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Practice question: Fair Use

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Practice question

A platform invokes Wolfpac for a service that supplies complete downloadable songs as free replacements for authorized purchases. It relies only on the presence of a preview button. Which is best?
  1. Wolfpac's narrow nonreplacement preview reasoning does not automatically cover the materially different substitute-download service.
  2. A preview button immunizes every download.
  3. All music copying is fair if the first twenty seconds are free.
  4. Wolfpac abolished the market-effect factor.
  5. Complete substitutes are protected merely because the website uses the word sample.

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
  • FILSCAP v. Wolfpac Communications, G.R. No. 184661, February 25, 2025, en banc main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/feb2025/gr_184661_2025.html

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