Practice question
An online seller has authority to convert songs into ringtones. It makes twenty-second pre-listening samples available so prospective consumers can identify the song and decide whether to download. The material facts match Wolfpac, including the limited consumer-choice purpose and the analyzed market context. Which accurately states the MAIN outcome?
- The particular sample use was fair use, although communication-to-public authority was not implied merely from the offer-and-sell grant
- Every twenty-second use of any work was declared lawful
- The Court found all promotional uses automatically licensed
- The Court treated every future whole-song streaming service as fair use
- The Court held commercial use can never be fair
Legal references
- FILSCAP v. Wolfpac Communications, GR184661, February25 2025, M.Lopez ENBANC MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/feb2025/gr_184661_2025.html MAIN scope-of-grant discussion and final limited fair-use holding.
Answer this question in flashcards to review your response and continue practicing.