Join drive vs piracy, Bacolod residents urged

• Source: http://panaynewsphilippines.com/2015/06/14/join-drive-vs-piracy-bacolod-residents-urged/
• Sunday, June 14, 2015

(PNA)

BACOLOD City – Residents of this city were urged to join the campaign against piracy.

“[Report] such illegal activity to the Optical Media Board (OMB) or your local government unit,” said OMB Registration and Licensing Division head Esperanza Coronel.

OMB recently held an Awareness Campaign and On-Site Registration and Licensing at the Bacolod People’s House (city hall).

It aimed to help the government and private sectors identify if items being replicated and distributed were pirated or counterfeit, and if there were violations of OMB rules.

OMB officials discussed registration and licensing, laws and policies regarding sales distribution, compact disc burning services, Internet café tips on identifying and preventing further distribution of illegal items, anti-child pornography, and other OMB advocacies.

City government employees, barangay officials and optical media product distributors attended.

Local government departments, like this city’s Permits and Licensing Division, should ensure that establishments engaged in optical media products are not violating the law against piracy, Coronel said.

OMB also asked the city government to strengthen the enforcement of ordinances pertaining to Internet shop operations.

She noted, however, that piracy is a minor problem in Bacolod City compared to other areas like Metro Manila.

Piracy in the Philippines has been minimized through OMB’s continuous apprehension of distributors of pirated products, Coronel claimed.