Pattaya Massage Shop Copyright Music Raid Deemed Unlawful By Victims Lawyer

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Pattaya Massage Shop Copyright Music raid deemed unlawful by victims Lawyer

PATTAYA:--A group of Music Copyright Officers were alleged to have assaulted a female staff member inside a massage Shop in South Pattaya late on Saturday Night.

The alleged victim, Khun Jantra aged 29 went to Pattaya Police Station and reported the assault which consisted of a slap to the face by one of the copyright officers who was accompanied by two other men who claimed to be Police Officers.

When she arrived at the station, with her Lawyer, she spotted one of the copyright officers who was found not to have followed the correct process of reporting the intended raid of the shop to Police, who must authorise the raid first. The paperwork for the raid had been submitted to Police by the Inter Music Copyright Company from Bangkok

Full story:http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/60120/pattaya-massage-shop-copyright-music-raid-deemed-unlawful-victims-lawyer/

-- Pattaya One 2012-08-06

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[ramidin]

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/558839-music-license-sharks-at-it-again/

see here: if you have been raided by either Inter Music Co. Ltd or KT Publishing please PM me.

We have a criminal action in Court against them now.

[ramidin]

The official line from Department of Intellectual Property :

DIP News

The Department of Intellectual Property received many complaints from the entrepreneurs about the doings of a group of people that claimed a right to take legal action against unlicensed usage of international repertoire in many famous travelling spot, such as, Pattaya, Phuket etc. These people always came in a team not less than 5 persons and claimed that they were authorized from the international music copyright owners and tried to investigate the premises, which were pub / bar that use international music. Their intention was to ask for music copyright royalty fee and in case that the entrepreneur refused to pay, they would take the entrepreneur to the police station and petition for high compromise fee, in which this activity caused so much trouble to entrepreneurs.

The DIP would like to declare to the entrepreneurs to be aware of this case and inquire the entrepreneur to prepare as the following:

1. Ask for an evidence that whether these persons had already file a complaint to the police or not, and what charge it is.
   
2. Ask for evidence that the person who files charge is the duly authorized person by checking that whether the Power of Attorney (POA) allows them to file charge and verify that whether the POA is expired. In case that it is the sub-authorization, check that the authorization has a complete flow (all the persons in the sub-authorization are duly authorized.) And what song that the right indicates.
   
3. Ask for a certain name of song and music label that is infringing the copyright.
   
4. There must be a police officer taking part in the apprehension and accusation.
   
5. Record the sound, motion picture and action of the claimant, the person that takes part in the apprehension and also the officials.
   

In case that there are no such aforementioned evidence, Please file charge to the local police officers to validate the claimant evidence. Please also examine the information on royalty fee collection notification declared by the Central Committee on Price and Service in websitewww.ipthailand.go.th before making any compromise with the claimant.

The information of the collecting management organization who manages the international repertoires that registered with the Central Committee on Price and Service as of March 2012 are 4 organizations as the following:

1. MPC Music Co., Ltd.: 800,000 repertoires
   
2. RKT Publishing Co., Ltd.: 106 repertoires
   
3. IP Management Co., Ltd.: 58 repertoires
   
4. KT Publishing Co., Ltd.: 10 repertoires
   

In case that the entrepreneur wish to use international repertoire in their course of business and desire to apply for licence for legal usage of international music in order not to infringing the copyright and prevent yourself from the apprehension in such case, please contact the Copyright Office, call 02-547-4633 and 02-547-4634

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[Jayman]

a "slap to the face" ...? Wow.. and she certainly looks rightfully pissed in the photos. I hope she brings up assault charges on him as well.

[Jessi]

http://www.thaivisa....ks-at-it-again/

see here: if you have been raided by either Inter Music Co. Ltd or KT Publishing please PM me.

We have a criminal action in Court against them now.

Good on you ramidan, I hope you and others are successful in this challange.

[Gone]

Scum of the earth. 50,000 baht for playing the Stones is just stupid.

I think Thailand is taking their "Cultural" demands a little to far. Are you not even allowed to play "live stream" radio here too in your own establishment? I mean it's 2012 NOT 1912.

Edited August 10, 2012 by Gone

[dazk]

http://www.thaivisa....ks-at-it-again/

see here: if you have been raided by either Inter Music Co. Ltd or KT Publishing please PM me.

We have a criminal action in Court against them now.

i have sent you a pm