PHILIPPINES-COPYRIGHT-OCT. 21, 1948 2997 The Government of the Republic of the Philippines is prepared, if this proposal is acceptable to the Government of the United States of America, to regard the present note and Your Excellency's reply to the same effect as establishing reciprocal copyright relations between the two Governments on this day. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my distinguished consideration. J M ELIZALDE Enclosure: Copy of Proclamation His Excellency ROBERT A. LOVETT Acting Secretary of State BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 99 EXTENDING COPYRIGHT PRIVILEGES AND PROTECTION TO CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. WHEREAS, it is provided by an Act of the Philippine Legislature, Act No. 3134, entitled "An Act to Protect Intellectual Property", otherwise known as the Copyright Law of the Philippines, approved March 6, 1924, as amended by Republic Act No. 76, approved Octo- ber 21, 1946, that the copyright secured by the Act shall extend to the work of a proprietor, who is not a citizen of the Philippines, only upon certain conditions set forth in Section 10 of the Act, to wit: "(a) When an alien proprietor shall be domiciled within the Philippine Islands at the time he makes application for copyright; or "(b) When the foreign state or nation of which such proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agree- ment, or law, to citizens of (the United States or of) the Philippine Islands the benefit of copyright protection substantially equal to the protection secured to such foreign proprietor under this Act; or "(c) When such foreign state or nation is a party to an inter- national agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright and that (the United States or) the Philippine Islands may become a party thereto." WHEREAS, the Act of Congress, approved July 30, 1947, (61 Stat. 652) entitled "An Act to Codify and Enact into Positive Law Title 17 of the United States Code, entitled 'Copyright' ", provides that the copyright secured by the said Act and the benefits under Section 1 (e) thereof, as to which special conditions are imposed, shall extend to the work of an author or proprietor who is a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation, only upon certain conditions set forth in Section 9 of the Act, to wit: 17U.S.C., Supp.L 2Stat, Pt , pp.2 1009; Pt. 2, p. s158. 61 Wtt.,Ptl.p .6 .L 17U. 0., hpp.I I. 62 STAT.]
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