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Section8.The title of Chapter 6, cases relating to copyright and performers' rights, of the Copyright Act, 2537 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following text:

"Chapter 6
Cases relating to copyright, performers' rights,
rights management information, and technological protection measures".

Section9.The following text shall be inserted in the Copyright Act, 2537 BE, as paragraph 2 of its section 64:

"In the event where there is express evidence that an infringement of a copyright or performer's right was committed with a will or intention to enable a wide-scale access by the public to a work which is subject to the copyright or performer's right, the court shall have the power to order the infringer to pay additional damages not exceeding twice [the amount of] the damages under paragraph 1."

Section10.The following text shall be inserted in the Copyright Act, 2537 BE, as its section 65/1:

"Section65/1.Section 63, section 64, and section 65 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the institution of cases relating to rights management information and technological protection measures."

Section11.The following text shall be inserted in the Copyright Act, 2537 BE, as its section 70/1:

"Section70/1.Anyone who commits an infringement of [any] rights management information according to section 53/1 or section 53/2 or an infringement of a technological protection measure according to section 53/4 incurs a penalty of fine from ten thousand baht to one hundred thousand baht.

If the offence under paragraph 1 is committed for a commercial purpose, the offender incurs a penalty of imprisonment from three months to two years, or fine from fifty thousand baht to four hundred thousand baht, or both such imprisonment and fine."

Section12.The text of section 75 of the Copyright Act, 2537 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following text:

"Section75.The things which have been made or brought into the Kingdom in a manner infringing a copyright or performer's right and the things which have been used in the commission of an offence under this Act shall all be confiscated, or in the event that the court deems it appropriate, the court may order that they be rendered useless or may order that they be destroyed, for which the expense shall be borne by the infringer."

Section13.The text of section 77 of the Copyright Act, 2537 BE, shall be repealed and replaced by the following text:

"Section77.The Director-General shall have the power to settle the offences under section 69, paragraph 1, section 70, paragraph 1, and section 70/1, paragraph 1."