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heritage stipulated therein that are viable.
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SECTION 11. Reorganization - With the approval of the Board, the Commission
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shall have the authority to reorganize its structure and sta,ffing pattern in order
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to carry out its functions. The incumbents in the leadership structure of the
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existing Commission shall automatically be upgraded to these analogous
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positions, with respect to the rest of the personnel.
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SECTION 12. Deposit and Notice. - Moral rights would vest upon creation;
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to !'Ivail 'of moral rights such as
hence, authorship would have to be established
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right of attribution. Moral rights to ownership of newly created items by
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members of an ethno-linguistic group should be registered with the commission
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for protection under copyright law. Copyright vests from the moment of
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creation; and registration is one of the ways to prove authorship, although this is
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not exclusive.
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a. The Commission thru the relevant government cultural agency, shall assist in
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identifying works and attrib~ting authorship, and further shall be responsible for
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maintaining and populating this' registry;
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·b. The Commission shall assist cl<iimants and relevant government agencies in
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resolving conflicts' of ownership and attribution who will give permission
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people who wish to use the work upon discovery of the same in the database;
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c. The Commission shall assist relevant government agencies in the prosecution
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of unauthbrizeduse of intellectual property of indigenous peoples.
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SECTION 13. Free, Prior and Informed Consent.' - Free,prior and informed
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consent for the use of indigenous peoples' intellectual property should be
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articulated by a defined authority that is provided with a circumscrib.ed
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jurisdiction, associated with the culture of an ethno-linguistic group. The
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corresponding elected official, as the case may be, assisted by cultural experts,
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shall dispense the required free, prior and informed consent for .the item(s) in
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question for the concerned intellectual property owners.
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SECTION 14. Indigenous communal copyright (intellectual property) owners
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may designate a society with legal personality to act in their behalf to enforce'
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their economic and moral rights;
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SECTION 15. Royalties. - Indigenous communal copyright (intellectual
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