THE new online platform showcasing entries of the 46th Metro Manila Filmfest (MMFF) has started to crack down on the piracy of filmfest entries showing up online.
“We are all working on the prosecution of the illegal copying of the entries with the producers and their lawyers, the NBI and the Intellectual Property Commission (IPC),” Dondon Monteverde, head of Upstream.ph, the online partner of the MMFF, told ABS-CBN News.
This developed following the spread on social media of copies of excerpts of the Paulo Avelino-Charlie Dizon flick, “Fan Girl,” directed by Antoinette Jadaone.
The images were allegedly lifted from the Upstream site. Other filmfest entries, such as “Mang Kepweng” and “The Boy Foretold by the Stars” have also reported alleged cases of piracy.
“Since Christmas Day, the start of the filmfest showing, we have been working double time to identify the suspects,” said Monteverde. (ABS-CBN)
