Practice question
A photographer submits a photograph to a magazine without expressly granting greater rights. The magazine publishes it once, then claims Section180.3 automatically authorizes a later commercial anthology. Which is correct?
- The default single-publication license does not itself supply that additional anthology right
- Every submission permanently assigns all economic rights
- The photographer loses copyright upon first publication
- The magazine may ignore the terms because the work is photographic
- The default necessarily includes every later edition in every medium
Legal references
- RA8293 IPCode: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html Section180.3.
- RA10372: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10372_2013.html Sections8 and10 amending IPCode180 and183.
- FILSCAP v. Wolfpac Communications, GR184661, February25 2025, M.Lopez ENBANC MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/feb2025/gr_184661_2025.html MAIN interpretation of the ringtone rights grant and reserved communication right.
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