Copyright issues in the first-ever Philippine International Copyright Summit (PICS)
During its five days run in the first Philippine International Copyright Summit (PICS), hosted by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), PICS has recorded an astonishing number of 2.5 million visitors, spreading the importance of copyright as a tool to aid the economy’s recover from the Covid-19 pandemic all over the world.
Emerson G. Cuyo, director of IPOPHL’s Bureau of Copyright and Related Rights (BCRR) has stated about the first-ever Philippine International Copyright Summit (PICS) and its necessity in society: “The PICS was a definite success in raising awareness, educating the public, and generating respect for copyright and related rights, drawing massive interest and engagement from various creators, developers, and art enthusiasts.”
He further added about the role of PICS in building a strong foundation for IP: “With this, we aim to develop an enabling climate for creativity to thrive via intellectual property, particularly copyright, in the years ahead, to maintain the achievements we’ve earned from this event.”
The first Philippine International Copyright Summit (PICS)
The PICS was a significant and ground-breaking week-long virtual event with the subject “United in Copyright”. The Summit has brought together powerful actors, experts, policymakers, and other stakeholders in the local and worldwide creative economy together to discuss and address copyright concerns and possibilities in numerous disciplines.
PICS stressed the current state of the local and global publishing, visual arts, performing arts, photography, game development, app development, architecture, fashion, music, film, and animation industries in the United States and throughout the world.
At the Summit, many speakers also came to the stage and discussed in heat the important but little-understood features of the legal copyright system, including resale rights, reprographic rights, distribution rights, and freedom of panorama. PICS also helped clear out misconceptions between actual copyright infringement and sub-conscious copying.
As one of the guest speakers at the PICS, National Artist for Literature Nominee Jose “Butch” Dalisay, Jr., expressed his gratitude towards IPOPHL’s efforts to establish copyright awareness among creators. He said that this achievement is something he had wished for when he was starting his career as a writer when his creative labor had been exploited many times.
“I have yet to meet a writer, an artist, or a musician my age who does not recall some instance of being taken advantage of when they were starting off in their careers,” Dalisay said.
Extending IP influence from the Philippines to the world
The Philippines has long been one of the most well-known countries regarding Intellectual Property protection and enforcement.
In 2018, the Philippines was ranked 1st in ASEAN for creative services exports and 5th in total creative exports.
Not satisfied with its achievement, the Philippines continues to push, develop rapidly in the IP world, creating a strong reputation on IP matters.
During the PICS, there is also a growing interest and concerns with digital music rights, non-fungible tokens, artificial intelligence, and other technologies that are compelling a rethink of copyright laws today, building the basis for a reconsideration of copyright rules.
Philippine innovators also learned best practices, including solid copyright tactics, during the Philippines-Korea Copyright Commission Forum, which was hosted during the PICS and aided the Republic of Korea’s film, music, and other copyright-based sectors global progress.
Stating about the PICS and the overall progress of IP in the Philippines, IPOPHL Director General Rowel S. Barba believes that the Philippines, like South Korea, can achieve worldwide success in the creative economy.
Barba said that the Philippine creative industry is presently undergoing “a huge global expansion,” citing among others the topping of Philippine comic book-based animated series “Trese” in many Netflix territories and HBO Asia’s adoption of the award-winning Erik Mati film “On the Job” into a mini-series.
“These recent global successes showcase the strength of our country’s creative industries, and explain why we are confident in our aim towards making the Philippines the number one creative economy in Southeast Asia,” Barba added.
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