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| General
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According to
Thailand’s Copyright Act, Copyright works under
this Act are literary work, dramatic work, artistic
work, musical work, audiovisual material work, cinematograph
film, sound recording work, sound and picture broadcasting
work or any other work in literature work, sound
and picture broadcasting work or any other work
in literature, sciences or arts sections of the
author do not have to be registered. Moreover,
to record the information of the work is merely
information proving of the ownership of the work
and/or for the public to contact the owner in obtaining
the assignment.
However, it is recommended to record of the
work and/or relevant information due to avoiding
the dispute of ownership of the work once copyright
infringements occur. |
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| Software
Protection in Thailand |
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For many
years after computer programs appeared in the
market, courts and lawyers struggled to find a
way to adequately protect them, arguing alternatively
for patent law, copyright law, or a special system.
Today, most countries have adopted the system
of copyright protection for software; Thailand
is no exception.
In Thailand, the author of
a computer program is the person or persons that
develop it. However, unless otherwise agreed, the
author is deemed to have assigned his or her economic
rights to the producer on an exclusive and unlimited
basis, including the right to make adaptations or
new versions of the program. The producer of a given
software program is the physical or legal person
who takes the initiative and assumes the responsibility
of the work.License agreements of computer programs
and databases may be contained in texts printed
and begin and ending source codeprinted by the producer,
signed or not by the parties, as part of the graphic
and magnetic supports given by the copyright owner
to the authorized user, which contain the conditions
of use of the program. |
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| Term of
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In general,
the term of protection for Copyright exists for
the life of the author plus 50 years after the
death of the author. In case of a work is of joint
authorship, Copyright exists for the life of the
joint-authors plus 50 years as from the death
of the last surviving co-author.
In the case where the author is a juristic person,
copyright exists for 50 years from the time of
authorship.
Copyright in photographic, audiovisual, cinematographic
and audio and video broadcasting works as well
as sound recordings exists for 50 years from the
time of authorship.
Copyright in works which are created during the
course of employment, instruction or commission
exists for 50 years from the time of authorship.
Copyright in a work of applied arts exists for
25 years from the time of authorship.
In the case that the work is published during
such period, copyright exists for 50 years from
the first publication with the exception of copyrighted
works in the field of applied arts, which exist
for 25 years from the date of the first publication.
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