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The Philippines Government and local Internet service providers have agreed to establish a voluntary mechanism through which pirate sites can be more effectively blocked. After receiving a verified complaint, the plan is for ISPs to block infringing platforms within two hours, although new legislation may be needed to speed up the initial verification process.
Alongside various initiatives to discourage Internet users from visiting pirate sites, including improved legitimate offerings, governments, rights holders and service providers are pressing ahead with their site blocking plans.
Broadly speaking, site blocking takes place under two regimes – court-ordered injunctions and voluntary arrangements between stakeholders. The former can prove effective but there are considerable costs involved and blocking doesn’t always happen as swiftly as rightsholders would like. Voluntary arrangements, on the other hand, are less formal and have the advantage of being less adversarial,
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April 14, 2021 | 8:30 pm
THE intellectual property office will work with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to effect faster blocking of websites carrying pirated material.
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), in a statement Wednesday, said it will partner with NTC to develop streamlined protocols for rapid site blocking.
IPOPHL has been asking Congress for power to issue take-down orders for the NTC to immediately block websites, foregoing a review process. Bills on the proposed amendments to the intellectual property code are being consolidated by the House of Representatives.
For now, IPOPHL can review piracy complaints from intellectual property rights holders and request the NTC to order internet service providers (ISPs) to take down the websites.
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Published April 13, 2021, 9:56 PM
This tax season, PayMaya is giving away more than P1.5 million worth of prizes under its Balik Buwis Raffle Promo to encourage Filipinos to use digital payments when transacting with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and other government agencies. This is on top of the cashback rewards and convenience offered by PayMaya as it promotes digital payments as the safer way to pay especially during this pandemic.
Customers who pay for their individual BIR taxes through the Bills Payment feature of the PayMaya app until May 31, 2021 can get a chance to be one of the 15 Balik Buwis Raffle Promo winners of P100,000 each. Each tax payment worth P1,000 is equivalent to one raffle entry.