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MMDA Chair Danilo Lim leads the filing of criminal charges against those involved in digiral piracy of film festival movies. (PIA NCR file photo)
PASIG CITY, Jan. 6 (PIA) -- Criminal charges were filed on Monday against 54 individuals caught by the Optical Media Board (OMB) in coordination with the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF)’s Anti-Piracy Task Force for illegally streaming, downloading and distributing film entries of the on-going film festival.
Violations of Republic Act 8293, otherwise known as Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines, and RA 9239 or Optical Media Act of 2003 were filed against four persons who were taken into custody by agents of OMB in separate operations in Manila City and Quezon City.
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Optical Media Board’s (OMB) enforcement and investigation chief Manuel Mangubat filed on Tuesday, Jan. 5, the complaint against the respondent identified as Jawen Heart Escala Domingo, a resident of Meycauayan, Bulacan.
In the complaint, Domingo is accused of violating Republic Act 9239 or the Optical Media Act of 2003 in relation to RA 8293, in particular, for engaging in sale and distribution under Sec. 19 and for copyright infringement under Sections 177.1 and 177.2 in relation to RA 8293 or the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines.
The complainant explained that “due to the ongoing pandemic, the Metro Manila Film Festival 2020, is offering MMFF film entries on an online platform” and has been running from Dec. 25, 2020 to Jan. 8, 2021.
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