Whats The Issue With Selling 2Nd Hand Cds /

[Bkkbound]

Given we all know the places where illigal copies are openly sold and available, how two reported low income individuals end up in court, in prison and fined 200k for seling their own CDs is unbelievable until you read the Thai reports.

http://www.pantip.com/cafe/social/topic/U12046499/U12046499.html Even the judge thought the whole thing was disproportionate.

The Thai readers on the board will be able to unravel the detail.

Another one

involving rubish collectors being prosecuted for trying to sell on CDs they find in the rubbish, I'm told the maqximum fine is 1 million baht.... its aboutsolutely shameful and one for amnesty international.

[Bkkbound]

search in you tube

คนเก็บขยะเก็บซีดีไปขายถูกจับ

Edited May 8, 2012 by Bkkbound

[Bkkbound]

try this you tube link Edited May 8, 2012 by Bkkbound

[giddyup]

I couldn't believe that news story either. The people fined are just a couple of battlers trying to make ends meet and they hit with them a totally disproportionate fine. Yet the pirate CD and DVD sellers operate with impunity. With all the rampant crime in Thailand you would think the police would have better things to do.

[Langsuan Man]

Isn't it obvious that the Pirate CD and DVD sellers pay off the cops and that is why they operate with impunity.

[giddyup]

Isn't it obvious that the Pirate CD and DVD sellers pay off the cops and that is why they operate with impunity.

Yes, obvious. Which makes their fine even more outrageous.

Edited May 9, 2012 by giddyup

[BigJohnnyBKK]

The crime is competing with the corrupt mafia/police.

And it's a serious one, they got off light.

[bangkockney]

Selling second hand CDs is a delicate issue around the world.

Recent legislation in Florida, Utah, Wisconsin, and Rhode Island has made it more difficult to sell used CDs in those states than it is to get a driver’s license. In Florida, for example, anyone attempting to sell used CDs to a retailer must present identification and be fingerprinted, and any retailer looking to sell those same CDs must apply for a permit and submit a $10,000 bond with the Department of Agriculture and Human Services.