COPYRIGHT : COPYRIGHT ACT B.E. 2537

Ministerial Regulation* (B.E. 2540) Issued under the Copyright Act B.E. 2537 By virtue of Section 5 and Section 15 paragraph 2 of the Copyright Act B.E. 2537, the Minister of Commerce hereby issues the Ministerial Regulation as follows: Clause 1. Whether any licensing condition pursuant to Section 15(5) is of the manner of unfair restriction …

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CHAPTER 8 PENALTIES Section 69. Any person who infringes the copyright or the performer’s rights according to Section 27, Section 28, Section 29, Section 30 or Section 52 shall be liable to a fine from twenty thousand Baht up to two hundred thousand Baht. If the offence in paragraph one is committed with commercial purposes, the …

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CHAPTER 7 OFFICIALS Section 67. For the purpose of performing duties under this Act, a competent official shall be an official under the Penal Code and shall have the powers and duties as follows : (1) to enter a building, office, factory or warehouse of any person during sunrise and sunset or during working hours of …

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CHAPTER 6 LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO COPYRIGHT AND PERFORMER’S RIGHTS Section 62. It shall be presumed in a litigation with respect to copyright or performer’s rights, no matter it is a civil or criminal case, that the work in dispute is a copyright work or the subject of performer’s rights by virtue of this Act and …

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CHAPTER 5 INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT AND PERFORMER’S RIGHTS Section 61. A copyright work of an author as well as the rights of a performer of a country which is a member of the Convention for the protection of copyright or the Convention for the protection of performer’s rights of which Thailand is also a member or a …

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CHAPTER 4 COPYRIGHT BOARD Section 56. There shall be a Copyright Board consisting of the Permanent-Secretary for Commerce as Chairman and qualified members not exceeding twelve persons appointed by the Council of Ministers in which not less than six persons are appointed from representatives of the associations of owners of copyright or performers’ rights and representatives …

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CHAPTER 3 USE OF COPYRIGHT IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES Section 54. A Thai national who may wish to seek a copyright license for a work, which has already been communicated to public in the form of printed materials or other analogous forms pursuant to this Act, for the benefit of study, teaching or research without a profit-seeking …

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CHAPTER 2 PERFORMERS’ RIGHTS Section 44. A performer has the following exclusive rights with respect to the acts concerning his performance of: (1) sound and video broadcasting or communication to public of the performance, except sound and video broadcasting or communication to public from a recording material which has been recorded; (2) recording the performance which …

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PART 6 EXCEPTIONS OF INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT Section 32. An act against a copyright work by virtue of this Act of another person which does not conflict with a normal exploitation of the copyright work by the owner of copyright and does not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate right of the owner of copyright is not deemed …

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PART 5 INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT Section 27. Any of the following acts against a copyright work by virtue of this Act without authorization in accordance with Section 15(5) is deemed an infringement of copyright: (1) reproduction or adaptation; (2) communication to public. Section 28. Any of the following acts against an audiovisual work, a, cinematographic work or …

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