i'm writting a book about buying land and building a house in Thailand and plan to use quotes from some of the posts on this forum in the book.

do i need to get the authors or thaivisa.com's permission or is the content automatically public domain since it's posted on a public forum?

thanks, steve

i'm writting a book about buying land and building a house in Thailand and plan to use quotes from some of the posts on this forum in the book.

do i need to get the authors or thaivisa.com's permission or is the content automatically public domain since it's posted on a public forum?

thanks, steve

Steve, as a published writer, and occasional editor, I can tell you that what you plan on doing is illegal, and unprofessional.

Anything written by someone else is automaticly copyrighted unless otherwise stipulated. By posting in a public forum the author grants the right to display the material to the site owner, but not blanket rights for re-transmission.

No editor worth their salt will accept a story which was researched in this manner. By all means use the posts as a guide to getting hard facts from proven, tracable sources, but don't use a posting as "research". You don't know who the poster is, so how can you properly quote them?

If you wish to quote someone on this forum, contact them privately and arrange to interview them properly.

cv

i'm writting a book about buying land and building a house in Thailand and plan to use quotes from some of the posts on this forum in the book.

do i need to get the authors or thaivisa.com's permission or is the content automatically public domain since it's posted on a public forum?

thanks, steve

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Steve, as a published writer, and occasional editor, I can tell you that what you plan on doing is illegal, and unprofessional.

Anything written by someone else is automaticly copyrighted unless otherwise stipulated. By posting in a public forum the author grants the right to display the material to the site owner, but not blanket rights for re-transmission.

No editor worth their salt will accept a story which was researched in this manner. By all means use the posts as a guide to getting hard facts from proven, tracable sources, but don't use a posting as "research". You don't know who the poster is, so how can you properly quote them?

If you wish to quote someone on this forum, contact them privately and arrange to interview them properly.

cv

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Agree with Vic, plus you will get more info.

Also, email admin(at)thaivisa.com and perhaps the owners of this fine site can help you out in other ways too.

Good luck

No editor worth their salt will accept a story which was researched in this manner. By all means use the posts as a guide to getting hard facts from proven, tracable sources, but don't use a posting as "research". You don't know who the poster is, so how can you properly quote them?

cv

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thanks for the info. i think i gave the wrong imporession when i implied i would use the information here as research. but i am interested in peoples personal stories and you are right, it's best to contact them and do a full interview.

steve

No editor worth their salt will accept a story which was researched in this manner. By all means use the posts as a guide to getting hard facts from proven, tracable sources, but don't use a posting as "research". You don't know who the poster is, so how can you properly quote them?

cv

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thanks for the info. i think i gave the wrong imporession when i implied i would use the information here as research. but i am interested in peoples personal stories and you are right, it's best to contact them and do a full interview.

steve

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Good luck with it.

I would do my own research and use the quotes for ideas.

Especially with all the information about land & house ownerships. It is all the same. 30 year lease bla bla 30+30 years bla bla, can, can not, impossible, no problem.

I think what you really need is a translation of the thai law, and write it down as it is exactly. Then your book will be worth reading, i'll buy it.

If you have a look around the rest of Thaivisa.com besides the forum you will find alot of well documented info as well, and info on other sources of info. Best of luck.

cv

I would do my own research and use the quotes for ideas.

Especially with all the information about land & house ownerships. It is all the same. 30 year lease bla bla 30+30 years bla bla, can, can not, impossible, no problem.

I think what you really need is a translation of the thai law, and write it down as it is exactly. Then your book will be worth reading, i'll buy it.

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i would love that. if you look through the past posts of people who seem to know what they are talking about, their opinion seems to change with time. even my own lawyer gives me inconsistent information.

i wonder where i could get such a translation?

steve

I see many posts from sumitrman quoting the Thai law.

I hope he reads this and can provide details were he read them.

Second thing is of course interpreting the law.

Lawyers seem to interprete for the highest yield.