Copyright Law In Thailand

[kiakaha]

Say a foreigner based in thailand had a website that was being run illegally (no work permit, tax evasion etc..) , and that website had a "copyright" disclaimer on it , legally would this have any relevance whatsoever ie: where/how could this copyright possibly have standing and be enforced given the illegality of the operation...there would be nothing stopping you from taking the contents of foo.com and simply copying it to boo.com

What legal requirements do you have to fill for the copyright law in thailand to cover you ?

[skybluestu]

Say a foreigner based in thailand had a website that was being run illegally (no work permit, tax evasion etc..) , and that website had a "copyright" disclaimer on it , legally would this have any relevance whatsoever ie: where/how could this copyright possibly have standing and be enforced given the illegality of the operation...there would be nothing stopping you from taking the contents of foo.com and simply copying it to boo.com

What legal requirements do you have to fill for the copyright law in thailand to cover you ?

The copyright law in Thailand means you have the right to copy. ;-)

[dave111223]

They could probably sue you under US copyright law. Obviously would never happen due to the prohibitive costs etc...

But what if your website someday is worth millions? Guess who is going to be there, hand out, to collect their share?

You don't need to have applied for an official copyright to have a claim, as long as you have some verifiable claim that you created the content first. With web archives (waywaybackmachine etc...) it would be pretty easy for him to prove he created it first.

I don't see how their lack of workpermit/taxes has any baring on the copyright issue.

It's kind of like stealing from a prostitute and when the police show up at your house you say "she was just whore" (not gonna fly)

Also for web content remember that search engines (ie google), see which website published the content first (his website) and classify him as the source, and you as a copier (and thus your site will probably never be ranked above his).

Meaning when people search for stuff that he is writing about they will find his website, not yours (no matter how much SEO work you do) And you'll end up paying sh*tloads for your traffic, while he gets all his traffic free.