The current copyright law and its exception cannot effectively protect the exclusive right and economic interests of copyright owners because of three factors: (1) the obscurity and ambiguity of the educational exceptions under the Thai CA 1994; (2) the current approach of the Thai Count to the exceptions has weakened the copyright protection regime in the education sector; and(3) the absence of a Copyright Collecting Society (CCS) in the education sector makes it more difficult for the users to obtain a licence for the use of copyright works. These three factors not only make copyright protection and its exceptions ineffective in safeguarding the economic interests of copyright owners, but also undermine the goal of copyright law, which is to encourage greater creativity.