Definition of Copyright

Unlike patents and trademarks, registration in the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) of a copyright is not required for the owner to acquire protection because they are protected from the moment of their creation (Sec 172, RA 8283).
Copyright is the authors legal ownership of his or her original intellectual creations in the literary and artistic domains. It is synonymous to economic rights which entitle the owner the exclusive rights to carry out, authorize or prevent the following acts:

1. Reproduction of the work or substantial portion of the work.
2.Dramatization ,translation,adaption,abridgment ,or other transformation of the work.
3.The first public distribution of the original and each copy of the work by sale or other forms of transfer of ownership.
4.Rental of the original or a copy of an audiovisual or cinematographic work,a work embodied in a sound recording, a computer program, a compilation of data and  others materials or a musical work in graphic form,irrespective of the ownership of the original or the copy which is the subject of the rental.
5.Public display of the original or a copy of the work
6.Public performance of the work.
7.Other communication to the public of the work.