The Philippine local distributor of the Havaianas flip flops is recalling several of its havaianas children’s flip flops following the move in US to recall some children’s havaianas due to violation of paint standards. Reportedly,the decorative paint used in the flip flops contained levels that are in excess of the US federal standards. List of [...]

Is the Secretary of the Department of Tourism planning to run for a major political position come 2010? I wondered about this after checking out  the web site Awesome Philippines. I first learned about  Awesome Philippines through a blog post by Tech Pinas. Tech Pinas described Awesome Philippines as the new promo website of the [...]

I have my own stories of being a victim of copyright violation as a writer and a blogger. I would be spending time– sometimes even hours to research on some blog posts that I make only to realize that somebody else would just copy my work and paste it in their adsense monetized sites.

I am no commercial composer or a big time artist but as a blogger, I do understand the sentiments of Mr. Gary Granada against the GMA kapuso foundation. According to Mr. Granada, GMA kapuso used his work without permission and without pay.

Learn more about the issue by listening to Gary Granada’s recording:
Gary Granada vs GMA Kapuso by dosomethingworthwhile

I have not heard nor read about GMA’s side on the issue yet but I can’t think of a reason why a lone musician will go against a giant TV network except to seek for publicity. To seek for publicity, however, does not seem to be the reason in the case of Mr. Granada. It seems that his right as a musician has really been violated and he only seeks reprieve for this injustice.

Did GMA intentionally use Mr. Granada’s work or is this a case of copyright ignorance? Either which, this is a shame to GMA. The network reportedly helps in fighting piracy and it has failed in upholding the most major of all reasons why video and audio piracy is illegalized: to protect the rights of artists and musicians.

The Philippine blogosphere is buzzing about it: The NTC proposed guidelines on the provision of contents, information, applications and electronic games. Many believe that this proposal will require bloggers — and online content providers (friendster users; youtubers, etc.) to register and pay fees; and that this proposal is a move by the NTC and the [...]