Copyrights Act B.E.2537

COPYRIGHT ACT B.E. 2537 (Partial)

PART 3 COPYRIGHT PROTECTION

Section 15

Subject to Section 9, Section 10 and Section 14, the owner of copyright has the exclusive rights of: -

1. Reproduction or adaptation.
2. Communication to public.
3. Letting of the original or the copies of a computer program, an audiovisual work, a cinematographic work and sound recordings.
4. Giving benefit accruing from the copyright to other persons.
5. Licensing the rights mentioned in (1), (2) or (3) with or without conditions provided that the said conditions shall not unfairly restrict the competition.

Whether the conditions as mentioned in sub-Section (5) of the paragraph one are unfair restrictions of the competition or not shall be considered in accordance with the rules, methods and conditions set forth in the Ministerial Regulation.

PART 5 INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT

Section 27.

Any of the following acts against a copyright work by virtue of this Act without the permission in accordance with Section 15 (5) shall be 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 a copyrightable by virtue of this Act without the permission in accordance with Section 15(5) whether against the sound or image shall be deemed an infringement of copyright

1. Reproduction or adaptation.
2. Communication to public.
3. Letting of the original or copies the work.

CHAPTER 8 PENALTIES

Section 69 .

Whoever infringes the copyright or the performer’s rights according to Section 27, Section 28, Section 29, Section 30 or Section 52 shall be inflicted with If the offence in paragraph one is committed with the commercial purpose, the offender shall be inflicted with imprisonment from a term of six months up to four years or a fine for one hundred thousand Baht up to eight hundred thousand Baht or both imprisonment and fine.

Section 70 .

Whoever infringes the copyright or the performer’s rights according to Section 31 shall be inflicted with a fine from ten thousand Baht up to one hundred thousand Baht. If the offence in paragraph one is committed with the commercial purpose, the offender shall be inflicted with

Copyrights Act B.E. 2537

Copyrights Act B.E.2537

COPYRIGHT ACT B.E. 2537 (Partial)

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