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  • Philippines: "Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (RA 8293) Section 185.1" [4]
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(added 07/13/2020)
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SOURCES

    1.  Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use, 17 U.S. Code § 107.
  2.  الميزان: البوابة القانونية القطرية :: قانون رقم (7) لسنة 2002 بشأن حماية حق المؤلف والحقوق المجاورة. (n.d.). Retrieved July 18, 2020, from https://www.almeezan.qa/LawPage.aspx?id=2637
    3.  The Full Project Gutenberg License. (n.d.). Retrieved July 16, 2020, from
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Permission_How-To#The_Full_Project_Gutenberg_License
    4.  1998. AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE AND ESTABLISHING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE, PROVIDING FOR ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. [pdf] p.66. Available at: <https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/ph/ph001en.pdf> [Accessed 3 August 2020].

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