Jose Mari Chan wins court cases on 2 hits
WORKS are protected by the sole fact of their creation, irrespective of their mode or form of expression, as well as of their content, quality and purpose.”
Thus, the Supreme Court cited the Intellectual Property Code as it upheld Jose Mari Chan’s rightful ownership to two songs-both more than two decades old and both of which became hits-which an advertising firm earlier claimed the singer, who is also the composer, “unlawfully” recorded and distributed.
In a resolution signed by Clerk of Court Lucita Abjelina …

Congress to dispense with VoIP measure, says lawmaker
THE House of Representatives’ committee on information and communications technology (ICT) is likely to dispense with a measure pushing for the deregulation of voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) in the country.
Early this year, the House ICT committee revived public discussions on the controversial regulation of VoIP services in the Philippines as the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) drafted new rules for this technological innovation.
“We might dispense with the pushing of the [VoIP] bill if we see that the NTC rules would eventually fly,” Representative …

As MTV launches its internet channel on the 25th, something that Disney and Microsoft already do, AFP is seeing the trend that TV content is becoming device independent as previously exclusive TV content is now available via mobile devices (phones or game consoles).
MTV is launching a free “channel” on the internet that will show some of the station’s TV programmes, including reality hit The Osbournes.
The MTV Overdrive website will let users with high-speed computer connections watch music videos and extended programmes on demand. [source]
Whether by way of computer screens, home …

IN A JUDICIAL first for the Philippines, an appelate court clerk has been fired by the Supreme Court for sending an extortion note by mobile phone, court officials said Friday.
Court of appeals clerk Elvira Apao was convicted on charges of grave misconduct for extorting a million pesos (18,315 dollars) from a litigant in a case being heard by the appelate court, Supreme Court officials said.
Apao will not serve jail time, but the highest court of the land forfeited her pension and she was barred for life from the civil service.
The …

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Jericho Rosales leads cast of ‘Panday’
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‘Ang Panday’ lives on
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Anne Curtis stars in ‘Kampanerang Kuba’
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John Lloyd and Bea in ‘Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin’

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