IPR-Photo Philippines is the brainchild of photographer-participants in the ‘Seminar on Collective Administration of Visual Arts in the Philippines’ which was organized by Intellectual Property Office-Philippines (IPO) and International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CSAC) last July 12, 2007.
The group aims to help and promote Intellectual Property Rights for Photographers through discussions/ fora, sponsored talks, establishing networks and linkages with other like-minded organizations, and advocacy programs specifically aimed towards promoting viable photography industry in the Philippines.
Likewise, IPR-Photo Philippines aims to form a Collecting Society for Filipino Photographers to represent and act as a direct right broker on their behalf. The Collecting Society will provide efficient and effective way for photographers and rights owners to administer their copyrights on a national and international capacity. Collecting Society can license specific works, for specific uses and pays the copyright owner a royalty for the reproduction.
The benefit of Visual Arts/ Photography Collecting Society in the rights market is one convenience for the creator, but also provides:
- Collective muscle in the negotiation of licenses and royalties, and their appropriate distribution;
- Infringement services to members when their works are improperly used or attributed; and
- Necessary advocacy for Photographers when Intellectual Property and copyright legislation requires reform.
The group is working hand in hand with IPO Philippines towards the realization of this goal.
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Thanks to Dennis Rito for the invitation.
Hi Fernando,
Thank you for posting. Feel free to share to other interested photographers as well.
Regards,
Dennis R.
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Dennis,
I do have a actual case, my photos, which I submitted just for a proposal was used by a resort owned by a Chinese and published into brochures. I wrote him, but my golly! My blood just boils, he did not replied until now. There was no acknowledgment whatsoever, that Chinese was rich, I wrote him demanding damages. Nakaka high blood. I know his daughter pa naman. G r r r . . . .
Roy