TechLocal.com reports that there is a brewing plan for a bill to combat online piracy in the Philippines. A group is said to be lobbying in congress and the senate to pass a bill similar to SOPA or PIPA.
This move aims to help protect copyright owners from having their content being pirated by others, either as a hobby or for profit.
The most likely materials are movies, music, software, photos and other IP-protected content. Of course, since the record labels and the movie producers are the ones heavily affected by online piracy, they’re the ones who are doing much of the lobbying.
We already have the Business Software Alliance that’s doing the rounds in helping curb software piracy and the OMB (Optical Media Board) raiding shops and stalls selling fake CDs.
This Anti-Online Piracy proposal will bring the fight to the internet along with the coordination of concerned sites and internet service providers. The proposal is just that — still a proposal and could be patterned with the SOPA and PIPA in the US Congress but with some finer adjustments to adapt to local settings.
This might include any or all of the following provisions and penalties:
- Shutting down of local websites illegally distributing pirated software and apps.
- Closing down of local sites that provide downloads of unlicensed songs or movies.
- Blocking off international sites that are known to openly assist in illegally distributing copyrighted materials.
- Imposing penalties on local websites that uses copyrighted materials without proper consent or attribution.
- Imposing penalties on individuals or groups that openly share or distribute copyrighted content.
This could mean the end to a lot of local sites — sites that offer streaming TV shows (telenovelas, news, etc), blogs that offer downloads to cracks and hacks to software, forums that provide avenues for users to share copyrighted content like songs or mobile apps, and many more.
In hindsight, this proposal could also help online publishers and bloggers as well:
- A blogger can now easily have another website or blog shut down for illegally copying articles, photos and videos.
- A blogger can now claim damages against news portals illegally lifting their copyrighted videos and photos. We’ve reported on a number of similar cases where TV networks and online news sites taking content and photos from bloggers without prior consent or compensation.
- Bloggers can report sites that scrape their RSS feeds and have local ISPs block these sites.
- Web designers can run after 3rd parties that copy their designs, logos and artworks and implements it on their own website or sell them to others.
A lot of bloggers have asked me how they can protect their content from being used by others without their consent and my usual advice is for them to enable a number of technical safeguards (prevent hotlinking, watermarking, reporting to Google AdSense, filing DMCA complaints).
Having this proposal enacted into a bill will provide a lot of benefits to bloggers, website owners, independent artists and web designers.
However, and depending on how this proposal is worded, it could also have far-reaching effects on how we use and enjoy the internet. We’ve already seen how MegaUpload was recently shut down by the FBI (and according to news reports, the Philippines helped the FBI in their investigation).
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” -Thomas Jeffreson
If this passes, post Pirated Content to RPN, SOLAR (the lawmaker’s uncle’s company), GMA, ABS-CBN, DTI, MTRCB, MPAA, RIAA, and the Philippine House of Representatives.
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Kung ganyan rin lang. i wont enjoy my surfing. Internet is the only Freedom i have… i can do everything i want. i will quit Smart and Globe.
we have lobbyists now? what did that happen. last time i checked, lobbying is illegal in out country
another stupid waste of time.. like the anti planking law.
Invasion of privacy ito. Ipopolice daw tayo ng mismong mga ISP bawat ginagawa natin.
Tapos kahit maglink lang magiging krimen? Parehas talo ang maliliit pati mga musikero at artista dito, bakit? Kasi maiimpose din sakanila ang same rules na ito at malilimit ang visibility nila online.
this is BS. I usually download free stuff on the internet, if it’s great then I buy the original to help the artist. ganun lang kasimple. If it’s crap I don’t finish reading the first chapter. same with movies.
Bakit walang nagoopose sa atin nga mga batas na ganito. Unlike sa US buhay na buhay ang mga mamayan nila. Talo nanaman dito ang mga maliliit.
A law like this will only benefit a few ones particularly the already rich people in the country. Not the ones in the streets.
Good for those whose have original, and bad for those who duplicate..
,eto na naman tayo… paunlarin muna ang Pilipinas ndi ung inaaksaya dito sa SOPA/PIPA.. kalokohan! Ibasura dapat ang mga yan! Mga SALOT sa lipunan!
May mangyari kaya dito?
Paano yung mga government sector na sila mismo di aware na copyright violator sila? Like for example: DOT na gumamit ng mga photo materials na walang permiso ng photographer na may-ari ng photos; government websites na downloaded sa internet yung stock photos; government websites na yung text ay copy-and-pasted from some other foreign website (hehe, meron nito, sobrang bobo, pati pangalan ng website na kipopyahan hindi na-edit)?
I mean, hindi impossible na government mismo natin ay walang kaalam alam sa mga ginagawa nila.
Isama mo pa yung taxation sa mga online stores/selling, paano kung yung server where the site is hosted ay nasa labas ng Pilipinas; paano kung yung payment gateway and/or card processor ay wala rin sa Pilipinas; paano kung yung online transaction ay hindi rin sa Pilipinas?
IMO, walang kwenta ‘to e. Wala tayo sa tamang lugar at wala tayong kapangyarihan dito. Tulungan muna nila tayo na magkaroon ng tamang infrastructure: run and host our own servers; empower our trade and banks; etc. Hindi yung puro daldal at puro papel o pagpapel lang ang inuuna.
sana matuloy na!! goodbye internet lulz!! pack dis shet
sana magunaw na din ang mundo sa 21 dec 2012
masyado namang gaya-gaya ang mga authorities natin, di na nga pumatok sa US, dito naman itutulak pa! ang tatanga na natin kung ito makaka-arangkada pa! please see bitsinbits.wordpress.com on this – What’s SOBRA about SOPA
If they are talking about protection for copyrighted material. Big TV networks in the Philippines have similar programming concepts captured from the US and other countries which can be sued for. So much for SOPA/IP protection.
In reference look what happened to Globe Tonino Lamborghini ad – it went nowhere due to violations.
baka unang ma block na website ay yung government for using pirated software, kakahiya naman
tama, at burahin na rin nila mga copied mp3 files nila sa phone, hehe
Hindi naman puro negative ang epekto ng piracy sa industriya ng musika at movies, kung tutuusin nakakatulong pa nga ito dahil ito ay nagiging isang venue para mas lalong sumikat ang isang artista. Dahil sa pagkakaroon na availability ng mga materials ng libre nagkakaroon ng access ang mga walang kakayahang bumili ng mga orig na materials.
Example nito ay ang China talamak ang piracy rito pero hindi naman naghihirap ang mga artista dahil nga mas nagiging kilala ang artista dahil sa pagkakaroon ng availability online. Nagkakaroon naman ng maraming gigs at mas nagiging kilala ang artista.
Dahil nga sa internet maraming sumikat hindi naman ito talangang nakakasira sa industrya bagkos mayroon panga itong naitutulong. Nasasa artista nalang kung papano nya gagamitin ang kasikatan nya online para gawing pera.
Milyon milyon ang kita ng movie producers bakit natin sasabihing lugi sila?
yet another copycat from philippines…
Many of the people who download content will most likely buy that content if they really like it, parang window shoping siya.
gawa ng gawa sila ng law di naman natutupad, katulad ng cyber crimes , prostitutes, online bullying. Until now walang nahuhuli, pano pa ang piracy puro nalang sila gaya gaya puto maya parang mga bata. Yun Piracy law nga naten sa quiapo di parin naaalis until now ang dami ko parin nakikita nagbebenta dahil binabayaran sila ng mga tao dun (under the table). kung tutuparin nila yan walang mangyayari sa ginagawa nila dahil pag natupad ang batas nito ganun parin ang pilipinas walang magbabago parin. Ang kaylangan gawin ng mga movie/ music industry is to make not just good movies, but great movies example palang un PANDAY 2 intro palang alam mo na kinuha nila un itsura sa RISE OF THE TITANS. Ano kinalabasan dun diba PLAGIARISM na yan? nakakahiya industry naten puro gayagaya nalang kaya kung ako un movie makers ng film madedemanda ko un gumawa ng PANDAY. kaya magisip isip muna sila bago sila gumawa ng batas!
we dont need another bill or law for copyright, meron na tayong IPR Code. waste of time lang yan.
Hay naku, even without SOPA/PIPA laki parin kita ng mga international movie and local producers/artists. di pa rin sila maghihirap. at sa local industry naman, asa pa silang mabubuhay uli ang local movie (in fairness naman sa local movie, kumikita naman ang movies ng viva at star cinema kahit papano) at local music kung makikisabay sila sa SOPA na yan. Kahit may mga illegal downloading sites, as if namang bibili ang tao ng legal. kahit illegal nga eh, kulelat ang stats ng mga OPM songs sa mga sharing/illegal downloading sites. look at opm files sa 4shared, ambaba.. libre pa yan ha, ano pa kaya kung may bayad???
ahhh I might kindly suggest that you look further than your own misguided logic in this matter…
If bills like this pass into law, just wait until your website (and hence your income) is taken down on a pernicious lie by someone who is a competitor or who simply has a grudge against you.
These laws are all based on shoot first then ask questions later (if at all!)
Obviously these bills will all be in favour of the big media companies (who have the $$$ to influence lawmakers), not small fry bloggers seeking to eke out a living from their endeavours…
Indeed your self interest as a blogger should be to fully support internet freedoms whilst pursuing your full and given rights under existing copyright laws where appropriate!
pag di na ako makadownload dahil sa sopa na yan. sa mga pirata quiapo na ko tatakbo. win-win situation para sa kanila to…walang kwenta tong sopa/pipa.
When I search Nike in Google, Yahoo, Bing, Wikipedia, I see Nike logos inside their site, those logos are copyrighted. In the US SOPA and PIPA version they’re going to block them via domain name / DNS. Which means they are going to impose US laws on non-US countries. The internet should be neutral and global, no country owns the internet. The Philippine existing laws are powerful enough to warn, educate, get rid and punish the pirates. Lots of businesses in the Philippines used pirated software were already warn and those who didn’t convert to original software within 11 days were punished (http://www.papt.org.ph/). If our version of the law is similar to the US, like manipulating the DNS then in principle we can impose Philippine laws in non-Philippine countries. Blocking Yahoo, Google and others worldwide LOL. According to the article, this law applies locally, this means we can’t see Yahoo, Google and others anymore locally if they strictly impose it.
hey phil. government how about fixing our salaries/wages so we can afford to pay for cds, movie tickets, etc. etc.
ang dami pang problema ng bansa, gusto pa nila pumasok agad dito? di ba nila nakikita ang nagigign reaction ng mga nasa US?
sorry, pero unting utak naman
Yet another epic fail.
“How do you kill the movie and TV industries? Or more precisely (since at this level, technological progress is probably predetermined) what is going to kill them? Mostly not what they like to believe is killing them, filesharing. What’s going to kill movies and TV is what’s already killing them: better ways to entertain people. So the best way to approach this problem is to ask yourself: what are people going to do for fun in 20 years instead of what they do now?” — Paul Graham of Y Combinator, “RFS 9: Kill Hollywood” http://ycombinator.com/rfs9.html
Compiling all relevant links to SOPA and PIPA and I came across this on Twitter.
I believe that content creators and owners should have protection from copying of their content, but all supposed violations should be examined first for fair use. Otherwise this would destroy the context of the social web as we know it, which is the sharing of content.
Besides, knowing who the backers of this bill are, it will most likely be used to suppress distribution of big media content. Bloggers’ rights will just be an afterthought.
IMHO, nobody even needs to copy content anymore. The web is full of bandwagon-jumping bloggers all spouting the same views on things, they unconsciously copy each other.
I think it would be of more benefit for the citizens of this country if this people would concentrate their energies in trying to lobby for a law that would stop or at least minimize network fraudulent promos being committed by Telecommunications Networks here in the Philippines and stealing load points from the least of the citizenry.
Fix the country before trying to mess with the internet newfags
why make a law that doesnt concern about the welfare of the nation
instead mess with the only time where people can really relax?
Sopla ang SOPA…
i don’t think may manpower ang Pilipinas to maintain and implement this. marami pang mas importanteng bagay ang dapat natin pansinin.
the internet should remain free! this is mankinds last stand. SKYNET is in the horizon. its the end of the world! waaaaaaaaaaaaa
While I am in favor of copyright protection laws (that we already HAVE), we need to read the specifics of this bill in any case it will become into one. The reaction against SOPA/PIPA is because of 1) specific clauses in that bill that basically violates constitutional provisions, and 2) the text of which was written by the music/video industry and handed with millions of dollars to the senators/congressmen who are supposed to have “authored” these bills.
nakikigaya nanaman ang mga gumagagawa ng bill yan. sawsaw amp…
IMO, the creator of SOPA/PIPA bill either look for their counterpart here in the country just gain more coverage and support among other countries. In this way, they can show the world that their supposed law is being supported from other countries.
We can’t deny the fact that Philippines’ online presence is widely known even in Internet activities.
They’re just wasting money on passing a bill that would only benefit foreign companies. STUPIDITY. COPYCATS. WRONG PRIORITIES.
BLAME it to the epal administration. sobrang epal talaga yang si noynoy. trying hard, wala namang maachieve na original sa kanya, since naupo sa pwesto. pwe.
I agree with Benj Arriola, depende rin sa rules; may mga scrapers ng content na mas kumikita pa sayo minsan e; especially when the content came originally from you. But if the guidelines is too strict as to prevent any legal internet freedom, then I’m against this SOPA/PIPA-like proposed bill. I think instead of downright shutting down the violators, TAX THEM instead. Have a site that used your content? Tax them for royalties. I think na kahit mashutdown nila lahat ng sites na may alleged violation of the SOPA/PIPA law, may mga susulpot pading mga similar sites jan “underground”. Pirated CDs sa QUiapo nga di nila matanggal e, online websites pa. E yung pirata sa bangketa “solid proof of violation” na yun ah.
Hay pinoy nga naman.. Napakagaling sumawsaw..
@anon
+1M for you. SOPA/PIPA-like bills will not stop piracy and we must not allow it here in the phils.
Sir Yuga, esep-esep po..
Y r u rubbing Yuga’s name? It’s not his idea, he’s just sharing the story. HAHA.
Piracy mades the business grow example.
– DVD Players will not sell well without pirated dvd
– MP3 Players will not sell well without free downloaded music
– Media Adapters particularly from Buffalo, Netgear, and other china brands will not sell well without Bit-torrent that part of its packaged!
Not to mention Playstations, Xboxes and other gaming consoles. I bet most of the console owners in the country only have one or two original games (usually the ones that come bundled in with the console) at most. Even PS3s, to a lesser extent.
@Iyan,
I don’t know with you but those people I know (including myself) who bought PS3’s earlier (that means no cracked versions) only bought original games. Around 20 games > 2 games.
Also, if you really can’t afford it, don’t buy, really. Nobody buying is much more effective protest than people pirating. Why? Because it gives lobbyist teeth to push for harsher laws. It does not make things better.
Exactly why I said “PS3s to a lesser extent”. You guys got your pirated games much later than Wii and X360 owners, hence you had no choice but to buy original games.
And who said anything about protesting? People just wanna play. Pirates need people like you so the game companies still get some profit and don’t go under.
:)
Depende pa din sa proposal in my opinion. If you make money from you own software, your own content, your own music, nakakainis pag may nagshashare lang ng libre sa iba. Kainis pagmassikat pa yung nanggaya kesa sa orig. nakakainis pag tinatalo ka pa sa ranking sa Google kahit scrape lang ng content mo. Pero kung over ang rules na parang konting utot, isasara na site mo, eh mag antiSOPA PIPA blackout na din tayo.
Philippines doesn’t even have a SOLID LAW for cyber piracy, what more of this?
This will eventually lead up to…..FAILURE
Such an irony… If there will be a bill like this. it will be a PIRACY of what SOPA and PIPA is… Pag nagkataon, pati mga mambabatas pirates na rin. Pirata ng batas ng iba… Hehehe…
not totally agreed about this brewing plan. there are more important things than this to settle.
heller!!! yung mga pirata nga sa Manila di maubos bawat sulok meron yan pa kayang naghohost ng pirated things sa internet.. unahin nyo muna kung anung nakikita at nahahawakan nyo hindi yung pasa kayo ng pasa ng bills eh ung mga bagay na kita na ng mata nyo hindi nyo pa din maubos e.. FYI. grade 6 pa lang ako nandyan na yang mga pirata na yan..thats year 2000 ngayon 2012 na.. its been 12 years and it looks like the numbers doubled! unlike nun sa ghills ko lang nakikita.
Gotesco Grand Central tsaka yung katabi nyang mall na medyo maliit. Dagdag nyo pa yung mga stall sa Robinsons… 12 years ko nang alam yan. Huwag nyo sabihin sa akin na di yan alam ng mga autoridad sa Caloocan! Pinagloloko lang natin mga sarili natin… Hays, kawawang pinoy…
Kung talagang nalulugi ang mga pelikula at music industry sa Pinas, eh bakit hanggang ngayon eh parami at parami pa in ang mga artista at singer dito sa atin? Tapos, pataas pa ng pataas ang mga kinikita nila!
Goodluck with this. The SOPA/PIPA bill will kill the Internet as we know it. How much more here in the Philippines? Are our congressmen and senators much more knowledgeable than their US counterparts? Come to think of it, why would Google and other big tech companies against it if it’s good for the Internet?
I admire European Politicians for being against SOPA.
According to their letter sent to US Congress:
“We are concerned that SOPA and PROTECT IP will be detrimental to Internet freedom, Internet as a driver for economic growth and for fundamental rights, not only in the EU, but globally,†the letter said.
“Companies should not be held liable for what consumers use a service or product for,†it goes on to say. “Is the owner of a street responsible for an accident on its pavement, or should [it] hold the individual responsible for speeding accountable?â€
But then, as far as I know the European Union supports ACTA, which is something similar to SOPA/PIPA.
Well, one good thing is SOPA is dead. Not so good idea. lol
Yuga, please don’t be a coward and stop pretending you’re just being neutral to this proposed bill. You and I know that this bill won’t do any good to our country. Why do we always have to copy everything that the US does?
Also, some people may be profiting from pirated content but what they are earning is “barya lang” compared to big media companies like abscbn. The poor will never buy cinema tickets or original DVDs and the internet is their only chance to enjoy music and videos. If this bill is passed, people will still find ways to illegally distribute copyrighted materials.
You, being the number one blogger in the country should make a stand. Enough of your im-being-boring-neutral crap
I agree with Anon..masyado naman pa-play safe si Sir Yuga. Why don’t you make a stand Sir and be firm in stating it on your blog. I’m sure a lot of us will support you on this one.
I’m pretty sure your readers will love you more if you make a firm stand on a certain issue. I’m more interested to read articles that discuss the author’s side of the issue and backing them up with facts.
hulihin nyo muna mga magnanakaw na politico bago mga pirata.
sa lahat na lang ang pinoy mahilig sa “plagiarism” = hilig ng manggaya… kelan pa tau naging American citizens para lahat ng meron sila meron tau… inggetero.. ang totoo kse napakarami na nating batas.. pero panay sa simula lang… nde narerevised kaya minsan nabibigla na lang tayo me mga conflicting na batas..
Wala na talaga silang maisip.. Gaya nalang ng gaya.
sorry but I’m not wasting my precious bandwidth in downloading local music specially local movie
This must be stopped…SOPA and PIPA were just pulled from COngress
Hope this does not get any traction.
I still hope you can protect Bloggers rights and such.
SOPA = Congress
PIPA = Senate
Also, while these are shelved, the lobbyists won’t stop. They will let provisions of these bills ride in the child pornography act – which will most likely pass.
Actually, Fleeb, you’re wrong. Congress is composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
So, it should be:
SOPA = House of Representatives
PIPA = Senate