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Thai merchants lose their pirate goods
Calcutta News.Net
Saturday 4th July, 2009
Illegally copied goods are being hunted down and destroyed by Thai authorities in a new anti-piracy campaign.
Piracy across the Asia-Pacific region is a multi-billion-dollar business fuelled by demand for fake movies, clothes and software.
Thailand has long seen cheap copies being sold in the large market areas of Bangkok.
The government has now come under increasing pressure from the United States and European manufacturers to curb copyright violations.
Thailand is on a special watch list of countries failing to curb violations, causing it to face US trade sanctions.
The Thai government is believed to be drafting new legislation on intellectual property which will impose tough penalties on those who sell illegally copied goods.  Email this story to a friend
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