Book Closes On Thai Piracy

Nearly xv years afterwards the European Commission received a electrical load from IFPI that the European recording manufacture was suffering from the rampant infringement of its members' IP rights inwards Thailand, the Commission has lastly closed its files on Thai infringement. This is non to enjoin that piracy has stopped: what has happened is that the Commission has recognised that at that spot are ameliorate ways of dealing amongst it than past times conducting formal exam procedures together with and then past times bringing its finding to the attending of the Thai authorities. As the notice inwards the Official Journal says:

"Despite these initiatives, piracy of audio recordings (international repertoire) remains a serious work inwards Thailand, together with substantial numbers of pirated audio recordings overstep along to live exported to the European Union. These continuing problems can, however, ameliorate live addressed inwards other contexts than an investigation nether Regulation 3286/94".

Have the Thais been employing counterfeit steamrollers inwards their motility against infringing products?

thinks this goes to present that, where the infringement of mortal rights such equally IP rights is concerned, the forces of diplomacy volition almost e'er human activeness against the swift together with efficacious resolution of infringement problems. Merpel adds:

"But it's skilful to acquire officialdom, such equally governments together with the Commission, involved. for 1 thing, it makes them experience they're doing something useful; for another, fifty-fifty if Thai piracy continues, at to the lowest degree our ain side acquire to larn virtually the harmful effects of infringement of which they mightiness otherwise accept remained ignorant".

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