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'Copyright agent' victims file reports
News, Prasit Tangprasert and King-oua Laohong, Published on 07/11/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Two women have told police they were extorted by the same "copyright agent" who ordered krathong baskets featuring copyrighted characters from a teenager, only to have her arrested and fined for copyright infringement.
New copyright protection centre debuts
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/12/2018
» A new government centre was launched yesterday to protect parties affected by widespread infringement of intellectual property online, with the goal of stopping offenders' activities over the course of one to three days while waiting for the results of a formal investigation.
EU Parliament rejects controversial copyright law
AFP, Published on 05/07/2018
» BRUSSELS - The European Parliament rejected Thursday a highly controversial EU copyright law proposal that has pitted Beatles legend Paul McCartney against internet giants and the creators of Wikipedia.
Copyright owners to get piracy relief
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 17/09/2018
» The Intellectual Property Department (IPD) is seeking to amend the Copyright Act to allow copyright owners to remove pirated content from websites without having to go through time-consuming court proceedings.
Teen shocked at krathong copyright sting
News, Published on 06/11/2019
» A 15-year-old girl was arrested and fined 5,000 baht for making krathong baskets featuring cartoon characters that were ordered by undercover copyright police.
Copyright law lets big fish off
News, Editorial, Published on 13/11/2019
» A recent scam involving "copyright agents" making money out of a 15-year-old girl, whom they tricked into producing krathong floats featuring rights-protected San-X cartoon characters, tells just as much about our troubled copyright protection law as it does about disproportionate, ineffective law enforcement.
Warrants out for 'copyright protection' gang
Post Reporters, Published on 26/11/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for a former copyright agent and two others for allegedly extorting money from a school girl for violating copyright law by making krathongs in the shape of cartoon characters.
Digital project funds music copyright owners
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 25/02/2025
» The Ministry of Commerce has collaborated with the Flips.IP platform to enhance funding opportunities for music copyright owners.
AI art raises questions about copyright
Oped, Saliltorn Thongmeensuk, Published on 26/10/2022
» Want to have an impressionist painting of Thai temples in the style of Claude Monet, but you cannot afford to commission an artist? Let artificial intelligence (AI) do the work for you.
AFP suing Musk’s X over copyright
AFP, Published on 03/08/2023
» PARIS: The news agency AFP has launched a copyright case in France against the social media giant X, recently rebranded from Twitter, part of a global struggle to get tech firms to pay for news.