Thai Authorities To Launch Crackdown On Pirated Goods

[webfact]

Commerce Ministry to strictly suppress pirated goods

BANGKOK (NNT) -- The Ministry of Commerce and related units today launched a suppression campaign against pirated products, especially vendors in red zones of Bangkok as well as some other provinces.

Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot on Thursday announced the commencement of the piracy suppression mission. He said the campaign would signal the Thai government’s determination against piracy to intellectual property owners and foreign investors.

The mission will focus on eight red zones in Bangkok, including Khlong Thom, Saphan Lek, Ban Mo, Patpong, Silom Road, MBK Shopping Center, Pantip Plaza, and Sukhumvit commercial areas.

Apart from the capital city, similar operations will be conducted in other provinces such as the central provinces of Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani, as well as on the paradise islands of Phuket and Ko Samui.

The units taking part in this mission comprise the National Police, the Department of Special Investigation, the Department of Customs, the Department of Intellectual Property, and the Office of the National Culture Commission.

-- NNT 2010-07-01

[bkkjames]

That time of year again I see. US anti piracy lobby must be planning a trip to bkk

[richardt1808]

oooooo - another crackdown

[david555]

oooooo - another crackdown

Pattaya is spared it seems , but of cours there are no pirated vendors or goods here ...... :rolleyes: .

[Cheops]

Is it even possible to buy original goods @ MBK?

[ThaiRich]

That time of year again I see. US anti piracy lobby must be planning a trip to bkk

Yeah, time to put on a good show, cause the US is coming with the check book. That time of the year again to get free money from the US.

[bkkjames]

Is it even possible to buy original goods @ MBK?  

Yes but instead of waiting 20 mins, you have to wait 40 mins for it to arrive. 

[junglist]

Is it even possible to buy original goods @ MBK?

no not on many things, been looking for xbox 360 game for over a year. nada...

Edited July 1, 2010 by junglist

[Thai at Heart]

One does have to wonder when just about every small rental shop in every shopping centre in the country is selling counterfeit stuff.

Don't the owners of the buildings i.e. Central, The Mall have ANY responsibility to control this kind of thing? If someone was hawking crack from a shop in one of these shops, Central would make sure it was shut down wouldn't they?

Anyway, I digress, still waiting for the day that the laws of this country can be relied upon 365 days a year.

WHY DOES IT NEED A CRACKDOWN TO GET ANYTHING CHANGED IN THIS PLACE?

Edited July 1, 2010 by Thai at Heart

[12DrinkMore]

One does have to wonder when just about every small rental shop in every shopping centre in the country is selling counterfeit stuff.

Don't the owners of the buildings i.e. Central, The Mall have ANY responsibility to control this kind of thing? If someone was hawking crack from a shop in one of these shops, Central would make sure it was shut down wouldn't they?

Your first statement answers your question. If all the counterfeit stuff sellers were kicked out by the owners of the property, there would not be any renters.

Anyway, I digress, still waiting for the day that the laws of this country can be relied upon 365 days a year.

Maybe you should go to live in Singapore?

WHY DOES IT NEED A CRACKDOWN TO GET ANYTHING CHANGED IN THIS PLACE?

In well over a decade of experience in Thailand, there has never been a crackdown which has changed anything in any significant way.

And that's just the way (and also why) I, and a whole lot of others, like living here.

Anyway, firstly I don't think that we foreigners living here should expect things to work as they did in Farangland and secondly be careful of what you wish for, the results might be a more than a little different to what you expect.

[lonewolf99]

I do not believe a word of this report...especially since it might be plagiarised !!!:jap:

[cdnvic]

I do not believe a word of this report...especially since it might be plagiarised !!!:jap:

Have anything to back up this innuendo, or are you just trolling?

[ozzieovaseas]

oooooo - another crackdown

yeh, its been a while..used to have one at least once a week

maybe its a sign things are getting back to normal

[Hyponeros]

Around 1 year ago, the Thai minister of commerce said that there would be no more pirated goods in Thailand within 30 days! Maybe he lives in a different dimension where the time passes more slowly?

Really, does anybody take officials seriously when they say something?

They might be feared but are they respected?

[lonewolf99]

I do not believe a word of this report...especially since it might be plagiarised !!!:jap:

Have anything to back up this innuendo, or are you just trolling?

A joke is never funny if it has to be explained.

Plagiarised - means copied.

The news item is about copied goods.

Hence my innuendo insinuating that the article ???might??? have been copied from a previous report of a crackdown on copied goods.

Copied goods are however not funny - especially if your name is Hugo Boss or Luis Vuiton....

Or maybe I am being too droll instead of troll........?

:jap:

[Thai at Heart]

One does have to wonder when just about every small rental shop in every shopping centre in the country is selling counterfeit stuff.

Don't the owners of the buildings i.e. Central, The Mall have ANY responsibility to control this kind of thing? If someone was hawking crack from a shop in one of these shops, Central would make sure it was shut down wouldn't they?

Your first statement answers your question. If all the counterfeit stuff sellers were kicked out by the owners of the property, there would not be any renters.

Anyway, I digress, still waiting for the day that the laws of this country can be relied upon 365 days a year.

Maybe you should go to live in Singapore?

WHY DOES IT NEED A CRACKDOWN TO GET ANYTHING CHANGED IN THIS PLACE?

In well over a decade of experience in Thailand, there has never been a crackdown which has changed anything in any significant way.

And that's just the way (and also why) I, and a whole lot of others, like living here.

Anyway, firstly I don't think that we foreigners living here should expect things to work as they did in Farangland and secondly be careful of what you wish for, the results might be a more than a little different to what you expect.

I am a little curious as to why one would expect laws of a land to be enforced as something bad. Poor Somchai who gets s******d over and has no legal recourse because some are above the law doesn't help Thailand at all. The crane operator waiting for his 10k to move my company's containers or else it will rot, does not help the country one bit. Simply because you enjoy having laws enforced selectively, doesn't help anyone or anything in the country. I would prefer they repeal the laws they don't want or have the energy to enforce, rather than have them at all. Anyone for a beer from 7-11 at 2pm?

I don't like living in Thailand because it is arbitrarily lawless. The people and culture has so many positives, but corruption (unenforced laws) is, has been and will continue to kill this place.

In which case, why don't they just rip up every law they have, get rid of the government completely and we just live in utter chaos. Having lived here for 19 years and generally loved every minute of it, one doesn't have to look to far into history to see that recent troubles we have in Thailand are purely because of the selective and random enforcement of laws. All of a sudden Thailand woke up to corruption in politics and decided to hand a red card to the PM. Absolutely unheard of in this country before, and it isn't as though everyone who went before him hasn't done rather well out of it.

Or perhaps you enjoyed watching yellows hold up airports and the reds burning down Central because in some way it added to the quaint little character of the place. Your wish for Thailand to retain it's cavalier attitude to law creation and enforcement will continue to be a brake on this country improving. And no the country doesn't have to turn into Singapore to solve these issues.

Edited July 1, 2010 by Thai at Heart

[screamingeagle]

Another day, another crackdown. Yawn.......................

[bristolgeoff]

a short holiday for some stall holders,be back after a mth

[bangon04]

I don't really understand how this works - are the National Police somehow holding some moral superiority, which allows them to crack down on the Bangkok Metroplitan Police, or are the local police in Sukhumvit somehow expected to crack down on themselves????

[Berek]

Anyone for a beer from 7-11 at 2pm?

Yeah? Been to bkk twice and the local 7-11 never sold me anything alcoholic at that time. Very annoying when you can't get a cold ale at 4:30pm

[ScubaBuddha]

Oh these crackdowns are hilarious aren't they. All a great show. I asked a DVD vendor once;

"Are you worried about the police?" With a chuckle and a smile he said, "No, the police make too much money from us."

[surangw]

Alongkorn Ponlaboot must have realized the copied goods he got were no good, so he is taking it out on everone

[12DrinkMore]

I am a little curious as to why one would expect laws of a land to be enforced as something bad. Poor Somchai who gets s******d over and has no legal recourse because some are above the law doesn't help Thailand at all. The crane operator waiting for his 10k to move my company's containers or else it will rot, does not help the country one bit. Simply because you enjoy having laws enforced selectively, doesn't help anyone or anything in the country. I would prefer they repeal the laws they don't want or have the energy to enforce, rather than have them at all. Anyone for a beer from 7-11 at 2pm?

I don't like living in Thailand because it is arbitrarily lawless. The people and culture has so many positives, but corruption (unenforced laws) is, has been and will continue to kill this place.

In which case, why don't they just rip up every law they have, get rid of the government completely and we just live in utter chaos. Having lived here for 19 years and generally loved every minute of it, one doesn't have to look to far into history to see that recent troubles we have in Thailand are purely because of the selective and random enforcement of laws. All of a sudden Thailand woke up to corruption in politics and decided to hand a red card to the PM. Absolutely unheard of in this country before, and it isn't as though everyone who went before him hasn't done rather well out of it.

Or perhaps you enjoyed watching yellows hold up airports and the reds burning down Central because in some way it added to the quaint little character of the place. Your wish for Thailand to retain it's cavalier attitude to law creation and enforcement will continue to be a brake on this country improving. And no the country doesn't have to turn into Singapore to solve these issues.

Thanks for replying.

I don't think we have to take it to providing extreme examples and call for ripping up the laws. Things generally run OK here and I would hate to see the insidious State control creepage into all facets of our lives, for example, the big UK Nanny.

So I totally agree that with you that we need laws and that the stupid laws should be kicked off the books, but I am very grateful for the degree of cavalier lawlessness that enables me to buy beer between 14:00 and 17:00 from the local mom&pop store whilst riding my bike without wearing a helmet.

[ThaiRich]

<BR>I do not believe a word of this report...especially since it might be plagiarised !!!<IMG class=bbc_emoticon alt=:jap: src="http://static.thaivisa.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/jap.gif"><BR>'>http://static.thaivisa.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/jap.gif"><BR><BR><BR>Have anything to back up this innuendo, or are you just trolling?<BR><BR><BR>A joke is never funny if it has to be explained.<BR>Plagiarised - means copied.<BR>The news item is about copied goods.<BR>Hence my innuendo <FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>insinuating that the article ???might??? have been copied from a previous report of a crackdown on copied goods.<BR></FONT><BR>Copied goods are however not funny - especially if your name is Hugo Boss or Luis Vuiton....<BR>Or maybe I am being too droll instead of troll........?<BR><IMG class=bbc_emoticon alt=:jap: src="http://static.thaivisa.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/jap.gif"> <BR><BR></FONT><BR>You know some people are just too dam_n STUPID to catch a joke.  Like you said it's not funny if it has to be explained.<BR><BR><BR>