COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Section 176 of Republic Act 8293, no copyright shall be applied in any work of the Government of the Philippines. To exploit such works for profit, prior approval from the government agency or office should be made. Such agency or office may impose payment of royalties.

Detailed explanation-2: -Protection against unauthorized use in a particular country depends on the national laws of that country. The Philippines is a member of several international copyright treaties and conventions and offers copyright protection to foreign works in accordance with these treaties.

Detailed explanation-3: -Term of copyright in Government works.-In the case of Government work, where Government is the first owner of the copyright therein, copyright shall subsist until 1[sixty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the record is first published.

Detailed explanation-4: -Works covered by copyright that can be deposited with IPOPHL are, but are not limited to: novels, poems, plays, reference works, newspapers, advertisements, computer programs, databases, films, musical compositions, choreography, paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture, architecture, maps and technical drawings.