Optical Media Piracy in the Philippines
Optical Media Piracy in the Philippines
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A Research Paper Submitted to Professor Marie Belmonte
Communication Arts and Languages Department
College of Arts and Sciences
ICCT Colleges Foundation Inc.
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In Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirements in
English 02A
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By
Lawrence L. Parmisana
Kurt Cobain V. Rivera
Raymart C. Tianes
Jean Febry F. Dojino
November 14, 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTTS
I.Introduction
II. What is Optical Media Piracy * Media Piracy * Optical Media
III. Laws Against Optical Media Piracy * Republic Act No. 9239
-Optical Media Act of 2003 * Republic Act No. 8293
-Intellectual Property Code of The Philippines
IV. Sources of Pirated Media Products * Mass Production and How it works
V. Types of Media Piracy * Software Piracy * Operation/Process * Movie Piracy * Operation/Process * Music Piracy * Operation/Process
VI. Distribution/Market Play * Retailers * Locations
VII. Ignorance of Society
VIII. Government Agencies Against Piracy * Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team * FAQ’S
IX. Final Words for the Readers
Introduction
For the past year $69 Million or Php2,967,000,000 are loss on only movie piracy.(http://www.havocscope.com/movie-piracy-losses-by-country/) If we count the other numbers, it would sum up to an enormous amount.
Due to our realization of the problem and also from the help of our professor, we agreed upon using this topic for our research paper.
With the proper information and the right amount of words carefully filtered for the modern scrutinizing society’s hideous ears, we could inform the public about the numbers, the possibilities, and the mass effect upon Filipino citizens.
We hope this could start someone’s sense of care upon the Optical media industry or could even start a
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A Research Paper Submitted to Professor Marie Belmonte
Communication Arts and Languages Department
College of Arts and Sciences
ICCT Colleges Foundation Inc.
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In Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirements in
English 02A
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By
Lawrence L. Parmisana
Kurt Cobain V. Rivera
Raymart C. Tianes
Jean Febry F. Dojino
November 14, 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTTS
I.Introduction
II. What is Optical Media Piracy * Media Piracy * Optical Media
III. Laws Against Optical Media Piracy * Republic Act No. 9239
-Optical Media Act of 2003 * Republic Act No. 8293
-Intellectual Property Code of The Philippines
IV. Sources of Pirated Media Products * Mass Production and How it works
V. Types of Media Piracy * Software Piracy * Operation/Process * Movie Piracy * Operation/Process * Music Piracy * Operation/Process
VI. Distribution/Market Play * Retailers * Locations
VII. Ignorance of Society
VIII. Government Agencies Against Piracy * Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team * FAQ’S
IX. Final Words for the Readers
Introduction
For the past year $69 Million or Php2,967,000,000 are loss on only movie piracy.(http://www.havocscope.com/movie-piracy-losses-by-country/) If we count the other numbers, it would sum up to an enormous amount.
Due to our realization of the problem and also from the help of our professor, we agreed upon using this topic for our research paper.
With the proper information and the right amount of words carefully filtered for the modern scrutinizing society’s hideous ears, we could inform the public about the numbers, the possibilities, and the mass effect upon Filipino citizens.
We hope this could start someone’s sense of care upon the Optical media industry or could even start a