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PD 49 (Decree on Intellectual Property) Section 6

Section 6

SEC. 6. The creator or his heirs or assigns shall own the copyright in any of the works mentioned in Section 2 of this Decree. If the works is produced by two or more persons, the copyright shall belong to them jointly and their respective rights thereto shall be governed by the Rules of the Civil Code on co-ownership. If the work in which copyright subsists was made during and in the course of the employment of the creator, the copyright shall belong to: The employee, if the creation of the object of copyright is not a part of his regular duties even if the employee uses the time, facilities and materials of the employer. The employer, if the work is the result of the performance of his regularly assigned duties, unless there is an agreement, express or implied to the contrary. Where the work is commissioned by a person who is not the employer of the creator and who pays or agrees to pay for it and the work is made in pursuance of the commission, the person who so commissioned the work shall have ownership of it but the copyright thereto shall belong in joint ownership to him and the creator, unless there is a stipulation to the contrary. The creators of a cinematographic or analogous work are the producer, the author of the scenario, the composer of the music, the film director, the photographic director, and the author, of the work adapted. However subject to contrary or other stipulation among the creators, the producer shall exercise the copyright to an extent required for the exhibition of the work in any manner, except for the right to collect performing fees for the musical compositions, with or without words, which may be incorporated into the work. The copyright in letters shall belong to the writer, subject to the provisions of Article 723 of the Civil Code.

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Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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