Crackdown
on pirated CDs, VCDs and DVDs begins
- Bangkok Post, May 2, 2003
...However, only one shop attendant was arrested.
Most other owners of shops selling fake goods,
aware of the highly publicised starting date
of the crackdown, apparently chose to stay closed.
Generally, only shops selling legitimate products
were open yesterday... "The police are
inspecting. We have to cease selling pirated
music CDs and movie DVDs for a while,"
said a male shop attendant at Fortune Plaza
who spoke on condition of anonymity.
[There are a couple large cartels that produce
pirated material for all the shops and as long
as authorities target the shops only, nothing
will change in the long run. For a couple weeks
now, shops have been delivering discs directly
to a customer's home to avoid legal problems.]
Crackdown on pirated CDs, VCDs and DVDs begins
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