PARI Outreach Program KAT.PH Domain Name, Taken Down
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December 2013 ANNUAL NEWSLETTER We make music for you… TABLE OF CONTENTS • Officers & Members Page 2 • POP-U Page 2 PARI Outreach Program (POP-U) @ MINT College • The Awit Awards Page 3 • OMB/Chinese General Hosp. POP-U: PARI KAT.PH domain MOA Page 4 • IPO News Page 4 Outreach Program name, taken down • Nationwide Sticker Campaign Page 5 POP-U or The PARI Outreach Program KickassTorrents under the domain • IIPA Recommendation Page 5 for Universities, Colleges, and Schools is name KAT.PH is the second most • Piracy-Free Bazaars & a program started by PARI Chairman popular torrent download site in the Atty. Marivic Benedicto. The main world next to Pirate Bay. The site Tiangges Page 5 objective of the program is to reach out provides torrent files and links to Page 6 • OMB News to young people and teach them to give facilitate illegal peer-to-peer file • PARI Photo Section Page 7 more value to music and help them sharing of copyrighted works. In • PARI Misc. Page 8 discover their musical side. The latest June 14, 2013, the domain name POP-U event was held at MINT College kat.ph was taken down by the local in McKinley Hill…(cont. page 2) domain name service provider dotPH through the orders of the OMB MOA with Chinese Intellectual Property Office General Hospital (IPO)…(cont. page 4) The Optical Media Board (OMB) under the leadership of Chairman Ronnie Ricketts entered into an agreement with Chinese General Hospital (CGH) with the help and coordination of Ambassador James Dy, Mr. Ramon Chuaying, and the hospital administrators and leaders… (cont. page 4) (from page 1)… Taguig city. We had an open forum with the Independent Record Labels and Independent Artists. The forum tackled the problems faced by the independent artists when it comes to producing albums, marketing, and exposure. We have also invited Star Recording/PARI’s Atty. Marivic Benedicto, Alpha Records/MCAP’s Alvin de Vera, FILSCAP/GMA ‘s Keddy Sanchez, IPO’s Atty. Louie Calvario, Twelve Stone Records’ Tommy Tanchanco, Lilystar Records’ Clemen Castro, and representatives of MyMusicStore, Indiepinoy, and Ndfy.me. Students of MINT College also attended the Open Forum. The event was sponsored by PARI, Inc. and was organized with Mony Romana, who also hosted the event. AC ! PARI, Inc. Members as of December 2013: Corporate Members: 1) ABLE MUSIC INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2) ALPHA MUSIC CORPORATION 3) DYNA MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION 4) GALAXY RECORDS 5) GMA RECORDS 6) IVORY MUSIC & VIDEO 7) MCA MUSIC, INC. 8) POLYEAST RECORDS CORPORATION 9) PRAISE, INC. 10) SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (PHILS.), INC. 11) STAR RECORDING INC. 12) UNIVERSAL RECORDS 13) VICOR MUSIC CORPORATION 14) VIVA RECORDS CORPORATION 15) WARNER MUSIC PHILIPPINES, INC. Associate Members: 1) AIKA RECORDS 2) AROA RECORDS 3) AMTRUST LEISURE CORPORATION 4) BELLHAUS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. 5) BUSINESS & ARTS, INC. 6) BWB RECORDS AND MUSIC PRODUCTION, INC. 7) JESUIT COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION, INC. 8) MAYUMI RECORDS 9) MEDIANATION MUSIC, INC. 10) MUSIKATHA MINISTRIES FOUNDATION, INC. 11) PINEAPPLE RIDDIMS RECORDING COMPANY 12) SHEPHERD’S VOICE PUBLICATION, INC. 13) SIGNATURE MUSIC INC. 14) VERTICAL BREW MUSIC, INC. 15) VIEJO MARKETING 2 26th Awit Awards The Awit Awards Committee is already finished with the screening and final judging for the 26th Awit Awards. Results are already with the auditors and we are finalizing the plans for the awards night. The 26th Awit Awards screening was handled by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry, Inc. (PARI, Inc) with the help of our sponsors, STI College (for computers and programming) and PriceWaterhouseCoopers (for the auditing and results). AC 3 OMB – Chinese General Hospital Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) (From page 1)… In the agreement, Chinese General Hospital (CGH) shall provide preliminary medical aid and treatment at the Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center to all OMB Personnel assigned in Metro Manila who sustained injuries or wounds during the actual performance of their “official duties”. Chinese General Hospital (CGH) shall provide diagnosis, treatment, surgeries and major operations as well as use of its medical equipment and facilities from admission to release for FREE. The Optical Media Board extends their appreciation to Ambassador James Dy, Mr. Ramon Chuaying, and the Chinese General Hospital for making the agreement possible. They will now have renewed confidence in dealing with optical media piracy. AC (From page 1)… The Kat.PH case started from the complaints of the local record labels under PARI membership. The torrent download site kat.PH was doing “irreparable damage” to the music industry by providing illegal download links to copyrighted works owned by the local record labels. After gathering strong evidences against the site, PARI, given the authority by the record labels, filed a case against kat.PH before the Bureau of Legal Affairs (BLA) of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPH). Reyes-Fajardo Law Office is handling the case headed by Atty. Ivy Reyes-Fajardo. On June 14, 2013, the IPO issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) ordering the domain name service provider, dotPH, to take down the domain name of kat.PH. The take down order created a worldwide buzz and crippled the illegal site for some time. It forced kickasstorrents to abandon the kat.ph domain name and transferred to another domain name service provider outside the Philippines. Although they are now operating again under a different domain name, this move by PARI and the reaction of the Philippine Government through the IPO clearly showed the world that the Philippines is really serious in dealing with online piracy. PARI is still pursuing the case against KickassTorrents and we are now working together with dotPH to further protect copyrighted works online. AC The IP Code (Republic Act. No. 8293) has been IPO News!!! amended last February 28, 2013. Among the other amendments like Establishment of a Copyright Bureau, Accreditation of Collective Management Organizations (CMOs), Fair use for the blind, Formulation of IP policies; the most important amendment would be the granting of enforcement powers to the IPO. This would give the IPO more teeth in protecting copyright owners from infringement although there is still no clear provision in the IP code that is dedicated to addressing internet or online piracy. This prompted the PARI board to plan and lobby for a law in congress to address the problem. AC 4 Nationwide Sticker Campaign The OMB/PARI /AVIDPhil nationwide sticker campaign project between the Opticalis a partnership Media Board, PARI, Assoc. of Video Distributors of the Philippines Preliminary m (AVIDPhil), and legitimate film and eeting between OMB, PARI, and AVIDPhil with OMB Chairman Ronnie Ricketts, Mr. mu Ed Sazon of AVIDPhil, and Mr. Alexei sic outlets, Astrovision, Odyssey Camurungan of PARI. and Viva Video. The objective of this project is to create anti awareness, spread the “Bawal -piracy Kumopya” anti -piracy battle cry, and create a feedback system where people could report any form of Movie and Music Pirac with the legitimatey. outlets The partnershipwill ensure that the nationwide distribution of the stickers will reach the different parts of Meeting between OMB, PARI, AVIDPhil and representatives of legitimate outlets: Leigh the Philippines. Aside from this, the Legaspi of Viva Video, Camille Rivera of Odyssey sticker will also be a stand Music & Video, together with Mr. Dennis Pinlac - and Mr. Manolo Lopez . piracy campaign tool for OMB,alone PARI, anti- and AVIDPhil. Finalization of the project will soon be realized and the distribution and launch of the project will follow. AC Piracy-Free Bazaars / Tiang ges We are on our 3 rd year with this partnership with The following accomplishments prompted the International Intellectual the Optical Media Board. The project is about Property Alliance (IIPA) to recommend the removal of the Philippines making sure that the bazaars and tiangges this from the Piracy Watchlist of the US Trade Representative (USTR) holiday shopping season are free from Optical Special 301 Report: Media Pirated products such as movie and music DVDs and CDs. We are happy that the • In the past two years, the r Bazaar/Tiangges organizers are imposing strict and) and Makati Cinema Squareemoval (Makati); of piracy from Quiapo rules against selling pirated products but some • the passage of the anti tenants are still violating their agreement with the -camcording law; • the issuance of Supreme Court Rules of Procedure fo organizers. The OMB closed down one stall in one Intellectual Property Cases; bazaar at the Fort due to selling pirated DVDs and • the establishment of administrative enforcement functions of r CDs. AC the IP Office (and the avail • and, an MOU between Philippineability ofNational injunctive Police relief); (PNP) and Republic of the Philippines PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT RECORD INDUSTRY, INC. OPTICAL MEDIA BOARD Suite 207 Greenhills Mansion, # 37 Annapolis OMB to remove red tape. # 35 Scout Limbaga St., Bgy. Laging St. Greenhills, San Juan City, Philippines 1500 Handa, Quezon City 1103 Tels: (632) 725-0770 ! Fax: (632) 725-0786 Tel. Nos.: 373-6830 ! 374-1393 Write us: [email protected] “…all evidence the will of the Philippine government to Fax: 374-0217 www.pari.com.ph tackle piracy and create space for legitimate creative Sept 20, 2013 busine To the Bazaar/Tiangge Organizers: ss to grow. “ The Optical Media Board (OMB) together with The Philippine Association of the Record Industry, Inc. (PARI, Inc.) would like to ask the Bazaar / Tiangge Organizers to kindly join us in our campaign to eradicate Piracy this coming 2013 Holiday Shopping Season. Unfortunately, We would like to inform the Bazaar / Tiangge organizers that selling Counterfeit and USTR has retained the Philippines in the Watchlist Pirated Optical Media Products such as “Movie & Music” DVDs and CDs in your event is prohibited by virtue of Republic Act No.