Practice question
A commercially released docudrama invokes Ayer to defend knowingly false intimate episodes about an unwilling public figure, unrelated to the historical event depicted. The producer concedes both falsity and lack of public-event connection. Which is best?
- Commercial film protection necessarily authorizes every private fabrication.
- Public office eliminates all privacy forever.
- The film’s title alone determines legality.
- Ayer’s protection for qualifying historical portrayal does not erase its truth and essentially-private-matter limits.
- The producer gains ownership of the person’s private life.
Legal references
- Ayer Productions Pty. Ltd. v. Capulong, G.R. Nos. L-82380 and L-82398, April 29, 1988, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1988/apr1988/gr_l-82380_1988.html
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