Online broadcasting rights have become an important issue Thailand should closely monitor, as international communities are stepping up efforts to extend protection against piracy to new media in the wake of rapid technological advancements.
The proliferation of online media in Thailand has increased the risks of copyright violations and broadcast signal piracy, according to Patchima Tanasanti, director-general of the Intellectual Property Department.
A treaty on the protection of broadcasting organisations was recently revised to protect TV broadcasts from piracy.
The Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations took effect in 1964 when cable television and the internet were in their infancy. It has since been revised to extend copyright protection for the first time from the author of a work to the creators and owners of other forms of intellectual property such as audio cassettes or DVDs.
Signal piracy can come in a physical form such as unauthorised broadcast recording on videotapes, DVDs or USB thumb drives. Signals can also be redistributed without authorisation over the air or the internet.
For Thailand, Mrs Patchima said she will closely monitor the new threat to the Thai broadcasting industry, as the country is a signatory of the Berne Convention on Literary and Artistic Works and a member of the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (Wipo) and the World Trade Organization.
Key issues in several articles will likely be discussed such as definitions of signal, broadcast and broadcasting organisations, as well as rights of retransmission, fixation and communication to the public.
Late last month, the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) met in Bangkok to discuss new-media copyrights and broadcast rights.
Takeshi Doki, director of the ABU's Programme Department, said a broadcaster's signal is vital for ensuring that the content reaches its desired destination. "There is no doubt that the signal is an important element and needs to be protected," he said.The meeting concluded on a progressive note, and members looked forward to building on this process.
The ABU's copyright committee agreed to have individual meetings with members and their national delegates for more positive results at the 26th session of Wipo's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights meeting in Geneva in July.
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