What are the core economic rights of a copyright owner?
Copyright or economic rights consist of the exclusive right to carry out or authorize the reproduction of the work. Section 177 Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines lists several other rights, including transformation and first public distribution. It also covers the rental, public display, performance, and communication of the work to the public. These rights allow the author to benefit financially from their intellectual creation. “SEC. 177. Copyright or Economic Rights. – Subject to the provisions of Chapter VIII, copyright or economic rights shall consist of the exclusive right to carry out, authorize or prevent the following acts: 177.1. Reproduction of the work or substantial portion of the work; 177.2. Dramatization, translation, adaptation, abridgment, arrangement or other transformation of the work; 177.3. The first public distribution of the original and each copy of the work by sale or other forms of transfer of ownership; 177.4. Rental of the original or a copy of an audiovisual or cinematographic work, a work embodied in a sound recording, a computer program, a compilation of data and other materials or a musical work in graphic form, irrespective of the ownership of the original or the copy which is the subject of the rental; (n) 177.5. Public display of the original or a copy of the work; 177.6. Public performance of the work; and 177.7. Other communication to the public of the work (Sec. 5, P.D. No. 49a)” January 7, 2026About Nicolas and De Vega Law Offices
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