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Author shall means a person or several persons jointly upon whose inspiration a work is produced, based on the intellectual ability, imagination, dexterity, skill or expertise manifested in a distinctive form and is of personal nature.

Copyright Holder shall mean the Author as the Owner of the Copyright, or any person who receives the right from the author, or any other person who subsequently receives the right from the aforesaid person.

Related Rights shall mean the rights which are related to Copyright, that is, the exclusive right for a Performer to reproduce or to broadcast his/her performances; for a Producer of Phonograms to reproduce or to rent phonographic works; and for a Broadcasting Organization to produce, reproduce, or to broadcast its broadcasting works.

Computer Program shall mean a collection of instructions manifested in the form of a language, codes, diagrams, or any other forms, which when combined with media that can be read by computers will be to make computers work to execute certain functions or to obtain specific results including the preparation in designing the instructions. Programs are protected as literary works.

A database is a set of data or information stored in an organized and structures may be readily retrieved and manipulated.