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PD 49 (Decree on Intellectual Property) Section 38

Section 38

SEC. 38. In the absence of a special contract at the time a creator licenses or permits another to use his work, the necessary editing, arranging or adaptation of such work, for publication, broadcast, use in a motion picture, dramatization, or mechanical or electrical reproduction in accordance with the reasonable and customary standards or requirements of the medium in which the work is to be used, shall not be deemed to contravene the creator's rights secured by this chapter. Nor shall complete destruction of a work unconditionally transferred by the creator be deemed to violate such rights.

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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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