{"id":45922,"date":"2024-12-02T10:20:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T10:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=legal_developments&#038;p=45922"},"modified":"2024-12-02T10:20:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T10:20:56","slug":"digital-intermediary-service-providers-copyright-safe-harbour-protections-thailand","status":"publish","type":"legal_developments","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/thought-leadership\/digital-intermediary-service-providers-copyright-safe-harbour-protections-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Intermediary Service Providers \u2013 Copyright Safe Harbour Protections \u2013 Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>With all the discussions regarding regulating digital platforms, we think it is time to address some safe harbour protections for social media platforms under Thai law.<\/strong><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">This article is certainly not exhaustive and is intended to give the reader a sense of such protections in Thailand. Our contact information is below for any specific situation you may be experiencing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to the Bangkok Post, Thailand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/learning\/really-easy\/2735179\/thais-among-top-social-media-users\"><strong>\u201cis among global leaders in time spent on social media and number of users of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and e-commerce\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amongst the ever-expanding <a href=\"https:\/\/fosrlaw.com\/e-commerce-law-thailand-part-1-of-3\/\"><strong>regulation of social media and e-commerce in Thailand<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> which can include <a href=\"https:\/\/fosrlaw.com\/computer-crime-act-in-thailand-supreme-court-application\/\"><strong>criminal liability<\/strong><\/a>, there is also the issue of copyright violations.<\/p>\n<p>Social media platforms invest significant resources in the issue of copyright violations. According to the website statista.com, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1281165\/automatic-copyright-claims-youtube-by-status\/\"><strong>YouTube alone dealt with nearly a billion claims<\/strong><\/a> in the first six months of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Under Thailand\u2019s Copyright Act B.E. 2537 (1994) (\u201cTCA\u201d), a service provider is exempted from liability for copyright infringement (\u201cSafe Harbour Protections\u201d) if a service provider fits within the definition of 4 categories, which are (i) intermediary service providers, (ii) caching service providers, (iii) hosting service providers, and (iv) search engine providers. There are further qualifications to qualify for Safe Harbour Protections.<\/p>\n<p>For example, an \u201cintermediary service provider\u201d will have such protections if it possesses specific characteristics, such as not initiating computer data transmission, establishing and declaring a policy of terminating and stopping service to users who repeatedly infringe copyrights, etc.<\/p>\n<p>If an intermediary service provider satisfies such characteristics, it will be protected under the Safe Harbour Protection of the TCA.<\/p>\n<p>The comments here are for general information purposes only. Nothing here should be or can be relied on as legal advice.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-45922","legal_developments","type-legal_developments","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/legal_developments\/45922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/legal_developments"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/legal_developments"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}