Section 177. Copyright or Economic Rights. -

Subject to the provisions of Chapter VIII, copyright or economic rights shall consist of the exclusive right to carry out, authorize or prevent the following acts:

177.1.

Reproduction of the work or substantial portion of the work;

177.2.

Dramatization, translation, adaptation, abridgment, arrangement or other transformation of the work;

177.3.

The first public distribution of the original and each copy of the work by sale or other forms of transfer of ownership;

177.4.

Rental of the original or a copy of an audiovisual or cinematographic work, a work embodied in a sound recording, a computer program, a compilation of data and other materials or a musical work in graphic form, irrespective of the ownership of the original or the copy which is the subject of the rental; (n)

177.5.

Public display of the original or a copy of the work;

177.6.

Public performance of the work; and

177.7.

Other communication to the public of the work. (Sec. 5, P. D. No. 49a)