National Legislative Assembly of Thailand

“ Moreover, [the offenders] avail themselves of the exceptions to copyright infringement under the present law on copyright to assert that the reproduction is for their personal use. It is thus appropriate to amend the Copyright Act, 2537 BE, by designating the commission of a copyright infringement in the said manner as a specific offence liable to the same penalty as that for an infringement of copyright for a commercial purpose. ”

“ In addition, it is appropriate to provide an additional exception to copyright infringement in favour of persons with visual disability, persons with hearing disability, persons with intellectual disability, and persons with other types of disabilities as prescribed in a royal decree, so that they would be able to access copyrighted works as necessary. ”

“ At present, there are problems of reproducing [copyrighted works] by recording without permission either sound or picture or both sound and picture of films, either Thai or foreign, during their screening in cinemas, and reproducing them in various media, as CDs or DVDs, for instance, for further disposal, [1] causing considerable economical damage to the film industry and related businesses, to the detriment of the ordinary exploitation of copyrighted works by the owners of the copyrights or the persons permitted to use the rights. ”