filipino

ni Alvin J. Buenaventura ng FILCOLS

National Book Policy - Pagpapalaganap ng mga Akdang Gawa ng Filipino

  

Ayon sa RA 8047, ang National Book Policy ay “statement of the intention and philosophy of the State as a basis for the formulation and implementation of measures for the development, production, and distribution of books.”

Mahabang konsultasyon ang ginawa ng National Book Development Board para mabuo ang National Book Policy. Nagpunta sila sa mga rehiyon, nakipag-usap sa mga author, publisher, librarian, professor, journalist, at iba pang stakeholder ng industriya.

Sa bisa ng Executive Order No. 119 na ipinalabas ni Pres. Estrada noong July 4, 1999, pinagtibay at kinilala ang National Book Policy na opisyal na policy ng bansa pagdating sa book publishing industry.

Ano ang unang statement dito?

Dapat lumikha ang gobyerno ng pinakamagandang kondisyon para maipalaganap ang mga akdang Filipino. Kailangang gumawa ng mga bagong activity para mapalago ang industriya.

Hindi puwedeng puro seminars at talks na lang dahil magsasawa na rin ang mga participant.

Nakasaad din na dapat ay maka-develop ng mga bagong author na tututok sa pagsusulat ng mga paksang tulad ng local histories kung saan kakaunti lamang ang published materials. Kailangan ding ma-upgrade ang kakayahan ng mga author. Para magawa ito ay inatasan ang NBDB na manguna sa pagbuo ng partnerships sa iba’t ibang institusyon tulad ng DepEd, CHED, at mga stakeholder sa book publishing.

Dapat na maparami ang mga libro sa Filipino literature, heritage, at creative arts sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay-suporta sa mga nais magsulat o gumawa ng libro.

Dapat na suportahan ang paglilimbag ng mga libro sa English at mga lengguwahe sa bansa.

Dapat na maparami ang Filipino authorship ng mga librong scientific at technical. Pati na rin ang pagsasalin sa mga lengguwahe sa bansa ng mga foreign-authored books.

Para lalong maparami ang akda mula sa mga rehiyon, dapat na may registration system at database ng mga manuscript na local at foreign. Kahit na “manuscripts” ang salitang ginamit sa halip sa finished works, malinaw na published books ang ibig sabihin dahil wala namang foreigner ang maglalabas ng manuscripts.

Dapat na magkaroon ng training ng mga author at students para makapagsulat sila ng mga akdang may local character at experience. Magagawa ito sa pamamagitan ng pakikipag-ugnayan sa mga university sa mga rehiyon.

Dapat na bigyang-proteksiyon ang IP ng mga author at publisher sa pamamagitan ng collective reprography licensing. Dahil dito ay binuo ang FILCOLS.

Dapat na bigyang-pagkilala ang mga tao o organisasyon na tumulong sa pagpapaunlad ng industriya. Puwedeng maggawad ng pagkilala sa pamamagitan ng awards, prizes, at iba pang uri ng pagkilala.

Dapat na makapaghanap ng pondo para sa mga author at iba pang personnel ng industriya. Dahil dito ay isinulong ng NBDB ang pagpasa ng batas RA 9521 o ang National Book Development Trust Fund.

Dapat na maengganyo ang mga author na magbuo ng mga asosasyon na makakatulong sa pagbibigay sa kanila ng proteksiyon at sa pag-usbong ng mga bagong gawa.

Katuwang ng NBDB sa pagpapaunlad ng industriya ang FILCOLS. Para sa dagdag na kaalaman, bisitahin ang mga website: www.filcols.blogspot.com at www.nbdb.gov.ph.

Inaanyayahan ang mga awtor, publisher, o tagapagmana ng copyright na sumali sa FILCOLS. Ito’y para mabigyang proteksiyon ang kanilang mga akda. Kailangan lamang ay mayroon kayong published works kung kayo ay awtor/publisher o nasa inyo ang kapangyarihang magmanage kung heirs kayo ng awtor. Wala pong membership fee. Kung may tanong hinggil sa tinalakay na paksa, mag-email lamang sa filcols@gmail.com.

IP Made E-Z in Miriam College

Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society's (FILCOLS) IP Made E-Z will be held at the Viewing Room, Library Media Center, Miriam College, Katipunan Ave., Loyola Heights, Quezon City on 6 September 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

IP Made E-Z is a three-hour forum for college students. Intellectual property, copyright, writing, publishing and the Philippine economy will be discussed. FILCOLS Executive Director Alvin J. Buenaventura and author Karen Francisco will talk in Filipino language to introduce concepts in authorship, creativity, and copyright. Francisco's novel "Naermyth" was published by Visprint Publishing which publishes Bob Ong's books.

IP Made E-Z aims to raise the students’ awareness on IP and copyright and to help them gain more knowledge about what they can do for the country through respect for IP. The first lectures were held in University of Santo Tomas, Ateneo de Naga University and Global City Innovative College in Taguig.

FILCOLS’ IP made E-Z, formerly named IP in the Age of Jejemon, is organized in coordination with FILCOLS author/member Prof. Ma. Rebecca Añonuevo-Cuñada, Chair of the Filipino Department, Prof. J. Alagaran, Chair of the English Department, both of Miriam College, Visprint Publishing through Nida Ramirez-Gatuz and Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines through its Director General Atty. Ricardo Blancaflor and Atty. Louie Andrew Calvario.


FILCOLS receives support from the Norwegian Copyright Development Association (NORCODE) and Kopinor. NORCODE is an international copyright development group funded by five copyright societies namely KOPINOR, GRAMO, TONO, BONO and NORWACO. KOPINOR is the reproduction rights (RRO) of Norway while FILCOLS is the RRO of the Philippines.

FILCOLS encourage the heads of the universities and colleges to hold similar events in their respective campuses. The activity will help develop more responsible members of the academe, students, professors, scholars and writers.

FILCOLS is open to invitations and proposals in and outside of Metro Manila. Send queries to filcols@gmail.com. FILCOLS launched the IP Made E-Z at the Old Gym, De La Salle Lipa, Lipa City, Batangas last 24 June 2011. Over 250 college students were in attendance.

Written by Beverly Siy. You are welcome to repost or include this in any publication provided that the writer/copyright owner gets credit. Thank you.

IP Made E-Z in UE Caloocan

Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society's (FILCOLS) IP Made E-Z will be held at the Multipurpose Hall 1, 3F Engineering Building, University of the East, Samson Road, Caloocan City on 24 August 2011 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

IP Made E-Z is a three-hour forum for college students. Intellectual property, copyright, writing, publishing and the Philippine economy will be discussed. The speakers Alvin J. Buenaventura, Executive Director of FILCOLS and a writer from Visprint Publishing, the publisher of Bob Ong books, will talk in Filipino language to introduce concepts in authorship, creativity and copyright.

IP Made E-Z aims to raise the students’ awareness on IP and copyright and to help them gain more knowledge about what they can do for the country through respect for IP. The first lectures were held in University of Santo Tomas, Ateneo de Naga University and Global City Innovative College in Taguig.

FILCOLS’ IP made E-Z, formerly named IP in the Age of Jejemon, is organized in coordination with FILCOLS author/member Diana Cabote, professor from UE Caloocan, Visprint Publishing through Nida Ramirez-Gatuz and Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines through its Director General Atty. Ricardo Blancaflor and Atty. Louie Andrew Calvario.


FILCOLS receives support from the Norwegian Copyright Development Association (NORCODE) and Kopinor. NORCODE is an international copyright development group funded by five copyright societies namely KOPINOR, GRAMO, TONO, BONO and NORWACO. KOPINOR is the reproduction rights (RRO) of Norway while FILCOLS is the RRO of the Philippines.

FILCOLS encourage the heads of the universities and colleges to hold similar events in their respective campuses. The activity will help develop more responsible members of the academe, students, professors, scholars and writers.

FILCOLS is open to invitations and proposals in and outside of Metro Manila. Send queries to filcols@gmail.com. FILCOLS launched the IP Made E-Z at the Old Gym, De La Salle Lipa, Lipa City, Batangas last 24 June 2011. Over 250 college students were in attendance.

Written by Beverly Siy. You are welcome to repost or include this in any publication provided that the writer/copyright owner gets credit. Thank you.

FILCOLS IP Made E-Z Goes to FEU

Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society's (FILCOLS) IP Made E-Z will be held at the University Conference Center, G/F Institute of Arts and Sciences Building, Far Eastern University, Manila on 17 August 2011 from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.

A meeting with Mr. Martin Lopez, Executive Director of Office of the President's Committee on Culture, Ethel Ampatin (of the same office), Mr. Joeven Castro, Associate Professor from the Communications Department and Head of the Research Cluster, FILCOLS' Alvin J. Buenaventura and Beverly Siy, the Executive Director and Executive Officer respectively, was held last 29 June 2011 at the office of Mr. Lopez. Objectives and details of the event were discussed.

FILCOLS’ IP made E-Z, formerly named IP in the Age of Jejemon, is organized in coordination with Visprint Publishing through Nida Ramirez-Gatuz and Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines through its Director General Atty. Ricardo Blancaflor and Atty. Louie Andrew Calvario.

IP Made E-Z aims to raise the students’ awareness on IP and copyright and to help them gain more knowledge about what they can do for the country through respect for IP. The first lectures were held in University of Santo Tomas, Ateneo de Naga University and Global City Innovative College in Taguig.

FILCOLS receives support from the Norwegian Copyright Development Association (NORCODE) and Kopinor. NORCODE is an international copyright development group funded by five copyright societies namely KOPINOR, GRAMO, TONO, BONO and NORWACO. KOPINOR is the reproduction rights (RRO) of Norway while FILCOLS is the RRO of the Philippines.

FILCOLS encourage the heads of the universities and colleges to hold similar events in their respective campuses. The activity will help develop more responsible members of the academe, students, professors, scholars and writers.

FILCOLS is open to invitations and proposals in and outside of Metro Manila. Send queries to filcols@gmail.com. FILCOLS launched the IP Made E-Z at the Old Gym, De La Salle Lipa, Lipa City, Batangas last 24 June 2011. Over 250 college students were in attendance.

Written by Beverly Siy. You are welcome to repost or include this in any publication provided that the writer/copyright owner gets credit. Thank you.

FILCOLS IP Made E-Z Launched at the De La Salle Lipa

FILCOLS launched the IP Made E-Z at the Old Gym, De La Salle Lipa, Lipa City, Batangas last 24 June 2011.

More than two hundred fifty individuals graced the event. Some were De La Salle Lipa faculty. Most were students coming from Legal Management, AB Communication and AB Communication Multimedia Arts courses. Writers from DLSL’s elementary, high school and collegiate levels also attended.

The event started with the National Anthem and a prayer.

Then Professor Emily T. Babasa, the Director of Culture, formally welcomed everyone to the event. The crowd cheered when Professor Babasa pointed out the characteristic of Jejemon language as she related it to the topic of the event. She was pertaining to the former title of the FILCOLS-initiated educational activity for the students.

She was followed by Professor Crecee Dimayuga Roldan, Cultural Officer of the Sports and Culture Directoriate, who gave her welcome remarks as well. Then she introduced Alvin Buenaventura, the resource speaker.

Alvin Buenaventura, the executive director of FILCOLS, talked about the basics of intellectual property and copyright. He also explained the connection of IP to the Philippine economics, education and academic publishing.

He tackled everything in conversational Filipino to make intellectual property concepts and issues less agonizing and intimidating for the Filipino students. He inserted some anecdotes and jokes to generate more interest from the audience which in turn had fun listening to even the most difficult concepts in Intellectual Property.

After his talk, Buenaventura introduced Alan Navarra, an artist and a writer from the Visprint Publishing. He presented writing and visual arts from the point of view of the creator. He also talked about having the courage to come up with avant-garde ideas especially in creative writing. He then talked about his creation, the book Girl Trouble which introduced a new way of narrating a guy’s experience of a break up. He also encouraged the students to start writing and creating now.

After Navarra’s visual arts-filled presentation, Prof. Roldan awarded him a certificate of appreciation and another certificate to FILCOL’s Buenaventura for sharing their time, talent and knowledge to the DLSL’s students. They came all the way from Manila despite the strong winds and rain brought by typhoon Falcon.

After the awarding, question and answer portion followed.

Kienle Jaurigue asked if a restaurant owner wants to offer “unlirice” (a coined word from unlimited serving of rice) to his/her customers, does he have to ask for permission from the restaurant that first used it. Buenaventura said that as long as “unlirice” is not registered as a trademark, anyone is free to use it. “Unlirice” is a concept and concepts are not copyrightable.

Jun Dio asked if his poetry and very short essays become the property of Facebook administration once he post them on his FB wall. Buenaventura advised that he check the Users Licensing Agreement (ULA) of Facebook. If it says that anything posted on Facebook (wall or account or anything at all) will be the property of Facebook administration and the user agreed to it by checking the box beside the ULA, it means he/she already assigned the copyright of the works to FB.

Professor Myrna de Castro asked a question related to the one about Facebook. She shared that she and some students made a video then posted it on youtube site. She wanted to know if the youtube administration already owns the copyright. Buenaventura said yes. Once a person posts anything on youtube.com and agrees on ULA, he/she is surrendering the rights over the works.

Vernadette Estole who was wearing a shirt that says Loyal, Just, Legal (referring to the legal management students like her) said that photocopying the whole book is considered as unloyal, unjust and therefore unlegal. It earned her cheers from her colleagues.

Catherine Perez inquired about the penalties if one is found guilty of violating the IP Code of the Philippines. Buenaventura named: cancellation of patents, cease and desist orders, fines or penalties in the form of money and imprisonment among others.

Jerick Ilagan asked if he wants to translate a song, should he pay for the copyright of the song. Buenaventura replied if the song is not yet under the public domain, he must ask for permission to translate from the original writer or composer of the song. He/she will pay if the copyright owner asks for payment. Buenaventura added if the translation of the song takes the form of a parody, it is okay. The translator doesn’t need to ask for permission from the copyright owner.

Elijah Molate asked Navarra how to generate unique ideas for writing. Navarra answered that going for the scariest thought of yours usually does the job. The magic resides in fear.

A female grade school student threw in the last question. She asked Navarra about his feelings of being an artist and a writer at the same time. Navarra shared that it was a mixture of happiness and dread. He is happy but scared.

There were not enough time to tackle all of the questions from the audience. Buenaventura invited everyone to send queries to FILCOLS through email.

Then, Beverly Siy, Executive Officer of FILCOLS, acknowledged the individuals and the offices that made the event possible: DLSL's Emily T. Babasa, Culture Director, and Prof. Crecee Dimayuga Roldan who did the coordination and event planning.

FILCOLS’ IP made E-Z, formerly named IP in the Age of Jejemon, is organized in coordination with Visprint Publishing through Nida Ramirez-Gatuz and Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines through its Director General Atty. Ricardo Blancaflor and Atty. Louie Andrew Calvario.

IP Made E-Z aims to raise the students’ awareness on IP and copyright and to help them gain more knowledge about what they can do for the country through respect for IP. The first lectures were held in University of Santo Tomas, Ateneo de Naga University and Global City Innovative College in Taguig.

FILCOLS receives support from the Norwegian Copyright Development Association (NORCODE) and Kopinor. NORCODE is an international copyright development group funded by five copyright societies namely KOPINOR, GRAMO, TONO, BONO and NORWACO. KOPINOR is the reproduction rights (RRO) of Norway while FILCOLS is the RRO of the Philippines.

FILCOLS encourage the heads of the universities and colleges to hold similar events in their respective campuses. The activity will help develop more responsible members of the academe, students, professors, scholars and writers.

FILCOLS is open to invitations and proposals in and outside of Metro Manila. Send queries to filcols@gmail.com.

Written by Beverly Siy. You are welcome to repost or include this in any publication provided that the writer/copyright owner gets credit. Photos are from Ms. Crecee Roldan. Posted here with permission.

FILCOLS Publisher/Member DLSU APO Launches Ang Pantas

DLSU [APO] Book Launch of "Ang Pantas" by Ruth Elynia Mabanglo

Academic Publications Office
(632) 524-4611 Ext. 271
joanne.castanares@dlsu.edu.ph



Ang
De La Salle University, Academic Publications Office
at ang
C & E Publishing, Inc.

ay malugod kayong inaanyayahan
sa paglulunsad ng



ANG PANTAS
(The Prophet) ni Khalil Gibran



Salin sa Filipino ni
RUTH ELYNIA MABANGLO

Ilustrasyon ni
EDGAR TALUSAN FERNANDEZ



Miyerkules, Agosto 3, 2011, 3:00 ng hapon
C & E’s Information and Resource Center (IRC)
1616 Quezon Avenue, South Triangle, Quezon City




You may check the links for more details:



RSVP:
Joanne Castanares (local 271)
Mherla Fabillar (0923-4550215)



To reserve for transportation, please contact Joanne or JM at loc.271
or send e-mail joanne.castanares@dlsu.edu.ph



You may check the links below for more details:

http://intranet.dlsu.edu.ph/announce/invite-angpantas.pdf