PLAGIARISM IS A CRIME!
On October 3rd, the Philippines Cybercrime Prevention Act (RA 10175) took effect and, with it, the country instituted criminal penalties for a variety of online acts, including spamming, identity theft and, most controversially, libel.
However, the law may have had a somewhat unintended side effect - criminalizing some forms of plagiarism.
The reason is that the new law adds penalties to “special laws” under the the country’s legal code, one of those special laws is the Intellectual Property Code, which the nation’s copyright law is under.
This, according to Department of Justice, means that plagiarism itself is not a crime but that plagiarism that also amounts to copyright infringement is. Such plagiarism now carries a penalty of 3-6 years imprisonment and a fine of P50,000 - P150,000 ($1,200 - $3,600), if prosecuted under the law.
Source: https://www.ithenticate.com/plagiarism-detection-blog/bid/87800/Criminalizing-Plagiarism-in-the-Philippines#.YDxnO3XmiNw
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