Good evening, I am wondering if there is any easy way to verify if the photocopied

books (used as text/workbooks) our school are using are actually legal? In what
instance can photocopying books be legitimate? It is my first year in this school and
it actually bothers me a lot why all books are photocopied with no information about
the publishing company, author, etc. as well as, of course, a lot of other issues
concerning irregularities in school. From my probing, the school has been using
photocopied books (some local, others are from US and Singapore). This school has
a lot of irregularities and non conformance to the basic requirements of DepEd. It is
obviously a money generating school,very much contradicting to their claims of
being a good christian school. It concerns me a lot since my kids are enrolled here
as well. I went to DepEd this morning and advised me to get in touch with the
publisher but I am afraid it might take long. I need to make a decision now as I
chose to absent myself from teaching for the past 2 days to attend to this matter. I
was advised by DepEd to put into writing my complaints but I want to verify first if
this one is founded. I just can't have peace of mind. I am fervently hoping for your
immediate response to this. Please help.

Good evening, I am wondering if there is any easy way to verify if the photocopied
books (used as text/workbooks) our school are using are actually legal? In what
instance can photocopying books be legitimate? It is my first year in this school and
it actually bothers me a lot why all books are photocopied with no information about
the publishing company, author, etc. as well as, of course, a lot of other issues
concerning irregularities in school. From my probing, the school has been using
photocopied books (some local, others are from US and Singapore). This school has
a lot of irregularities and non conformance to the basic requirements of DepEd. It is
obviously a money generating school unconcerned about our students' welfare,very
much contradicting to their claims of being a good christian school. It concerns me a
lot since my kids are enrolled here as well. I went to DepEd this morning and
advised me to get in touch with the publisher but I am afraid it might take long. I
need to make a decision now as I chose to absent myself from teaching for the past
2 days to attend to this matter. I was advised by DepEd to put into writing my
complaints but I want to verify first if this can be one of the strong evidences
against them. I just can't have peace of mind. I am fervently hoping for your
immediate response to this. Please help.

Extinguisher
maam eto po...given po is ung interest na 150,then rate na .075 then time po na 6 months..so ung missing is principal
and its amount..

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I=Prt
I/rt=P
150/.075x.5
150/.0375
P=4000

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Is plagiarism a crime?
MINI CRITIQUE By Isagani Cruz (The Philippine Star) | Updated September 13, 2012 - 12:00am
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Much has been said recently about plagiarism. Everyone (even serial plagiarists) knows what it is. It is, simply put, stealing somebodys idea and pretending that it is your own. It
is intellectual theft. It breaks the commandment Thou shalt not steal.

It is definitely a sin, but is it a crime?

Let me refer to the law that governs intellectual property, namely, Republic Act No. 8293, known as the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. It was passed by the Tenth
Congress, one of whose members was a certain Vicente Castelo Sotto III.

Chapter 10 of the law talks about the Moral Rights of an author. Section 193 talks of the Scope of Moral Rights, which includes the right to require that the authorship of the
works be attributed to him, in particular, the right that his name, as far as practicable, be indicated in a prominent way on the copies, and in connection with the public use of his
work.

The law clearly provides that the name of the author should be prominently mentioned when his or her work is used publicly. In other words, even if I made a blanket statement
that everything I said in a particular work was taken from the work of others, that does not satisfy the requirement of the law. I have to mention the name of the author from
which I took my words or ideas.

Section 198 further provides that the rights of an author under this chapter (Chapter 10) shall last during the lifetime of the author and for fifty (50) years after his death and
shall not be assignable or subject to license. If the author is still alive, I have no choice but to mention his or her name when I take words or ideas from him.

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Why ideas? Because plagiarism does not involve only words. It also involves ideas. If I added or altered a word here or there, or even if all my words were different from those of
the original author, I would still be committing plagiarism if the idea is the same. This is the main difference between copyright and plagiarism. Copyright protects the expression
of an idea or the exact words of the original author. The prohibition against plagiarism protects the idea itself, no matter how it is expressed.

Therefore, using different words or even a different language but expressing the same ideas is plagiarism.

Does plagiarism violate the moral rights of an author under the Intellectual Property Code?

What about international law? Look up Understanding Copyright and Related Rights on the website of the World Intellectual Property Association. The Berne Convention
includes the right to claim authorship of the work, which is independent of the authors economic rights. Foreign authors, like local authors, are entitled to protection under our
law.

If it is a crime, is there a punishment? According to Section 217 of RA 8293, Any person infringing any right secured by provisions of Part IV (The Law on Copyright) of this Act
or aiding or abetting such infringement shall be guilty of a crime punishable by:

(a) Imprisonment of one (1) year to three (3) years plus a fine ranging from Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) to One hundred fifty thousand pesos (P150,000) for the first offense;

(b) Imprisonment of three (3) years and one (1) day to six (6) years plus a fine ranging from One hundred fifty thousand pesos (P150,000) to Five hundred thousand pesos
(P500,000) for the second offense;

(c) Imprisonment of six (6) years and one (1) day to nine (9) years plus a fine ranging from five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000) to one million five hundred thousand pesos
(P1,500,000) for the third and subsequent offenses.

A secondary issue has been raised about copyright. Are blogs and writings on the Web copyrighted? Chapter 2, Section 172.1, of the law puts it as clearly: Literary and artistic
works, hereinafter referred to as works, are original intellectual creations in the literary and artistic domain protected from the moment of their creation and shall include in
particular: (a) Books, pamphlets, articles and other writings. The word writings is not limited to printed material. Writings on the Web are writings.

In fact, Section 172.2 says that 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. The mode or form of expression is immaterial. Whether on the Web, in oral speech, or in a printed publication, a literary work (meaning, a work that uses words,
hence, literary) is protected at the moment of creation and because it was created. There is no need for any copyright registration nor even a copyright notice on a webpage.

Is plagiarism a crime? Are authors such as Janice Formichella and Sarah Pope, as well as the literary executors of Robert Kennedy, entitled to press criminal charges because
their moral rights have been violated under Philippine and international law?

I am not a lawyer, but as an author, I say that serial plagiarists not only deserve to burn in the fires of hell in the next life for having broken the Seventh Commandment, but to
suffer in jail in this life for six to nine years.