Research & Article

One  of  the  major  issues  in  Copyright  Act(No. 2) B.E.2558 (2015)that  affects operations  in  libraries,  archives,  and  other  information  centers  is  the  introduction  of  right management  information (RMI).Article  53/3  of  the  Act  addresses  libraries  and  archives  as one  of  public  communities  that  are  given  exceptions. Ministry  of  Commerce  issued ministerial  regulations  describing  characteristics  of  RMI  and  copyrighted  works  that  are included  in  the  exceptions. This  article  provides  rationales  and  related  cases  exemplifying the necessity for libraries and archives to obtain exceptions for RMImodifications.