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Archive for October 28th, 2009

Virtual Currency Regulation

Jm Sandino Imperial
2007-0297
Introduction
Today, more than ever, there is without a doubt that technology affects the way we do things, live, and think. A seeming corollary to this is the way it made almost everything possible in our homes, workplace, schools, and industries.
Technology can be viewed as an activity that forms or changes culture. Additionally, […]

Utilization of RFID: Legal Enforcement viz Privacy Matters

Zerrina B. Alvarez
2007-0294
INTRODUCTION
Technology is happening beyond our pace. Models of cellular phones and laptops are fast changing: one after the other, the new ones offering more features, both in aesthetics and functionality. Walkmans are out. Ipods are in. It has already become part of people’s lives: a source of convenience cloaked with necessity. People with […]

May a Domain Name Be a Subject of Libel?

by Joanna Mayelle T. Grageda
2006-0200
I was a victim of libel through internet. A certain guy who happened to be my former friend posted a very libelous statement in my Friendster account. My friend called me up and informed me about the libelous comment. I panicked and hurriedly looked for an available computer. There, I read […]

Internet Television and Copyright Laws

by Roland E. Las Pinas
INTRODUCTION:
What do we really mean by the thing known as “Internet Television”? Are Filipinos ready for such thing? How do we react for such new and exciting concept that will change how the Filipino families view the traditional television? By traditional television, I mean the free channels that […]

Scope of Unauthorized Access

Haidee P. Villanueva
2008-0321
Introduction:
As technology grows by leaps and bounds, the laws have to be made more responsive to changing times. The lack of a legal framework or insufficient laws in our country, to address problems of validity of electronic transactions is a significant barrier to the growth of e-commerce. For decades now there is still […]

The State of Philippine Music and Current Legal Challenges

By Mark Daniel C. Vergara
I.Introduction
Traditional Philippine Music
The music of the Philippines in general are performance arts composed in various genre and styles from a mixture of indigenous countries and cultures like Asian, European, Latin American, and American.1
The country boasts of a rich heritage in music which has existed during pre-colonial and post colonial times. […]

Green Computing: IT responsibility in the protection of the environment

by Alex A. Patoc
2005?0019
I. INTRODUCTION
Mankind’s survival in his only planet called Earth is in peril. Global warming or climate change is currently the biggest threat to man’s existence. Is it really happening? If yes, are humans causing it?
Yes. Earth is already showing many signs of worldwide climate change.

Average temperatures have climbed 1.4 […]

You have been YouTubed!: Privacy and copyright on uploaded video content

by Hazel Joy P. Panong
INTRODUCTION
“You’ve been YouTubed!”
Access the website www.youtube.com and you are almost sure enough to watch your favorite music video, the trailer of your long-expected movie, or a scene from your favorite TV series, in just a click of a button.
Type in your name and you might also see yourself on YouTube!
The emergence […]