Practice question
An anonymous author later discloses her identity. The publisher says the original absence of a name permanently prevents her from asserting her own authorial position under Section 179. Resolve.
- Anonymous publication permanently destroys author identity for all legal purposes.
- Disclosure of identity is an express exception to the deemed publisher-representation rule.
- The publisher becomes the sole natural-person creator retroactively.
- The letter-recipient rule automatically applies to every novel.
- Only the publisher can ever disclose an author's identity.
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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