FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The 1987 Constitution provides under Article XIV, Section 14, that "Arts 
and Letters shall enjoy the patronage of the State. The State shall conserve, 
promote and popularize the nation's historical heritage and resources as well as 
artistic creations." 
We, Filipinos, are known to be music lovers and we have proven to the 
international community that our singers and composers can compete and even 
best other countries in musical competitions. One way of giving support to our 
musical artists is to alleviate and promote our music industry. 
Music industry plays a vital role in the development and enrichment of the 
Filipino arts and culture. 
Hence, every effort must be made in order to 
encourage and develop the musical creativity of the Filipino, to promote and 
cultivate the development of our music and to encourage, support and protect the 
promotion and propagation of Filipino music here and abroad. 
Immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE MUSIC INDUSTRY, 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Tifle. - This Act shall be known as the "Music lndusfry 
Development Act of 2007'. 
SEC 2. Declaration of Policy. - In consonance with the Constitutional 
mandate to conserve, promote and popularize the nation's historical and cultural 
heritage and resources, as well as its artistic creations, it is hereby declared to be 
the policy of the State to develop and enhance the musical creativity of the 
Filipinos, to promote and cultivate the development of Filipino music, and to 
encourage, support and protect the promotion and propagation of Filipino music 
here and abroad. 
In adherence to such policies, this Act shall have the following objectives: 
a) 
To identify, develop, protect, and promote Filipino musical 
talent, be it in competition, rendition or production; 
To provide opportunities for the appropriate training and 
professional development of the musically talented; 
b) 
c) 
To provide adequate mechanisms and support for the 
development and protection of the Philippine music industry; 
and 
To disseminate and promote Filipino music in the country and 
abroad. 
d) 
SEC 3. Definition of Terms. - 
1. Original Pilipino Music - shall refer to a musical composition, with or 
without lyrics, originally created by a Filipino, in English or in any other 
language or in any other Philippine dialect; 


2. Performers - shall refer to actors, singers, musicians, dancers and 
other persons, who act, sing, deliver, declaim or otherwise perform 
literary or artistic work; 
3. Music Score - shall refer to any exclusively visual fixation of sounds 
for renditions, sound, recording or broadcasting; 
4. Sound Recording - shall refer to any exclusively aural fixation of 
sounds of a performance or other sounds; 
5. Producer of Sound Records - shall refer to the person who, or the 
legal entity which, first fixes a performance or recording; 
6. Publication - shall refer to the issue or offering to the public of copies 
of a sound recording in reasonable quantity; 
7. Reproduction - shall refer to the making of a copy or copies of a 
recording or a musical score; 
8. Broadcasting - shall refer to the transmission from public reception of 
sounds or of images and sounds; 
9. Broadcasting Organization - shall refer to proprietorships duly 
authorized to engage broadcasting; 
10. Right of the Composer - shall refer to: 
a. Performace - shall refer to the broadcasting of musical works 
be it live or recorded. 
b. Mechanical - shall refer to disc and reproduction of musical 
works. 
c. Synchronization - shall refer to the coordination between 
musical works and visual images in motion pictures, television 
and advertising commercials. 
d. Printing - shall refer to the publication works in musical and 
vocal arrangements. 
SEC 4. Strengthening the Presidential Commission on Culture and Arts. - 
To achieve the objectives of this Act, the existing Presidential Commission on 
Culture and Arts (PCCA), hereinafter referred to as the Commission, have the 
following additional powers and functions: 
a) 
To stimulate and promote the creation and rendition of Filipino 
music and extend other forms of assistance to qualified persons 
and institutions; 
To facilitate the organization and encourage clubs and societies 
throughout the Philippines to promote and popularize Filipino 
music; 
b) 
To provide guidelines for the popularization of Filipino music 
through media and public places; 
To encourage the development of plans and programs, whether 
by the private sector or the government, the identification, 
selection, training, and support of musically-gifted children: 


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SEC 5. 
To devise a system of payment of royalties to Filipino 
musicians; 
To promote and protect the rights and privileges of the Filipino 
artists, giving due recognition to the local artist over and above 
visiting artists from abroad; 
To monitor, mediate or arbitrate in the following cases, in 
accordance with guidelines it shall formulate: 
Infringement of copyright and neighboring rights 
involving music; 
Controversies arising out of royalty rates, 
license schemes, compulsory licenses and 
relations between and among intellectual 
property creators, users, publishers, collecting 
societies, performers, producers of sound 
recordings and broadcast organization involved 
in music; 
Controversies involving intellectual property in 
music, its assignment or transfer, or those 
involving licenses whether exclusive or not. 
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To accept donations, grants or contributions and to undertake 
fund-raising activities, administer the funds solicited thereat for 
the attainment of the objectives of this Act; 
To submit an annual report of its activities, including the 
utilization and status of fund herein established, to the 
Department of Education. 
National Music Committee. - The National Music Committee 
(NMC) under the Commission shall be hereinafter be composed of nine (9) 
members who, as far as practicable, should come from recognized association in 
the music industry. 
The NMC shall also have as one of its members a director of a reputable 
music school, a music patron and a representative from the Department of 
Education. 
The first members of the NMC shall be appointed by the President with 
the following staggered terms: three (3) for a term of two (2) years; three (3) for 
a term of three (3) years; and three (3) for a term of four (4) years from the date 
they qualify and assume office. 
Their successors shall be appointed by the President for a uniform of six 
(6) years, except that any person elected by the NMC to fill a vacancy in the 
NMC shall serve only for the unexpired term of the number whom he or she 
succeeds. 
Each member shall, for each day of meeting actually attended by him, 
receive from the general fund of the Commission a per diem of not more than 


Five Hundred Pesos (P500.00) and in no case shall the total per diems per 
month exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (PI ,500.00). 
SEC 6. Equity. - Equity or the preferential right of local performers over 
foreign shall be given to local performers, producers of sound records, and all 
other performers involved in the music industry. 
An equity fee chargeable to the foreign performer I worker per show, from 
the lead artists down to the minor workers, shall be in such amount as may be 
determined by the NMC. 
The income from equity collections of the NMC shall be constituted into a 
Fund which shall be administered and managed by the Council and in 
accordance with its rules and regulations. 
The Fund shall be utilized primarily for the benefit of the local performers. 
SEC 7. 
Taxation of Foreign Recordings. - The NMC shall have the 
authority to impose reasonable taxes on foreign musical recordings, the 
proceeds of which shall go to the Fund. 
SEC 8. 
Promotion and Popularization of Filipino Music. - All radio 
stations shall broadcast a minimum of four (4) Original Pilipino Musical 
Compositions in every clockhour of a program with a musical format, as stated in 
Section 1 of Executive Order No. 255. 
All musical, variety and cultural programs in all television stations shall 
include sixty percent (60%) Filipino compositions for every clockhour of showtime 
I airtime. 
Musical scores of Filipino films shall be at least seventy five percent (75%) 
Filipino music. 
All public places shall play sixty percent (60%) Filipino music for every 
clockhour. These public places are as follows: 
a) Movie houses - during screening intervals 
b) Parks and plazas - music played through their public address 
c) Lobbies of hotels and other lodging places, and restaurants 
systems 
piped-in music 
d) Shopping malls - music played through their public address 
system, in shows and entertainment fare 
e) Public transports by air, land and sea piped-in music 
f) Government offices and buildings piped-in music 
g) Schools, universities and colleges music played through their 
public address system, in school programs, shows and 
ceremonies.