THE Court of Appeals (CA) has turned down illegal dismissal charges filed by a ranking staff of the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Inc. (Filscap) against its officers led by singer-songwriter Noel Cabangon.
In a 20-page decision penned by Associate Justice Mariflor Punzalan Castillo and concurred in by Associate Justices Amy Lazaro-Javier and Zenaida Galapate-Laguilles, the CA’s 14th Division granted a petition for certiorari filed by Cabangon, Arturo Lui Pio, Alvin de Vera, Leocadio Ernesto Sanchez III, Adoracion Saturno and Ceasar Apostol, both officers and members of Filscap, a collecting society in the Philippines, which undertakes collective rights management for public performances and use of songs on screen and in radio broadcasts.
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