PHILIPPINES-COPYRIGHT-OCT. 21 , 1948 The Acting Secretary of State to the Philippine Ambassador DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON October 21, 1948 EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of today's date in which you refer to section 10 (b) of the Philippine Copyright Law (Act No. 3134 of the Philippine Legislature) under which, as amended by Republic Act No. 76, the benefits of the aforementioned Act No. 3134 may be extended to the work of a proprietor who is not a citizen of the Philippines only when the foreign state or nation of which such proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the Philippines the benefit of copyright protection substantially equal to the protection secured to such foreign proprietor under that Act. You express the desire of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, since section 10(b) of the Philippine Copyright Law is similar to paragraph (b), section 9 of Title 17 of the United States Code, codified and enacted into positive law by the Act of Congress approved July 30, 1947 (61 Stat. 652), to enter into reciprocal copy- right relations with the Government of the United States of America whereby the benefits of the copyright laws of our respective countries are extended to the citizens of the other country. You add that with a view to assuring the Government of the United States of America of reciprocal benefits for authors and pro- prietors of the United States, the President of the Republic of the Philippines has issued a proclamation, a copy of which accompanies your note under acknowledgment, proclaiming that citizens of the United States are entitled on and after this date to obtain copyright for their works in the Republic of the Philippines, including rights similar to those provided by section l(e) of the aforementioned Title 17 of the United States Code. You state that this proclamation comes into effect today, the date on which it is understood that the President of the United States of America shall proclaim that citizens of the Republic of the Philip- pines are entitled to all the benefits of the aforementioned Title 17 of the United States Code, including the provisions of section 1(e) thereof, but excepting the provisions embodied in the second para- graph of section 9(b) of that Title regarding the extension of time for fulfilling copyright conditions and formalities. You further state that the Government of the Republic of the Philippines is prepared, if this proposal should be accepted by the Government of the United States of America, to regard the note under acknowledgment and this Government's reply thereto to that effect as establishing reciprocal copyright relations between the two Govern- ments on this day. 61 Stat., Pt.l, p. 65. 17U S.O., 8upp.I, §9(b). 62 Stat, Pt.2, p.1568 . Ante, p. 2997. 61 tat., Pt. , p. 63. 17 U.8.C., Supp. I, I (e). 62 STAT.] 2999
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