Gilbert Teodoro's TV commercial, which uses the song "Posible" originally performed by Rivermaya, is thrown in the middle of a copyright dispute between composer Rico Blanco and Rivermaya's former manager Lizza Nakpil.

Screenshot of Teodoro's TV ad

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• Rivermaya ex-manager may be held liable for allegedly appropriating authorship of "Posible" January 20, 2010 03:57 PM
• Rivermaya's Mark Escueta airs opinion on "Posible" controversy January 15, 2010 04:22 PM
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• Rivermaya accuses former manager of career sabotage October 16, 2009 05:17 PM

Jingle pa lang bigo na si gibo

Wow. For a presidential candidate whose runningmate used to be the anti-piracy czar, that's pretty telling.

ipinapakita lang dito kung gaano ka poor ang performance ng mga government agencies natin, nag aapprove ng basta2 lang basta may pera, pumunta kayo ng munisipyo at napakadaling mag apply ng sedula, kahit anung name pa ang sabihin mo ok lang eh dba dapat may ID yun na kasama, at ito naman Nakpil na ito uber sa kapal, parang si Tommy Mottola at parang si Michael jackson naman si Rico Blanco, lahat ng pinaghirapan i compose at kantahin ng mga talents nila eh kukunin pa nila na kung tutuusin eh mga manager lang sila na dapat ay hanggang pangungumisyon lang ang papel nila o dba, yan ba ang presidente na gusto niyo, mas mahalaga ba ang legalidad sa moralidad?nakakatapak ka na ng tao noh

Hurry!!! I'm selling Gary Valenciano copyrighted songs for P1.00 and I have all the paperworks to prove it. Anyone wants to buy???

Gibo's camp is stupid enough to fall for this...the worse part is, they are asking Rico Blanco to apologize, sick, very sick...

Hurry!!! I'm selling Gary Valenciano copyrighted songs for P1.00 and I have all the paperworks to prove it. Anyone wants to buy???

Gibo's camp is stupid enough to fall for this...the worse part is, they are asking Rico Blanco to apologize, sick, very sick...

Mabilis na pag-ahon o mabilis na corruption? Nakakasawa na! Tama na! Sobra na!

Kapal ng mukha ni Nakpil to register one of the most awesome songs I've ever heard in years as her copyright. Mukhang pera nga like others have said here. Rico Blanco should have full rights to it since he wrote it in the first place.

If you think this is bad, don't be surprised if LIWANAG SA DILIM is used as another candidate's campaign jingle.

sus, rico blanco, kausapin mo yung recording company mo at nang malinawan ka sa mga pinag-aakusa mo about kay GIBO.

unless, mapatunayan mong ikaw nga ang true owner ng song.

thats gibo, lahat imposible! kahit in all morality the rights belong to rico and not to nakpil, his people sided the snake. that is not new, gibo has been with the snakes!

Lizza Nakpil na naman..tsk tsk!
at etong dennis naman may pa conspiracy theory pa engot naman di nagpa alam sa song writer..hay nakow!

ay aang anga si rico kung naloko siya nung tusong manager nila at napunta na sa kanya yung copyright ng kantang binuo nila, tapos si gibo ang titirahin niya sa twitter? ni hindi ko nga alam na rivermaya pala kumanta dun alam ko lang sa advertisement yun ng globe. engot pala xa eh mafeeling

drake13

Tama. Tapos ipa-assassinate natin si Erap para si Binay na presidente. Yehey.

alexmosher

Kaya mo 'yan! I'm just here to support you. Wait sino ba ko? Hahaha. wink

Boo Lizza!

tama ka dyan archangeldiva!

witch nga tong si nakpil pramis!

aedricus - hehehehe.....nagpapraktis na ako for quot;keen of detailsquot; bka d ako maregular if mabantayan ng maigi...hehehe....

anyway we do make mistakes...

alexmosher

Hahaha. Ang bilis magbago ng PEP.

Hala palitan na yan posible, gawin ng imposible...hehehe,

I'll go for GIBO pa rin!!

Please PEP review this statement if you are referring to January 11 or December 11 as the date so as not to be confusing

quot;PEP called the Copyright Office today, December 11, to confirm the document's authenticity. Copyright Examiner Michelle Flor said over the phone that the document posted online matches their records.quot;

Blaming others for your honest mistake won't sit well with the observing public, specially te undecided voters.

Admit to your mistakes before you lose te 5 percent of voters who trust you.

Here are the mistakes of Gibo Camp:

Hiring foreign-based pinoy musician, Dennis Garcia to handle the campaign song, he wo does not know what is going on in the local music scene.

Approving of Garcia's choice Posible without doing a background check - the song whose real ownership is pending in court.

Instead of hiring the original artist and composer, they paid the false owner of copyright and let the copycat sing it for a cheaper price.

After hearing Rico air his side, they let Dennis Garcia handle the damage control, big mistake. This is a legal issue, not just song arrangement or lyrical melody.

Some advertisers use music to send their good messages so people can identify themselves with the product they sell. What message are you sending for choosing a controversial song and deny any wrongdoings when the singer composer cries foul? Instead of getting more votes, you got more troubles for making simple mistakes. Blaming others o

How is it possible that a manager owns the rights to songs she did not compose?

A manager lang yan a.. the artist and the real talent are the singers/composers.

Kakaloka naman na binigyan sya ng legal rights to it. Ano ba yan!

Ms. Salve Asis has written a rejoinder explaining Gibo's side on the issue in her Show-My column, Pilipino Star. To those who insist on his culpability violating one's copyright, no explanation would be enough. And to those who believe it was an honest deal, no explanation is necessary. My instinct tells me Gibo is a good man and that I will stick to him no matter how dirty the tricks are being thrown against him. No person as intelligent as Mr. Teodoro can afford to sacrifice his integrity and honor on trivial matters like this one. GO GIBO.

Gusto ko si Gibo pero sampal ito sa kandidatura niya,nagtiwala at umasa si Gibo kay Dennis na gagawin ng maayos at yung campaign ad niya. Itong Deninnis na ito,hindi rin nag-iisip o nagreresearch ng maayos ano? Wala ng pag-asa si Gibo,kahit gusto pa siya ng karamihan ng mga estudyante.

Mukhang Villar vs NoyNoy na labanan.

umpisa pa lang kawatan na paano na kung president na?

this liza nakpil is one evil witch...

I do not beleive that dennis garcia knows nothing about the rift between the former hag manager and rico blanco-river maya. Lumulusot lang yan dahil nabuta at mas kaibigan niya si nakpil.

isa pang dapa i-persecute ay itong gov't. agency na nag-issue ng rights to the witch...ano ba yan???!!! anong klase kayo...basta bayad ang FEE hindi ninyo na isi-isip kung kanino talaga at sino ang gumawa, ng kanta??!!

mabilis na pag-ahon daw.. achoos. ewan q sau. tuta ka nman ni gma eh. pag ikaw ang na-elect for sure free na c gma.

GIBO magquit ka na pagtakbo bilang pres.....parehas lang kayo ni EDu wlang K!

lolo bosyong

Ay, may conspiracy theory na. Ang galing mo naman!

Gibo pa rin!!

sunugin ng buhay ang liza nakpil na yan! mr garcia should have done his assignment including doing a research about the song. obviously, hindi nya ginawa kasi hindi nya nalaman earlier about the dispute.kung nalaman nya earlier he could've avoided this controversy

syempre na approved yan ng galamay sa goverment para kay Nakpil dahil gagamitin ni BIgo ang songs . ngaun palang delikado an tayo kung wala kang respeto sa isang composer na alam ng lahat ng tao na sya ang gumawa at ninakaw lang sa kanya ng Manager ang rights , paano na lang kaya ang ordinaryong mamayan?

Si Garcia nagagalit pa sa composer? hus ko kung manalo si Bigo as President ano pa kaya ang apog nito ?

Kulilat na nga sa survey controvercial pa. mga Bopol di man lang na isip bago mag react ,. Si Edu pa naman ang vice? e yung binili nilang composition eh pinirata hahahahah

what a joke!

grabe etong Liza Nakpil, di na sya ang manager pero lahat ng projects/music pati band name ipinarihistro para lumabas na sya ang may-ari... engot rin ng nag issue ng rights sa kanya, basta nagbayad ng application fee di na nila sinasaliksik kung totoo ang mga inaapply... hay buhay... that's the kind of service you get, is it a government agency??? gibo pag nanalo ka yan ang una mong tignang ahenya... mukhang palpak ang mga tao dyan...

How stupid is Gibo's camp to get involved with a song under litigation? If they can oversee details like this, what more with serious issues like poverty and private armies?

If you want to launch a good campaign, stay as far away from controversies like simple ownership of copyright. There are lots of good Filipino songs out there, why pick the one in dipute?
Is is cheaper or should I say, is it worth it really?

Do yourselves a favor and admit the mistake. This would show your sincerity and reflect transparency instead of asking the artist to apologize for your stupidity.

How stupid is Gibo's camp to get involved with a song under litigation? If they can oversee details like this, what more with serious issues like poverty and private armies?

If you want to launch a good campaign, stay as far away from controversies like simple ownership of copyright. There are lots of good Filipino songs out there, why pick the one in dipute?
Is is cheaper or should I say, is it worth it really?

Do yourselves a favor and admit the mistake. This would show your sincerity and reflect transparency instead of asking the artist to apologize for your stupidity.

This Liza Nakpil is so btch really, mukhang pera ang babaeng ito, pasalamat sya dahil babae sya otherwise nasapak na sya ng mga astig na members ng Rivermaya.Sya lahat ugat ng pagkawatak ng grupo tapos ngayon ng gugulo pa, paanong nagkaroon sya ng rights over Rico's composition? Hello!

Catalina

You can disagree with me all you want but it still doesn't cange the fact that Rico Blanco sang and composed that song. The least they could do is ask for his permission.

What they did instead was paid the former manager who was erronously granted coplyright by national library. They also changed the lyrics and hired someone to sing it like he did to make it appear Rico's endorsing him.

This to me is done in bad taste and does not reflect well on his campaign. They should have acknowledged their mistake for not knowing the song's ownership is still under dispute.

How can the real owner of the song be the harrasser when his craft is being used without his permission?

opinion ko lng, may karapatan talga si rico i contest ang intellectual right nya over the song, imadyin siya lumikha ng kanta bininta ng kanyang ex-manager? tama ba naman yun?

With all due respect to you ironickme, I disagree with your point. Paanong naging insensitive si Teodoro sa plight ng artists? Garcia, the person in-charge of the music for his campaign, who himself is also a music artist and composer, did exactly what was necessary to obtain the permission and rights to use the music 'Posible'. And yes, that is the argument that primarily anchors Teodoro’s campaign to use the song--walang kaso sa mga dokumento na pinresent ni Garcia because they are duly signed and executed properly. Like I said earlier, the problem stems from Blanco and Nakpil’s differences, and I will repeat that if Blanco maintains that his intellectual property rights over the song ‘Posible’ has been infringed by Nakpil’s filing for its copyright, he must assert his rights over what he believes is his. You can slice it and dice it however you want, but the cease and desist order and the Twittering is harassment in of itself.

hay pineperahan lang si gibo!
at tsaka bitter lang ang iba d2 dahil sa facebook marami ang sumusuporta kay gibo!

Go Green green grass of HOPE!

sulong gibo!!! yay!!!

siguro naman sinunod ng kampo ni gibo ang mga kailangan gawin para magamit ang kanta.. hindi na nila problema kung magkaaway ang manager at talent!

Get REAL and stop negative publicity. Buti nga pinopromote ni Dennis ang OPM hindi gaya ng iba dyan....Nobody, nobody but you....ngek.

Kung bumili ka ba ng DVD or CD kailangan mo munang magpaalam sa artista? Di ba hindi....binili ka sa tindahan kung saan ni-release ng publisher iyong DVP or CD.

Kung ikaw isang computer programmer sa isang company, gumawa ka ng program tapos binenta ng company ....kailangan mo ba bang magpaalam sa programmer na gagamitin mo program nya?

Kung ayaw ni Rico Blanco pagamit iyong kanta sana umalis na sya ng Rivermaya....tapos sya na iyong mag release at mag market ng sarili nyang composisyon...

On any campaign, you want to generate as much support from all sectors. The way they handled Rico Blaco's claim would leave artits and composers scratching their heads.

We have a candidate who's very smart yet insensitive to the plight of the artits and composers because he has documents that show's he did it legally?

It's like buying a pirated cd and showing the receipt to everyone to prove you acquired it legally.

Sa tingin ko, since dumaan naman sa tamang proseso si Garcia para magamit yung kanta, di dapat natin kastiguhin yung kampo ni Gibo.

Obviously, ang gusot nasa pagitan ni Rico at ni Nakpil. Kung sa tingin ni Rico nag-infringe si Nakpil sa intellectual property niya sa kantang Posible, mag-file siya ng kaso laban ke Nakpil. Di dapat hina-harass ni Rico si Garcia through Warner Music. Puwede naman niya i-assert yung rights niya sa tamang proseso, wag nang daanin pa sa pa-Twitter-Twitter.

Rico Blanco has all the rights being the composer and artist of this song. Nakpil malisciously apllied for the rights and was granted by the stupid board. Blanco should make an appeal.

Gibo's camp have the paper works but they obvously could handle the issue a little bit better. They bought the song from the wrong person. It's a mistake on their part and blaming someone else reflects bad on their campaign. Tehy should have settled it with all the parties rather than dismissing the claimant.

bakit nagdadadak dak si rico? para siyang hindi lalaki. if he is a real gentleman, di idaan niya sa maayos na pakikipag-usap. kung gusto nya magsampa pa siya ng kaso para magkaalaman na di ba? gibo being a lawyer di naman siguro nya ipapahiya ang sarili nya dahil lang sa isang campaign ad. isa pa, what's with the song anyway? di naman kilala ang song pasalamat pa nga si rico na nagamit at nagkapera pa siya sa kantang to. he probably has personal issues when it comes to gibo so deal with it like a man.

regardless of who owns the song, it seems to me that gibo's camp did it right. they went through the proper channels, got permission, and paid for the use of the song.

now, who really owns the song, yan ang pinag-aawayan pa rin.

si manny villar nga ginamit rin yung song ng parokya ni edgar na akala dapat nag react din sina chito sa kampo nina manny villar

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