Practice question
A purchaser owns a lawful copy of a protected computer program and says ownership of that copy alone necessarily includes commercial rental rights under Section 177.4. Which is best?
- Owning one copy necessarily transfers every economic right.
- Computer programs can never be subject to rental rights.
- The physical-copy owner automatically becomes the author.
- A purchase always cancels the right holder's copyright.
- The rental right is separately protected irrespective of ownership of the original or copy.
Legal references
- RA 8293, Intellectual Property Code, Sections 171-179, 184-185 and 193-197: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html
- RA 10372, Sections 4, 8-12, 16-17, copyright amendments: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10372_2013.html
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