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Practice question: Transfer, Assignment, and Licensing

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Practice question

Absent an expressly greater grant, submission of a literary work to a newspaper for publication constitutes what under Section180.3?
  1. A license for a single publication
  2. An automatic permanent assignment of every copyright
  3. A license for unlimited unrelated adaptations
  4. A dedication to the public domain
  5. A transfer of every manuscript ever written by the author

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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