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THE National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and
the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP) will sign
new rules and regulations this week to strengthen the government’s
fight against cable piracy.
Under the draft IRR, the NTC will
exercise jurisdiction over all administrative cases involving
violations of permits, licenses and authority to operate radio and
television including cable television (CATV).
For its part, the IPO has
jurisdiction over all administrative cases involving intellectual
property rights violations under Republic Act 8293, or the
Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines.
The IRR also stated that the NTC
shall monitor compliance by radio and TV broadcast operators,
including CATV operators of all applicable laws, rules involving
intellectual property rights and shall assist IP Philippines in the
enforcement of its orders, decisions or resolutions.
Last year the NTC and the IPOPHIL
signed a memorandum of agreement that aims to strengthen protection
against signal theft in the cable TV industry.
 --Darwin
G. Amojelar
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