{"id":69898,"date":"2016-02-01T04:06:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T09:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=69898"},"modified":"2016-02-01T04:06:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T09:06:52","slug":"group-of-composers-authors-and-publishers-seeks-ip-rights-protection-on-campaign-jingles-of-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/02\/01\/group-of-composers-authors-and-publishers-seeks-ip-rights-protection-on-campaign-jingles-of-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Group of composers, authors and publishers seeks IP rights protection on campaign jingles of candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Noel Cabangon, President of the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (FILSCAP).
(Photo from the official Facebook page of Cabangon<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014A group of composers, authors and publishers has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on how to protect their intellectual property (IP) rights over the use of songs in the campaign jingles of candidates in the May national and local elections.<\/p>\n

Noel Cabangon, President of the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (FILSCAP) visited the poll body office on Monday to ask the latter\u2019s assistance to ensure that all songs used as campaign jingles does not violate the intellectual property (IP) rights of the artists.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe issue is the IP rights. So when a song is used, they have to ask for the permission of the owner,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cabangon noted that they asked the help of the Comelec to properly inform those running in public office to respect IP rights of artists.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur aim is to inform the candidates that they should comply with the law on IP,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The campaign period for national positions namely: president, vice-president, senators and party-list group will begin on Feb. 9 while local candidates will start their campaign on March 26.<\/p>\n

The composer noted that although, many candidates observe the IP rights of the artists in previous election, there are still those who do not follow the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are those that are not aware of the copyrighted works. They still need to comply with them even during elections since they use the music when campaigning,\u201d Cabangon added.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Comelec Chairman Juan Andres Bautista said they know the concerns of the group as far as using their songs by politicians when campaigning.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the election season, they are asking for the Comelec\u2019s help so their copyrights over their music are protected,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The poll body chief said they are looking to sign a Memorandum of Agreement between the Comelec, FILSCAP, and the Intellectual Property Office (IPO).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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