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Practice question: Economic and Moral Rights

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Practice question

Under Section 194, can an author who cannot be compelled to perform a creation or publication contract nevertheless face what consequence?
  1. Automatic imprisonment merely for refusing to write.
  2. Damages for breach of the contract.
  3. Mandatory transfer of every unrelated work.
  4. Loss of all existing copyrights worldwide.
  5. No possible contractual consequence in any case.

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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