Day 59: My Poem in a Noodle Ad
In her law office in Makati, Edgar (A), a poet and high school teacher, shows his college friend Virgie (B), now an intellectual property lawyer, a noodle commercial that ends with four lines of his poem.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Tagalog. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
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A
Virgie, panoorin mo 'tong ad ng noodles. 'Yung apat na linya sa dulo, tula ko 'yan.
Virgie, watch this noodle ad. Those four lines at the end, that's my poem.
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B
Aba, oo nga, walang credit. Malinaw na infringement 'to sa economic rights mo, kaya cease and desist agad.
Huh, you're right, no credit. This is clear infringement of your economic rights, so a cease and desist, right away.
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A
Hindi 'yan ang pinakamasakit. Linya ko: "kahit walang ulam, may kanin at kuwento." Sa ad: "may Instant Sabaw."
That's not the worst part. My line: "even with no ulam on the table, there's rice and a story." In the ad: "there's Instant Sabaw."
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B
Mas mabigat 'yan, moral rights na: attribution, dahil walang pangalan mo, at integrity, dahil binago ang akda mo.
That's more serious. That's moral rights: attribution, because your name isn't on it, and integrity, because they changed your work.
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A
Iyan ang kaso ko. Ang tula ko tungkol sa gutom, ginawa nilang patalastas ng pantawid-gutom.
That's my case. They turned my poem about hunger into an ad for something to tide you over.
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B
Puwede tayong humingi ng damages, actual at moral. O mediation sa IPOPHL, mas mabilis.
We can claim damages, actual and moral. Or mediation at the IPOPHL, which is faster.
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A
Hindi pera ang habol ko. Ibalik nila ang linya ko, at isulat ang pangalan ko, kahit maliit.
It's not the money I'm after. I want them to put my line back, and to put my name on it, even in small print.
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B
Kung ganoon, demand letter muna: credit, ibalik ang linya, public apology. Kapag hindi sila sumagot, saka tayo magsampa.
Then a demand letter first: credit, the line restored, a public apology. If they don't respond, then we file.
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A
At kung pumayag sila, ipapalabas pa rin ba ang ad?
And if they agree, will they still run the ad?
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B
Malamang, at may licensing fee ka pa. Pangalan mo sa buong bansa, tuwing tanghalian.
Probably, and you'd get a licensing fee too. Your name all over the country, every lunchtime.
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A
Sige, ipadala mo na. Kapag nagbayad sila, ililibre kita ng mami sa Binondo, 'yung hindi instant.
All right, send it. If they pay, I'm treating you to mami in Binondo, the kind that isn't instant.
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