Abstract:
The Strategies of Republic of Korea In Protecting its Copyrights in Thailand: The
Establishment of Korea Copyright Commission Bangkok Office (2007-2017),
Rima Wahyuni Utami, 016201400147
This research attempts to explore the strategy of Republic of Korea in protecting
its copyrighted works in Thailand. It is because copyright has been a significant
issue in the modern international political economy today, such as the development
of copyright industry and establishment of international agreements or treaties
concerning copyright issue, namely Berne Convention and Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) Agreement. However, those agreements are not
enough to protect copyrighted works from infringement. Therefore, the research
analyzes Korea and Thailand cooperation in copyright field with time frame of
2007-2017 as Korea established its state’s agency branch office called Korea
Copyright Commission in Thailand in 2007 and significant cooperations were
conducted during the period. This research uses qualitative research method by
doing interpretive observation of multiple resources of such as books, journals,
reports, treaties, law, news, official publications and interview. From the analysis,
it was found that Korea used the third-generation agreement with a centralized
international platform focus type of bilateral cooperation strategy. Specifically,
through annual Korea-Thailand copyright forum, joint market research, joint
training, and human resources exchange that increased both states’ understanding
and knowledge regarding effective copyright law enforcement system and
copyright industry. Which lead to the increasing cooperation between Korea and
Thailand media companies and more legitimate licenses of Korean content in
Thailand.
