Filipino
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Inc., the country’s biggest organization
that enforces the rights of music creators, in partnership with SM Cinema,
recently released an infomercial on music copyright. The 45-second video that
will run for one year (2013-2014) is a FILSCAP initiated effort in increasing
public awareness on the value of music and garnering more recognition and
support for the rights of music creators.
The release of the infomercial in
cinemas is a big win for music creators worldwide as far as providing the
general public with information on the indispensable and ever-present role of
music in our everyday lives. It is also a call to individuals and business
practitioners to comply with the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines
which states the need to secure proper permission from music creators for the
use of music in any personal and/or business transactions—a right that is
diligently enforced by FILSCAP.
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FILSCAP
is a non-stock, non-profit association of composers, lyricists and music
publishers established in 1965 to
primarily administer and enforce the “authorization rights” of music creators /
copyright owners with respect to the public performance and communication to
the public of their musical works. It is a regular member of the
Paris-based International Confederation
of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) which is the international confederation for copyright societies
around the world.
At present, FILSCAP has 900+ members and 40+ affiliate foreign societies, and
holds the right to license the public playing or transmission of at least 90%
of the popular copyrighted local and foreign musical works in the Philippines.
FILSCAP’s licensees include, among others, TV stations, radio stations,
concert/event producers, malls, retail stores, restaurants, bars, music
lounges, cinemas, salons, spas, airlines, hotels, casinos, amusement parks and
website owners/operators.
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