Intellectual Property Code, Compilation of Data and the News-of-the-Day Exclusion
Republic Act No. 8293 (1997), Sections 172-173, 175
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In force since 1 January 1998.
A database right rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What it requires
- Scraping or reproducing a database or compilation of facts is outside this Code's protection unless the selection, coordination, or arrangement of its contents is itself original; mere data and news of the day carry no protection regardless of arrangement.
What this law does
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Section 173.1(b) protects "compilations of data and other materials which are original by reason of the selection or coordination or arrangement of their contents" as a derivative work, a compilation-only standard rather than a sui generis database right: an unoriginal compilation, one that merely reproduces facts without a protectable selection or arrangement, earns no copyright under this section.
Section 175 excludes "mere data as such" and "news of the day and other miscellaneous facts having the character of mere items of press information" from protection outright, regardless of Sections 172 and 173. No sui generis database right, distinct from this originality-based compilation copyright, was found in the Code.
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