Copyright Act, news reporting and quotation exceptions
Copyright Act B.E. 2537 (1994), Section 32 paragraph two (4) and Section 33
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In force since 21 March 1995.
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What this law does
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Section 32 paragraph two (4) excepts news reporting through mass media that acknowledges the ownership of copyright in the work reported on. Section 33 separately excepts a reasonable recitation, quotation, copying, emulation, or reference in part from a copyright work, again with an acknowledgement of ownership.
Both exceptions are subject to Section 32 paragraph one's general condition that the act not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work and not unreasonably prejudice the owner's legitimate rights, so an aggregator reproducing more than a short, attributed excerpt, or reproducing enough that it substitutes for the original article, sits outside a plain reading of either ground.
Thailand has no separate press-publisher neighbouring right and no compelled bargaining code requiring a platform to pay a publisher for carrying its headlines or snippets.
When LexLint raises it
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