You're nothing but a second rate, trying-hard copyright: A legal study on the copyrightability of movie lines in the Philippines

Date of Publication

2016

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Legal Management

Subject Categories

Intellectual Property Law

College

Ramon V. Del Rosario College of Business

Department/Unit

Commercial Law

Thesis Adviser

Augusto R. Bundang

Defense Panel Chair

Antonio A. Ligon

Defense Panel Member

James Keith C. Heffron
Ma. Cecilia B. Jimenez

Abstract/Summary

When was the last time you watched a film? What is the last movie line you remember? Do you recall when Cherie Gil asked a musical production to stop the use of a movie line that she allegedly made? Let's say that she did make it, may she protect her infamous copycat line? Before that, are movie lines protected by copyright in the first place? This thesis wants to find out just that. As of now, there is no law, case, or jurisprudence ruling that movie lines are subject to copyright protection. This leaves room for doubt, mistake, and confusion in the interpretation of the law. Being a notable instrument of social, financial, and cultural development, it is necessary to resolve this legal issue. By the review of the constitutional, international, and intellectual property law, as well as the various legal principles, concept, and theories pertaining to IP or copyright, this thesis intends to determine whether or not movie lines, dialogues or quotes are copyrightable.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU19413

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

189 leaves, 28 cm.

Keywords

Copyright--Artistic performance--Philippines

Embargo Period

5-6-2021

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