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Practice question: Copyright Infringement

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Practice question

A reproduction is fully within a valid owner's licence and all relevant conditions are met. A claimant relies only on the fact that a copy exists. What is sound?
  1. Every copy necessarily infringes.
  2. Permission never matters.
  3. A licence always transfers every right forever.
  4. The work loses copyright because it was licensed.
  5. Authorized copying within the licence is not infringement merely because it is reproduction.

Legal references

  • RA8293, IP Code, Sections177,180–182,184–185 and216: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html
  • RA10372 amendments to IP Code Sections180 and216: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10372_2013.html

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