Appropriate Measure for Music Copyright Dissemination in the Restaurants and Coffee shops in Bangkok

Abstract

This study aims to study the issue of enforcing the copyright law and appropriate measure for dissemination of copyright music in restaurant and coffee shops by using qualitative research method. This approach involves collecting in-depth interviews and data by selecting particular group of respondents and using snowball sampling technique from three policemen in Bangkok-based, nine operators’ restaurants and coffee shops and one judge in the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. Applying the descriptive method and content analysis from the data obtaining form the intensive interviews of this study indicating that there is lack of knowledge of copyright music from low to mid-level of the operators. Most of the concerns are the legal issue, the interpretation of law, copyright enforcement, the detection of officer,
collections of royalties and the agent seeking hidden benefit. The recommendations from this study are provided adequate knowledge of copyright law and dissemination of copyright music to public, more
details of law on the copyright exceptions and more restrictions for the use of power of attorney by the agent to prevent exploitation.