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[DOLLY]

[attachmentid=497] This appeared today on the Thai government new agency website:
"Thailand on Friday vowed proactive enforcement to suppress intellectual property violations, targeting a goal of outstanding results in hand to eliminate such economic crimes in the kingdom within two to eight months.

Alongkorn Ponlaboot, Deputy Minister of Commerce, said that the committee on prevention and suppression of intellectual property violations, chaired by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, agreed to step up stricter measures to crack down on piracy. The United States earlier downgraded Thailand to its "Priority Watch List" (PWL) due to charges of the Thai authorities taking little action to protect US intellectual property rights.

In May, a special team from the Commerce Ministry raided vendors offering pirated goods in Bangkok's Patpong night market area, leaving 11 people injured when some vendors put up stiff resistance.The minister said that the committee hoped that Thailand’s proactive policy will result in decreasing piracy in the kingdom as early as September or by early next year at latest.

The measures included strict law enforcement, improvement of legal procedures and suppression of online piracy. Mr. Alongkorn also said that since the beginning of the year through the month of May, police confiscated 1,723,838 pieces of counterfeit goods."

http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=10626

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[Bob]

I'm sure it will be as successful as the prior campaigns to eradicate illicit drugs and poverty. Pirated goods are a staple in every major city in Thailand.

[mauRICE]

Pirated goods are a staple in every major city in Thailand.

...including fake boyfriends!