webfact Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 PM orders authorities to get tough on online pirates Picture: Daily News BANGKOK: -- The prime minister has ordered intellectual property agencies and communications organizations to crack down on fake products being sold online. It has been increasingly noted that the market for fakes has moved away from the traditional areas in markets, stores and roadside stall to online locations like websites, Facebook and Instagram. And PM Prayut - under pressure from the international community to do something about the trade - is calling for more to be done, reports Daily News. Through his government he is asking the Digital Economy department or DE and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to step up their efforts to wipeout the business. Tossaporn Thangsubut said it was increasing noticeable that the market for fake products infringing copyrights and intellectual copyright infractions were moving away from the streets to online locations. Meanwhile the government is not forgetting the traditional markets, department stores and stalls where pirated goods are often sold. They are calling on the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) to step up checks at rented premises as well as asking railway authorities to check what is being sold on their property. People renting retail space are being asked to report if illegal items are sold in their areas and revoke agreements where necessary. Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-11-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorristheRunt Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Their are a lot of fake Governments and Prime Ministers in Thailand, maybe he could arrange a crackdown on those to, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorro1 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Start at pantip and then mbk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brer Fox Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 It would be interesting to know what percentage of Thailand's GDP was made up of the production and marketing of fake goods. For better or worse I expect a lot of people know no other way of survival than being involved in this industry. It is not as if it has just sprung up overnight. Most of Asia is into it. All very well for the upper crust to be virtuous regarding counterfeit crime seeing as many of them are already engaged in criminal activities in other spheres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee b Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 1 hour ago, zorro1 said: Start at pantip and then mbk Or the 1000's of places you pass on the way to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 But when it comes to corruption - meh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorro1 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 But when it comes to corruption - meh!They did clean up the biggest counterfeit selling area on sukhumvit Bangkok, so they deserve some credit and they certainly appear to be dead seriouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 11 minutes ago, zorro1 said: They did clean up the biggest counterfeit selling area on sukhumvit Bangkok, so they deserve some credit and they certainly appear to be dead seriouse Oh, yea. They're deadly selectively serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorro1 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Dude they wiped out 200 stalls in one night!!! Lol that's 200 more than the last 100 years of government. If I was a pirate I would be looking at making a career adjustment like the other 200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 24 minutes ago, zorro1 said: Dude they wiped out 200 stalls in one night!!! Lol that's 200 more than the last 100 years of government. If I was a pirate I would be looking at making a career adjustment like the other 200 Two words: smoke 'and' mirrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogal Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Does that mean all government departments will actually go out and buy genuine licences for Windows software on ALL their computers!? 55555555555 Yeah right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorC Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 19 minutes ago, pogal said: Does that mean all government departments will actually go out and buy genuine licences for Windows software on ALL their computers!? 55555555555 Yeah right! Why would they ? It's only windows ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinisaan Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Oh god and I thought he wanted to take my PB away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upena Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Could start with the Tourism Authority of Thailand - notorious for stealing photos and posting them to their Facebook accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 in the army the higher ranking personel give orders and they are followed automatically and possibly with fear of reprisal. i doubt civilians are as likely to follow orders in the same fashion, especially when there is little fear of reprisal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinisaan Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 4 hours ago, Brer Fox said: It would be interesting to know what percentage of Thailand's GDP was made up of the production and marketing of fake goods. For better or worse I expect a lot of people know no other way of survival than being involved in this industry. It is not as if it has just sprung up overnight. Most of Asia is into it. All very well for the upper crust to be virtuous regarding counterfeit crime seeing as many of them are already engaged in criminal activities in other spheres. Brainy peopole use Google and simply download their genuine stuff like I do. And I pay taxes every year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tukkytuktuk Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Thank god its about fake designer goods for a minute there I thought he was cracking down on torrents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 5 hours ago, MorristheRunt said: Their are a lot of fake Governments and Prime Ministers in Thailand, maybe he could arrange a crackdown on those to, Most of the internet programs on government computers are pirated copies. Clean your own house first don't come and try to make us the flavor of the day. Half the copies of purses etc. are better quality than the real thing. Do you really want to copyright protect these stupid movies coming of where ever today what a pile of crap. There are just no more Gone With The Wind made anymore. They should pay me to give some of this crap 15 minutes of my time before I mercifully hit the delete button. Whats wrong Mr. P. are you running short of real crimes to investigate or just catering/kow towing to the international community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansnl Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Why is it that taxpayers, ultimately, have to cough up the costs for protecting the profits of producers that market overvalued products? If those overvalued products are so easy to reproduce, so very much based on a name, well, then they deserve to be copied. Instead of making their products so unique, so high quality, so much better made of such expensive materials, they continue to sell products that are only valued by a name. And probably manufactured in the same sweatshop where all the mass produced goods originate, the only difference a sticker or something like that. Let them pay the police, not the taxpayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanBBK Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 I saw some fake goods at the basement of immigration building in Chaeng Wattana..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon4637435435 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Yeh, just like clamping down on corruption. More hot air.......next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Off topic trolling posts and replies have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sendintheclowns Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 On 17/11/2016 at 5:35 PM, hansnl said: Why is it that taxpayers, ultimately, have to cough up the costs for protecting the profits of producers that market overvalued products? If those overvalued products are so easy to reproduce, so very much based on a name, well, then they deserve to be copied. Instead of making their products so unique, so high quality, so much better made of such expensive materials, they continue to sell products that are only valued by a name. And probably manufactured in the same sweatshop where all the mass produced goods originate, the only difference a sticker or something like that. Let them pay the police, not the taxpayers. I saw a Trump shirt at the local market, one of the executive ones. Probably cost 100 bucks back in NYC. I figured - I'm a supporter of all things bright and beautiful..so I declined to buy. It did ,have drool marks on it, which might have explained the 50 baht price tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckBee Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) On 11/17/2016 at 1:45 PM, zorro1 said: Dude they wiped out 200 stalls in one night!!! Lol that's 200 more than the last 100 years of government. If I was a pirate I would be looking at making a career adjustment like the other 200 That small timers and half those stall not selling pirate related goods. Mbk is good example along with pantip fashion mall and plaza, fortune town which has massive pirate video, music and software, Microsoft genuine advantage booth actually closed before any pirate shops in Fortune as they so deeply rooted .... It's all a lot of talk and no action where real money and big players involved Edited November 20, 2016 by BuckBee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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