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Secondary Liability for Copyright Infringement

Can an educational institution be held liable for rampant acts of indiscriminate photocopying of copyrighted materials within its campus? What if the machines used for the infringing acts are owned by an entity that merely rents campus space? .....

Why Make or Read Books?

"Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body." (Ecclesiastes 12:12).

Low-quality books tire the eyes and bore the mind. High-quality books stimulate creative and critical thinking. Low-quality books breed mere words, and in .....

Filipina Achievers and Book Lovers

Groucho Marx might have been joking when he quipped: "behind every great man is a woman." A better quip goes: "behind every great man is an astonished mother-in-law (who is sure he would not have amounted to anything without .....

The VAT Exemption and its Challenge

The Expanded Value Added Tax Law has been enacted, and it has retained the VAT exemption of books. When the public hearings on the E-VAT bill began, the National Book Development Board (NBDB ) passed a resolution appealing .....

Structures for Creativity

In "The Power of Words" (in Magis, ed. Queena Lee-Chua), Fr. Bienvenido Nebres, SJ, expresses the hope that Philippine literature will develop fully to become the third jewel of our destitute nation, whose two original jewels are our music .....