Barely Legal: Villacorta makes a joke of of himself and Sotto
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It is funny how Atty Villacorta digs the hole deeper by simply opening his mouth. First and foremost, I am appalled by the fact that Villacorta says that since men were made as copies of the image of God, men are all plagiarist by the strictest sense of the word. Apparently, Villacorta failed to refresh himself with his Creation because Genesis 1:26 says that God himself created men in his own image. Therefore, God has the copyright and further, he has the right to reproduce his copyright.
Basic isn’t it? So we can safely assume that the mere fact Villacorta fails at his IPC basics, he will fail on a rather complicated subject: Government and Copyright.
The Intellectual Property Code only exempt works of Government from Copyright and not government itself (Sec 176). Sec 171.11 defines what qualifies as a work of the Government of the Philippines:
171.11. A “work of the Government of the Philippines” is a work created by an officer or employee of the Philippine Government or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned or controlled corporations as part of his regularly prescribed official duties.
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