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Palawan in maps
Most of the maps that are found in articles of the provinces here in the Philippines include Palawan as part of Visayas when it is actually of Luzon. Almost all of the maps that I’ve seen have this error. You can try and see if your province has it also.For example, in w:File:Ph locator map romblon.png you can obviously see that it is shaded which infers that it is separated from Luzon. In addition, that file is also contained in 40 different wikis. –JethRoad the FactBoy 14:55, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
” Not OK Chapter VIII (“Limitations on copyright) of part IV (“The law on copyright”) of AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE AND ESTABLISHING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE, PROVIDING FOR ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (chapter found on pp. 84-90) does not appear to make any exception for photographs of copyrighted works. Pinoy tambayan Bizarrely, the law itself is entirely based on the law of the United States and contains identical fair use provisions, which however are not acceptable.
ijon met with the Director of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines in November 2011, and asked about FoP. The Director said “The law is silent on the matter”, and said they are waiting for case law to settle the question one way or another. The matter has not reached the supreme court yet.”Mulawin vs Ravena
But there are some instances that it doesn’t apply, especially in older buildings/landmarks, some modern landmarks, etc.. To name some:
