ection 15. Any service provider intentionally supporting or consenting to an offence under Section 14 within a computer system under their control shall be subject to the same penalty as that imposed upon a person committing an offence under Section 14.
Indeed, it is enforcement against ISPs that provides the CCA the most influence in battling online counterfeit sales.
Counterfeit operators can easily register web sites under false names, close up shop and reopen under new web sites overnight. By threatening action under CCA Section 15 against the ISPs who host these operators, the ISPs would likely self-enforce in closing down illegal operators once they are brought to the attention of the ISP. That is because ISPs who refuse to take action voluntarily once notified by police or by the injured parties directly run the risk of being found guilty themselves as co-conspirators under Section 15. Even in situations where the ISP is unconcerned about criminal liability in Thailand, the police can obtain a court warrant blocking the web site in Thailand through local ISPs.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Kissana Phathanacharoen (Ph.D), Royal Thai Police, a legal expert with the police concerning matters of IP infringement in Thailand who advises Siam Premier International, agreed with the argument that in the proper circumstances and with appropriate evidence of counterfeit sales being conducted by an online web site, CCA Section 14(1) and 15 can provide the basis for taking down counterfeit websites in Thailand.