2. FREEDOM OF
SPEECH
Art. 3, Sec. 4 of the Constitution: No
law shall be passed abridging the freedom of
speech, of expression, or of the press, or the
right of the people peaceably to assemble
and petition the government for redress of
grievances.
4. LIBEL
• Art. 353 of the Revised Penal Code: A libel is
public and malicious imputation of a crime, or
of a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or any
act, omission, condition, status, or circumstance
tending to cause the dishonor, discredit, or
contempt of a natural or juridical person, or to
blacken the memory of one who is dead.
5. Defense for
Libel
• Truth
• Qualified privilege
• Made in good faith, with reasonable belief that
they are true
• Opinion
• Fair comment on a matter of public interest
6. COPYRIGHT
• Section 172.2 of the Intellectual Property Code:
Works are protected by the sole fact of their
creation, irrespective of their mode or form of
expression, as well as of their content, quality
and purpose
7. Copy and
economic rights
• Reproduction
• Distribution and sale
• Rental
• Public display
• Other communication
10. Not infringement
• Private, non-profit performance
• Quoting and citing
• Information purposes/lectures
• Reporting on current events
• Teaching purposes
11. OBSCENITY
• The average person, applying
contemporary community standards, must
find that the work, taken as a whole,
appeals to the prurient interest
12. OBSCENITY
• The work depicts or describes, in a
patently offensive way, sexual conduct or
excretory functions specifically defined by
applicable state law
13. OBSCENITY
• The work, taken as a whole, lacks serious
literary, artistic, political, or scientific
value
