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NTC Plans To Require Pinoy Online Content Creators A License

22 January 2009

WTF? The NTC or National Telecommunications Commission seems to be out of their mind thinking of forcing Filipinos to have their license first before adding a content or publishing an information in the internet.

According to this document (I don’t know who the hell created this, he should be the first to pay when it’s implemented..lol) – http://portal.ntc.gov.ph:9081/wps/_mc/MC2009/electronic_games.html, this will be the fees:

a. Filing Fee : PhP 300.00

b. Annual Registration Fee: 6,000.00

c. Surcharge for late : 50% of the annual registration fee if application

filing of application is filed within six (6) months from date of expiry

for renewal 100% if filed after six (6) months from date of expiry

In that BS document, you’ll come up with a broad explanation of a “content developer” that includes blogging, commenting, posting pictures, uploading ringtones, and the likes, wherein the person doing it have to secure a license first. Imagine millions of Filipino youtube users, millions of friendster, myspace and facebook members lining up in the NTC office trying to secure a permit, that’s horrible and very unacceptable….lol

I’d like to call the attention of all my online pals in this issue, the memorandum could have noted somehow that the license will be required only if the content is posted for profit, but their explanation of content developers is too broad that might turn out into something undesirable sooner or later. We shouldn’t let this one pass or have it revised for others sake.

15 Comments »

  • karmi said:

    grabe. ok lang ba sila?! may annual fee? hahaha. joke ata to kuya eh. LOL.

    pero kung joke man, di sya magandang biro…

    # 22 January 2009 at 6:41 pm
  • Jay said:

    Naghahanap lng yan ng mga mapagkakakitaan. Their proposal is totally non-sense. Naghihirap na nga ang mga Pinoy gusto pa nila lalong mahirapan.

    # 23 January 2009 at 12:17 am
  • admin (author) said:

    serious sila, there was a public hearing yesterday, di ko lang alam kung ano nangyari…

    # 23 January 2009 at 1:34 am
  • admin (author) said:

    I agree, mas lalo lang taung mapagiiwanan ng ibang country…

    # 23 January 2009 at 1:35 am
  • Jay said:

    According dun sa update sa post sa randomdetox.com cancelled daw ung hearing. Sana di na matuloy kahit kailan. lolz

    # 23 January 2009 at 1:43 am
  • admin (author) said:

    Happy to hear that one…

    # 23 January 2009 at 1:47 am
  • ed canape said:

    another STUPID idea ng government… kung maapprove yan wala ako pakialam hindi parin ako magbabayad. hehehhe

    # 23 January 2009 at 4:22 am
  • admin (author) said:

    I wonder how they can track it if ever…baka mga sites made for local traffic yung hahabulin nila…kahit ano pa man, idol kita ed, di rin ako magbabayad…hehe

    # 23 January 2009 at 8:41 am
  • Chelle@Dating and Relationships said:

    Oh wow, that’s terrible! I really hope that doesn’t happen, I’ve made a lot of Fillipino friends online and would miss them! That would be something like $130 US, which is a pretty big chunk to pay, especially if you’re not a full-time blogger but just someone who likes to write or make friends online.

    Here in the US there’s always talk of things on how they plan to censor our freedom of speech…but I really think the internet is one place where you should be able to say whatever you want.

    # 23 January 2009 at 5:11 pm
  • Mike Abundo said:

    They say the proposal needs “further study”. That’s putting it mildly. :P

    # 23 January 2009 at 9:07 pm
  • Jay said:

    For sure matuloy man yan marami talgang hindi magbabayad. kanya-kanyang imbento na lang yan ng pangalan para wala silang mahabol.

    # 24 January 2009 at 2:11 am
  • Jay said:

    Guys Cleared na yung issue. Hindi daw sakop nun ung free content.

    # 28 January 2009 at 2:31 am
  • yeye said:

    ampupu. nu kaya un? di ka na kikita niyan major! hehehehe lols

    pagkakakitaan na naman nila ang mga pilipino. anu ba yan…

    sana nga di na matuloy forevr yang public hearing na yan hehehe

    # 29 January 2009 at 2:38 am
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    # 10 February 2009 at 5:26 pm
  • John Ruiz Borja said:

    I don’t know if matawa or mainis ako after I read this one.

    WTF! Mag-require ng license then panghapunan lang nila sa US? to hell with them!

    (sori po sa harsh words, di ko napigilan)

    # 14 August 2009 at 2:04 pm

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