Under current law, the term of protection for photographic works
is 50 years from the work's creation or first publication. The
draft amendment of the Copyright Act extends this to be the
lifetime of the author plus an additional 50 years.
This change would put Thailand's protection for photographic
works in line with the WIPO Copyright Treaty, of which Thailand is
getting ready to be a member.
Online infringement: safe harbours and takedowns
While the current Copyright Act provides injunctive relief
against online infringement for copyright owners, together with an
exemption from infringement liability for ISPs, the mechanism for
doing so has proved ineffective.
The new draft therefore replaces this mechanism with safe
harbour provisions that exempt ISPs from liability for copyright
infringement committed by users, as long as the ISPs comply
properly - including by implementing the notice-and-takedown
system.
