The Philippines’26 year-old Intellectual Property Code needs to be amended to protect about 6.89 million Filipinos in the P1.6-trillion creative industry, Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda said.
The symposium on “Disrupting the Piracy Ecosystem and Protecting Legal Services” was co-hosted by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment , GMA Network Inc. and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines .
Salceda’s House Bill 7600 seeks to introduce stronger provisions in the Intellectual Property Code as an antidote to the viral nature of content piracy, enabled by the Internet. Proposed amendments aim to make intellectual property protection in the country more proactive through introducing powerful mechanisms such as site-blocking, which he said is critical to intellectual property protection because “the internet has accelerated the transmission of pirated content.
This is where the power of site blocking comes in, as it “directly curtails the mass impact of piracy by shutting down the venue for sharing,” Salceda said.Salceda’s bill with the proposed amendments has moved to the House plenary after the approval of the House committee on trade and industry. Salceda expressed confidence that the bill will be passed on third reading “within the next two to three months,” citing how several lawmakers come from the sector itself.
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