Comments on: Election Campaign Jingles: Do They Bother With Copyright?

By: jhay

jhay — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:20:00 +0000

As long as the dibidi stalls in Quiapo and everywhere else in the country stans and thrives, copyright lawsuits would be very minimal in the Philippines, let alone taken seriously by the courts.

By: Jericho

Jericho — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:26:08 +0000

That is, if there will DARE to file a case against them…

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:49:55 +0000

Either way, what we should be concerned about is the impact these songs have.

I mean, it doesn’t take much to get a vote. Sometimes, the jingle does it. Sometimes it’s Php 2,000.

So what’s the difference in the result anyway. Copyright violations are the least of our concerns.

By: Punzi

Punzi — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:03:30 +0000

Even if the song is Public Domain, the lyrics are intellectual property, hence the politician (theoretically) needs permission from the composer (or lyricist as the case maybe).

Most of the politicians do get permission, in my experience in elections. The problem, though, comes when the politician looses. The guy then develops selective Alzheimer’s and forgets to pay (actually for everything he contracted/used during the elections like tshirts, streamers, posters, etc.)

Hence, the “money down” approach works best.

By: Copongcopong

Copongcopong — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:02:38 +0000

Some of Lito Camo’s hit songs are based on the traditional children songs (boom tarat, bulaklak, …). Most of the time it is the chorus part of the song. For the traditional children song (chorus tune), which made popular again by Lito Camo … I think politicians can use them as their jingle (need some copyright lawyers here)