News peg: “The chief of staff of Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III finally admitted that parts of his speech against the RH bill on Wednesday, August 15, were copied from a blog by a foreign author who calls herself the “Healthy Home Economist”.
“Lawyer Hector A. Villacorta, Sotto’s chief of staff, wrote Sarah Pope a response in the comments section of her blog in which he said: ” `I understand you felt slighted that your blog was not attributed to you which became part of the speech of the senator.’ ” (rappler.com)
The following provisions of the Intellectual Property Code may be relevant to the right of the author to require that his/her work be attributed to him/her:
“Chapter X. Moral Rights. Section 193. Scope of Moral Rights. – The author of a work shall, independently of the economic rights in Section 177 or the grant of an assignment or license with respect to such right, have the right:
“193.1. To require that the authorship of the works be attributed to him, in particular, the right that his name, as far as practicable, be indicated in a prominent way on the copies, and in connection with the public use of his work;
“193.2. To make any alterations of his work prior to, or to withhold it from publication;
“193.3. To object to any distortion, mutilation or other modification of, or other derogatory action in relation to, his work which would be prejudicial to his honor or reputation; and
“193.4. To restrain the use of his name with respect to any work not of his own creation or in a distorted version of his work. (Sec. 34, P.D. No. 49)”
two hours sleep, shot this week, in between two three-hour lectures. Clothes chosen by friends from “Khrysta’s Kollezzione” (had meetings when the collection was brought in) – this one has beading and embroidery for accent; later on, i was told the embroidery was that of the astrological signs; i couldn’t tell, i thought they were the alibata (the indigenous alphabet) – very subtle!
“193.2. To make any alterations of his work prior to, or to withhold it from publication;