Practice question
A collector buys the sole physical painting but receives no written copyright assignment or licence. The collector claims purchase alone grants all reproduction rights. What does Section 181 provide?
- The claim is automatically correct.
- A sole-copy purchase always conveys every economic right.
- Every artwork purchase extinguishes copyright.
- The seller loses all rights merely by delivery.
- Transfer of the sole copy does not itself imply copyright transfer or licensing.
Legal references
- RA8293, IP Code, Sections177,180–182,184–185 and216: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html
- RA10372 amendments to IP Code Sections180 and216: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10372_2013.html
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