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OPYRIGHT
by Apollo Ravelo
The Thief Who is Not Imprisoned
Stealing and taking something that is not ours is one of the things we have learned since we were
young. With emergence of the new technology, it seems that it has become easy for humans to obtain
and steal information and original works. Copyright and copyright infringement—what is it? And how
does this protect the real owners of the original works?
According to Copyright.gov (2022), Copyright is a
type of intellectual property that protects the
work of the original author. Paintings,
photographs, songs, recordings, books, poetry,
blog posts, and more are the different types of
copyright in work. Through this, there are rights
granted to the creators. Those rights prohibit
other people from using their works for specific
purposes without permission. Otherwise, they
would have to face consequences.
Copyright infringement means that someone is
using the original work or the copyrighted work
without the permission of the owner. In the
Philippines, there are penalties for this,
depending on the person's offenses' count.
In my observation, there is not much awareness
paid to the acquisition of the original works
nowadays. It's easy for people to do a little
paraphrasing and claim to be an original creator.
These Internet thieves continue to become more
prevalent because they are not afraid because no
one is punished. At universities such as the
Lyceum of the Philippines University - Cavite,
retrieval of information on the internet is strict
with the use of Turnitin, which determines
whether it was originally made by the student or
not. By the laws in our constitution and also
depending on the power of the original work, it is
up to them whether they will let other people
steal the things they have worked for.
Edited by Carl Tuy
In BananaIP Counsels' 2020 report, a
total of 21,882 copyright registration
applications were submitted in India.
There were 729 applications, compared
to 21,153 applications in 2019.
The chart's x-axis shows the months in a
year, while the y-axis shows the data for
copyright applications. The total number
of copyright applications filed in 2020
increased by 3.44% compared to 2019.
The majority of entries submitted in
2020 were literary or theatrical
productions, followed by works of art,
with the fewest submissions of musical
works.
Data Courtesy of BananaIP Counsels
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