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There are cause worth fighting. Respecting one's intellectural property is a must, not only here in our country but all over the world. Today, I witness a joint effort from difeerent agencies as they fight for the intellectual property rights. Piracy should be eliminated As part of the global celebration of World IP Day , the Philippines’screen community recently reinforced their commitment to deter illegal camcordingin the country by intensifying efforts to secure cinemas and fast-track criminal prosecution against Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) violators. Over the years, a significant number of camcorded movies used in the production of illegal optical discs or found online have been forensically matched to cinemas in the Philippines. Last year, there were four forensic matches for the whole year. However, in just the early months of 2013 alone, four illegal camcordshave already been forensically matched to Philippine cinemas, causing the industry to raise the a...