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Practice question: Ownership of Copyright

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Practice question

Under Section 178.6, who owns copyright in a letter, subject to Civil Code Article 723?
  1. The writer.
  2. Automatically every postal carrier who handled it.
  3. Only the paper manufacturer.
  4. The recipient automatically as to all reproduction rights merely by delivery.
  5. Any person who finds a discarded envelope.

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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