Volume: 14 Issue: 6
(June 2012)
Keywords:
thailand
thai
law
intermediary
website
liability
unlawful
content
liability
unlawful
content
time
deemed
reasonable
remove
unlawful
content
centre
case
between
Liability for unlawful content and the time deemed reasonable to remove such unlawful content was at the centre of the case between Public Prosecutor vs. Chiranuch Premchaiporn in a Thailand Court. The controversial case involving a webmaster for a public discussion forum has posed serious questions surrounding liability for unlawful content. John Fotiadis, a Legal Consultant at Atherton Co. Ltd, discusses the case and examines the liability of foreign webmasters in Thailand.