george Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Bt43 mn illegal goods destroyed BANGKOK: -- 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 2010-02-09 [newsfooter][/newsfooter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ding Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Good to peel the first layer off the infinite onion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmaveric Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Destroyed? Hmmmm sure the stuff was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0om4gloom Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Oh no, cost of 'insurance' just went up. You'll have to pay an extra 10baht a DVD now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsiaCheese Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Doesn't compute: destroyed 217,686 items, seized 5.03 million items. Did the rest of the stuff find its way back to the market stalls by itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaoPo Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 The Intellectual Property Department and Phuket Police on Monday jointly destroyed 217,686 items of illegal products worth Bt43 million.... ....selling price or manufacturing price? The latter is more like 5% of the selling price = Baht 2,15million. LaoPo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazyguy Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 The Intellectual Property Department and Phuket Police on Monday jointly destroyed 217,686 items of illegal products worth Bt43 million.... ....selling price or manufacturing price? The latter is more like 5% of the selling price = Baht 2,15million. LaoPo all this stuff is back in the shops in about 30-45 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahmburgers Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 (edited) I have to agree, it wouldn't surprise if a sizable portion of the supposed 5.03 million seized items get back in the marketplace. What was seized and where? Were the items (purportedly) destroyed in an environmentally sound way? recycled? ....or was there a big plastic-burning bonfire? p.s. there are a number of ways that CD's can be made in to artistic/useful creations. Edited February 9, 2010 by brahmburgers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animatic Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 The Intellectual Property Department and Phuket Police on Monday jointly destroyed 217,686 items of illegal products worth Bt43 million.... ....selling price or manufacturing price? The latter is more like 5% of the selling price = Baht 2,15million. LaoPo I would venture the original goods pricing would be 43 mil, but not the street knock off price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLew Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 If they really wanted to stamp out pirated or fake goods they could Trouble is: 1- 1/2 of Thai stores would be forced to closed 2- Tea money would decrease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepodest Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Anyone want to hang out at Pantip Plaza? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearestTheTee Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Oh no, cost of 'insurance' just went up. You'll have to pay an extra 10baht a DVD now. Yeah, and a Rolex has now gone up 50baht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJIC Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Was the 5.03 million bahts siezed in pirated goods the street value or merely the material costs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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