MANILA, Philippines?Renowned musician John Lesaca has called for temperance amid composer Gary Granada?s charges of copyright infringement against GMA Network and hoped that an amicable resolution would be reached between both parties.

Lesaca said that the issue now involved the second unnamed composer who replaced Granada in the composition of an ad jingle that Granada had claimed infringed on a rejected study he made for the ?3-Pid Handog sa Edukasyon? campaign of the network and client Procter & Gamble Philippines. "This other person may have been mistaken [in using Granada's original work] and only acted in good faith. They have to identify who this other composer is."

Lesaca, chairman of the Intellectual Property Coalition and member of the Musikang Pilipino Foundation, said that the second composer might have been identified but that GMA might not be compelled to present her. "To them, the work was done by the second composer and it was a legitimate composition."

Lesaca said that the case could also be solved if the ownership of the composition would be established. He also hoped that Granada registered his work in the National Library, which would strengthen his claims of ownership. ?Gary is a respected composer and he knows how to protect his rights. If he did his due diligence, he will have a certificate from the National Library showing that his work was created earlier than the one used by GMA Network.?

But in deference to GMA Network, Lesaca said that the broadcast firm was equally observant with protecting original material. "They have people there who are very much into protecting intellectual property and I know some of them."

Meanwhile, the board of directors of the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (FILSCAP) are set to meet on Friday to discuss the aspects of the case against GMA.

FILSCAP represents Granada in the issue.

In a phone interview, FILSCAP General Manager Debbie Gaite said they would discuss with their lawyers on the legal aspects of the case, after their board of directors would give the go signal to pursue legal action against GMA.

She said she could not yet talk about what specific actions could be made against the broadcast firm.

"We'll come out with an official statement sometime next week," Gaite said.

In an audio narrative he sent to friends, colleagues and the media last week through e-mail, Granada alleged that the final version of the GMA-P&G jingle bore a striking resemblance to the study he submitted to the network for the project that was subsequently rejected. Granada claimed the network used the musical structure of his study to come up with the final, broadcasted version of the jingle. He also claimed that the edited lyrics in the jingle were his revisions to an original copy GMA Network presented to him.

He emphasized that GMA should not have used any of his revisions and the musical structure he created in his study because the network had rejected it.

But, in a statement, GMA Network said the unnamed second composer, whom the network hired to complete final version, denied using Granada?s study. Granada had begged off from the project after the network rejected his work.

GMA also refuted Granada?s claims that the revised lyrics came from him, saying that the final version was a result of a collective effort between the composer and the network?s marketing staff. It also said Granada could not claim ownership of the lyrics because mere revisions to an original copy were not copyrightable.