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Quote: from Yurune on 5:17 am on Jan. 24, 2007
Score a point for china
Post-expat re-entry Brit fit? Play nice.
And you forgot to add points for the women here.
Hey Biff sounds about right to me. And the discs don't have any 'extras', just raw show start to finish.
Trouble is, makes you into a super couch potato cause you don't have to move for 22 shows, one right after the other.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 7:57 am on Jan. 24, 2007
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DrLove
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As this board is about Thailand and not about China, deduct one point for an unrelated post.
Thailand 127
China 1
BTW The DVD9 with upto 8 movies (average 4) is 10 ringit in Malaysia (around 110 baht). The normal ones are 7 ringit (around 75 baht).
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 10:58 pm on Jan. 26, 2007
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Tuesday 13 February 2007 :-
Thailand slammed again for piracy
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An American business group representing the music, movie and software industries has recommended that Thailand and 15 other nations be placed at the top of US government lists of nations that do not adequately protect copyrights and other intellectual property.
If the group gets its way, Thailand will be "promoted" from watch list to Priority Watch List for special attention from US government monitors - and possible punishment for continued violations.
The International Intellectual Property Alliance, a coalition of seven industry groups, on Monday named Thailand as one of the seven top pirates, along with China, Russia, Argentina, Canada, Egypt and India. They and "nine other countries as having the worst records for copyright piracy," the group claimed.
If the IIPA is to be believed:
- 80 per cent of business software in Thailand is pirated, costing the legal makers $215 million
- 82 per cent of "entertainment software" (i.e. not business software) is pirated.
- 50 per cent of music sold in Thailand is pirated, and originally worth $20.7 million.
- Sales of pirated books in Thailand cost the original publishers $35 million last year.
- If people in Thailand paid the legal price to authorised dealers for every item they buy, it would have amounted to $219.7 million in 2006.
China has taken steps to crack down on movie, software and music piracy, the group said, but their actions "have had little deterrent effect" because the penalties for copyright violators are too mild.
Russia's copyright piracy problem "remains one of the most serious in the world" with piracy rates of roughly 70 per cent.
The coalition said that losses from software piracy reached $12.3 billion in 2006, while music piracy cost U.S. companies $2.4 billion last year.
The group wants the U.S. Trade Representative to place 45 countries, including China and Russia, on so-called "watch lists" later this year to highlight their high levels of copyright piracy.
Piracy over the Internet, as opposed to the unauthorized copying and selling of optical discs, is a growing concern as broadband Internet access increases globally, Smith said.
"China, for example, will have more broadband users than the United States in 2007," he said.
The alliance represents over 1,900 companies, including high-tech and software firms such as Microsoft, Apple Inc, and Cisco Systems, as well as motion picture and recording industry companies, such as Time Warner Inc. and News Corp's Twentieth Century Fox.
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Posted on: 9:41 pm on Feb. 12, 2007
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Monday 12 March 2007 :-
US may list Thailand as a top IP pirate
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The United States is poised to place Thailand on its special watch list next month, as industry pressure groups claim the country is one of the the most rampant pirates of intellectual property.
Puangrat Assawapisit, Director-General of the Intellectual Property Department, revealed that five private-sector groups including music and movie, clothes, pharmaceuticals, cable television and books, out of 13 groups in the US complained that Thailand failed to ease problems on continuing intellectual property piracy in various forms.
Worse still, rather than limiting, or containing existing piracy, the groups concluded that the practice appeared to be growing worse in Thailand, and is becoming rampant.
There is a mounting concern Thailand might be put on a US special watch list instead of the watch list which it is placed at present, Mrs. Puangrat said, adding that the department would coordinate with agencies concerned this month to accelerate explaining to the US that Thailand had not been indifferent in coping with intellectual property piracy.
"At present, many groups of Thai producers are worried that the US will place Thailand in its special watch list instead of a watch list for its failure to address the intellectual property piracy.
"Should Thailand be really placed on the US special watch list, the generalised system of preferences the US just renewed for Thailand may be revised," she said.
"Now, no one can tell that whether the US will put Thailand on its special watch list. But if Thailand is really placed on the list, many Thai export products shipped to the US will be hard hit."
Earlier this year, Mrs. Puangrat said, the department had submitted a written clarification contesting what American authorities call Thailand's failure to cope efficiently with intellectual property piracy to the US Embassy in Bangkok.
It had also accelerated sending all relevant information to clarify doubts to the US government since it believed the prevention and suppression of intellectual property piracy in various forms, particularly copied tapes and compact discs, had been done quite efficiently in the past five or six years, she said.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 1:23 am on Mar. 12, 2007
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bitpump
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Bought 6 dvds at one of the vendors on the second floor and 5 of them was not playable. Bought 2 music CDs and and 1 was not usable. Would recommend staying away from buying at Pantip since the quality has declined from years ago. IMHO
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 1:42 am on May 5, 2007
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Monday 7 May 2007 :-
'Little change' in Thai software piracy
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Kuala Lumpur - The use of pirated computer software is declining across Asia, but an industry group insisted on Monday that harsher enforcement is needed to made significant progress.
And while the Business Software Alliance (BSA) said piracy was generally declining, it singled out Thailand, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand as four countries where little progress has been seen in the past two years.
The US government last week elevated Thailand to a list of a "dirty dozen" of the world's worst intellectual pirates, including software among other products.
BSA, which represents computer software and hardware firms worldwide, said that figures showing the use of illegal software had registered a decline in countries such as China.
"The piracy rates have been decreasing but at a very slow rate. We just need to step up to try and make sure that it's a more significant drop," BSA's director of marketing for Asia, Roland Chan, said.
Chan said that the improvement was due to government agencies conducting more raids on companies using illicit software, and greater consumer awareness.
"Governments in Asia for the last few years have begun to realize the importance of cultivating the creative IT industry," Chan said.
"There's been a concerted effort to address software piracy, both through educational campaigns and enforcement campaigns," he said.
In China - which has one of the highest rates of pirated software use in Asia - 86 per cent of software in computers in 2005 was illegal, down from 92 per cent in 2003, he said.
During the same period, illegal software use in Malaysia decreased marginally to 60 per cent from 63 per cent, which still represented a loss of $149 million to the Malaysian economy in 2005, he said.
Other Asian countries such as Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines, South Korea, and India also showed some improvement over the period.
On the other hand, increases in illegal use were registered in Hong Kong - with 54 per cent of software illegal in computers in 2005, up from 52 per cent in 2003 - and Pakistan, up to 86 per cent from 83 per cent over the same period.
Figures from 2006 will be out later this month.
Malaysian enforcement officers Monday said that they had doubled efforts to conduct raids on companies using counterfeit software, with 12 raids carried out in the first four months of this year, compared to 23 for all of 2006.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 7:52 am on May 7, 2007
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Tuesday 8 May 2007 :-
Pirates destroying local trade - Government accused of blatantly ignoring Bt5 billion worth of lost tax revenues
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Major retailers of VCDs and DVDs, who have been severely hurt by unabated piracy, have begun shutting down branches that fail to make profits so that they can improve their bottom lines and maintain their fight against the illegal industry.
Their moves coincide with Thailand's recent relegation to the Priority Watch List by the US administration as a country among the world's worst offenders against international copyright rules. Thailand's lack of control over optical-disc media (VCDs and DVDs) was singled out.
The closure of local VCD and DVD stores is a measure of how much damage is being inflicted by the piracy problem.
Kitti Kerati-thamkul, senior investor relations officer for Pongsaap, which operates the Mangpong retail chain, said his company's new strategy of closing unprofitable outlets began in the final quarter of last year.
"We've reduced the number of Mangpong outlets sharply, from the peak of 370 outlets last year to about 200 outlets today," he said, adding that the reduction was based on a review of store performance. Those failing to generate a good profit have been shut down.
"The move will help reduce the company's cost burden," Kitti said. Twenty of Mangpong's outlets have been converted into "Grande" outlets, selling VCDs for between Bt19 and Bt49, in direct competition with pirates.
Kitti said consumers' lower spending power in the present economic situation had driven them to buy pirated VCD and DVD movies, which cost them less than licensed copyright products. The pirated products do not pay any tax, so the country gets no benefit, he added.
Tsutaya chief executive Wanchai Phlaphongphanich said the market for VCD and DVD sales and rentals in Thailand was worth more than Bt50 billion last year.
Almost 80 per cent of that, or Bt40 billion in sales, went to pirated goods, meaning the government lost about Bt5 billion in tax revenue.
"I don't understand why the government hasn't introduced stronger measures to stamp out piracy," Wanchai said, adding that if the law was more strongly enforced, the government would have more money to spend on improving its services, such as building better schools.
He said piracy was one of many problems in Thailand dampening inspiration and creativity.
"From my point of view, the current government is full of idealists. They have good heart but suffer from a lack of direction," Wanchai said.
Last year, Tsutaya recorded a 12-per-cent fall in gross sales.
"It was supposed to be a good year for VCD and DVD sales due to the weak economic situation, in which people choose not to visit expensive entertainment venues," he said.
Tsutaya senior vice president Sarawut Sawatdivorn said the impact of worsening piracy had driven the company's sales down by almost 28 per cent in the first quarter of this year. It has shut down about 10 outlets over recent months.
The company currently operates 250 Tsutaya stores locally, including outlets owned by franchisees.
Sarawut said licensed copyright products appeared on the market 45-60 days after the end of theatre screening but that pirated products could hit the retail shelves at the same time as movies open in theatres. Between 85 per cent and 90 per cent of local rental stores have pirated products, he said.
Rose Video vice president Jirath Pavaravadhana said the piracy problem was becoming more intense and causing a decline of at least 20 per cent in sales of copyrighted products from VCD and DVD vendors.
"In some provinces, we've found outlets selling pirated products in front of police stations and even schools," he said.
Jirath said the worsening piracy problem was seen both in sales of copied VCDs and DVDs and in downloading illegal contents from the Internet. He added that the authorities' strict censorship of legal copyright programmes was also turning consumers to pirated products, which escape the censors' cuts.
"We have a strategy of opening retail stores in strategic locations specifically to deny these locations to pirate operators," Jirath said, adding that Rose Video has opened outlets in many shopping complexes and local upcountry malls. The company currently has about 120 retail outlets around the country.
Jirath said Rose Video's full range of family entertainment, including cartoons, karaoke and stage comedy, helped it to balance the impact from pirated products.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:07 am on May 8, 2007
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Quote: from PussyLover 69 on 10:52 pm on May 8, 2007
Almost 80 per cent of that, or Bt40 billion in sales, went to pirated goods, meaning the government lost about Bt5 billion in tax revenue.
Revenue loss calculated by industries is exaggerated, since one illegal copy made does not automatically result in one less sale being made. And in the case of Thailand, China and Vietnam, I personally would estimate that one illegal copy results in "near zero" less sales of a legal copy of the same item.
And I'm sure all the stores selling legal copies for cash pay 100% of the the tax that is due. 
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:50 am on May 8, 2007
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Wednesday 11 July 2007 :-
Panthip pirates put on notice
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The Intellectual Property Department is getting ready for a mass clean-up of renowned IT haven Panthip Plaza.
The mall is a high-profile source of counterfeit IT products ranging from CD's, DVD's and computer software. Director-General of the Intellectual Property Department Puangrat Asavapisit vows to help rid Thailand of piracy problems by the end of this year.
"We will destroy pirated goods in September to show that the government is intent on clamping down on piracy."
He adds that the Intellectual Property Department plans to work more closely with the police, the Customs Department and other related agencies in the future, to ensure that Panthip Plaza, regarded as one of the major hubs for pirated products, is counterfeit-free by year-end.
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 9:17 pm on July 10, 2007
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Quote: from PussyLover 69 on 11:11 am on July 11, 2007
The mall is a high-profile source of counterfeit IT products ranging from CD's, DVD's and computer software. Director-General of the Intellectual Property Department Puangrat Asavapisit vows to help rid Thailand of piracy problems by the end of this year.
"We will destroy pirated goods in September to show that the government is intent on clamping down on piracy."
Man, this guy sure does have a sense of humor. I had no idea how funny a government official can be.
Oh well, head of somewhere else in September to pick up goods, then business as usual?
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 11:09 pm on July 13, 2007
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