Copyright notification process

Copyright notification consideration criteria

1. Expression of ideas – The work must be an expression of ideas.

2. Originality – The work must be original.

3. The work must be created with full exertion of labour, knowledge, capacity, and effort in creating the work.

4. The work must fall within the categories of works protected by the copyright law.

5. The work is not contrary to the laws and public morality.

The works which can be notified include works of authorship such as

-       Literary works (books, journals, computer programs, etc.)

-       Dramatic works (traditional dancing poses, modern dancing poses, etc.)

-       Artistic works (fine arts, sculptures, printings, architectures, photographs, illustrations, maps, applied arts, etc.)

-       Musical works (lyrics, melodies and lyrics, etc.)

-       Audiovisual works (DVDs)

-       Cinematographic works or films (DVDs)

-       Sound recordings (CDs)

-       Broadcasting works (Radio and TV programs)

-       Any other work in the literary, scientific and artistic domain

The works which cannot be notified

1.    Ideas, procedures, processes, systems, methods of use, concepts, principles, discoveries, scientific or mathematic theories

2.    News of the day and facts having the character of mere information

3.    The Constitution and laws

4.    Rules, regulations, notifications, orders, explanations and official correspondence of the ministries, bureaus, departments or any governmental or local offices.

5.    Judicial decisions, orders, decisions and reports of a governmental agency.

6.    Translation and gathering of items 2-5 made by any ministry, bureau, department or any governmental or local office.

Copyright notification procedure

1.    Fill in the following information and details

(1)     Name of copyright owner: Indicate the name, nationality, ID card number or juristic person number (as the case may be) and address of the copyright owner

(2)     Name of attorney-in-fact: In case the copyright owner authorizes the attorney-in-fact to proceed with the copyright notification, the copyright owner shall indicate the scope of power granted to the attorney-in-fact, and indicate the name, nationality, ID card number or juristic person number (as the case may be) and address of the attorney-in-fact.

(3)     Contact address in Thailand: Indicate the contact address and telephone number of the copyright owner or attorney-in-fact for the following up of the documents and work, in case the document submission is not completed.

(4)     Name of author or his pseudonym: Indicate the name, nationality, ID card number or juristic person number (as the case may be) and address of the author In case the work creator is a juristic person, indicate the registration date of the juristic person. In case the author has passed away, indicate the date of death of the author.

(5)     Name of the joint creator or his pseudonym: Indicate the name, nationality, ID card number or juristic person number (as the case may be) and address of the joint creator. In case there are more than one joint creator, indicate in this space. In case the joint creator is a juristic person, indicate the registration date of the juristic person. In case the joint creator has passed away, indicate the date of death of the joint creator.

(6)     Title of the work: Indicate the correctly-spelt title of the work to accurately indicate the work in the notification certificate.

(7)     Type of the work: Indicate the type of the work and characteristics of the work applied for copyright notification and indicate the work in support of the application, for example a book or CD, etc.

(8)     Copyright ownership: Indicate how the owner becomes the copyright owner, for example, indicating that he or she is the author, employer, employee, commissioner or commissionee, etc.

(9)     Type of creativity: Indicate whether the author solely or partially created the work and what part of the work he created. Or in other cases, such as, the work collector or adaptor, etc.

(10)  Place of creation: Indicate the country where the work was created.

(11)  Year of creation: Indicate the year when the work was created.

(12) Publication: Indicate the date, month, year and country of the first publication, when the work is sufficiently distributed with consent of the author. In case of no publication, indicate this by making a mark in the box of “no publication”.

(13) Copyright notification/registration abroad: Indicate whether the owner has notified/registered the copyright in a foreign country or not, by making a mark in the box of “previous notification or registration” (as the case may be).

(14) Licence or assignment of copyright: Indicate by making a mark in the box of “previous licence or assignment of copyright”, for example if the owner has never licensed or assigned his or her copyright, then make a mark in the box of “no previous licence or assignment”. If the owner has licensed or assigned his or her copyright, then make a mark in the box of “previous licence or assignment of copyright”, and specify whom the copyright is licensed or assigned to, wholly or partly, and how long.

(15) Permission to others to inspect the copyright information: Indicate whether the owner allows others to inspect documents in the copyright notification and work file or not.

(16) The copyright owner or the attorney-in-fact signs in the application

3.    The brief details regarding the creation of the work: Indicate the brief method and process of work creation or the inspiration of work creation. The copyright owner or attorney-in-fact shall affix his signature in this form.

4.    A letter certifying copyright ownership: Indicate the name, address and juristic person registration number (if any) of the copyright owner, type of the copyright work, title of the work, and indicate the copyright notification application submission date. Only the copyright owner shall affix his signature in the certificate of copyright owner.

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