webfact Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Bt43 mn illegal goods destroyed By The Nation The Intellectual Property Department and Phuket Police on Monday jointly destroyed 217,686 items of illegal products worth Bt43 million, to show Thailand's serious attempt in cracking down IP violation. Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot said the the activity should help increase awareness of Thai consumers and tourists to "say no" to illegal products. During January to October last year, the department reported 6,731 cases of IP rights infringement and seized 5.03 million illegal items, up 75 per cent from the same period in 2008. -- The Nation 2010-02-08 [newsfooter][/newsfooter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12DrinkMore Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Well, I wonder how they worked out the "worth" 43 million? Averages exactly 200 Baht/item. Presumably they are talking about DVD's and CD's with possibly a bunch of T-shirts/jeans thrown in. Now the average cost of a blank CD/DVD is just a few Baht, so I would suggest that this 43,000,000 is a major overstatement by about a factor of 100. By anyway, I am more interested in the other figures During January to October last year, the department reported 6,731 cases of IP rights infringement and seized 5.03 million illegal items That is 117,000 items every single week or 17,000 EVERY DAY!!!! Wonder what happens to all those items, if, indeed, they are not being generous with the calculations..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuffki Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 And on Tuesday 217,686 items of illegal products worth Bt43 million were sold back to the sellers and half the price- LOL Business as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamantaka Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Instead of destroying them, they should donate them to Father Joe in BKK who could then sell them at a thrift store and use the proceeds for his charitable work with the poorest of the poor. It would have the same effect on the manufacturers and sellers but also benefit society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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