Practice question
An agreement purports to assign or license an author's moral rights as though they were transferable economic rights. What does Section 198.1 as amended by RA 10372 state?
- Moral rights are not assignable or subject to license; any separate waiver issue must be analyzed under its own provision.
- All moral rights are freely assignable by an ordinary sales receipt.
- Only a foreign buyer may acquire moral rights.
- A license of paper copies automatically transfers authorship.
- Every purported transfer automatically validates false attribution.
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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