Software in the Land of Smiles (a study of software piracy in Thailand)

Software in the Land of Smiles (a study of software piracy in Thai tear)1.Overview Walk down the street in Thailand and amongst the many trinket vendors, you allow for find one that has catalog of software titles. The same catalogs can besides be found at the major shopping malls at numerous retailers. Flip through the catalogs, choose your software titles, and pay around US$3. A runner will go retrieve your titles and, in about(predicate) 5-10 minutes, you will have your new software. This is only a glimpse of the multi-million clam world of software piracy and how accessible it has become in the land of smiles, Thailand. Software piracy is the use of software without a license from the secure holder. There are several forms of piracy ranging from sharing personal copies of programs to tummy distribution and selling of those programs. Thailand, by far, has a problem with the latter. The International happy Property Alliance (IIPA) first identified Thailand as one of the sc ourge pirate countries in 1985. From 1985 to present, Thailand has been frequently on and off of the IIPA priority honor list for its piracy and lack of enforcement. Thailand made great strides in 1995 when it passed a new Copyright bill which expressly include software. Trade negotiations and change magnitude attention were the catalyst for some of the notable piracy crackdowns. However, piracy is shut away a major issue in Thailand today.The United States Trade deterrent example (USTR) recently initiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with Thailand in February 2004. The FTA would increase the physique of US exports to Thailand and allow those exports to enter the country duty free. The IIPA has expressed forethought over the FTA negotiations, citing probl... ...echnewsworld.com/perl/story/32110.html8 BSA, Eight Annual Global Piracy Study, 2003,http//global.bsa.org/globalstudy/2003_GSPS.pdf9 Richard mill/Ricardo Reyes, USTR Notifies Congress of Intent to Initiate F ree Trade Agreement Negotiations with Thailand, 2003,http//www.ustr.gov/releases/2004/02/04-10.pdf10 Cornell law of nature school, Berne Convention, Paris text, 1971,http//www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html11 World Trade Organization, Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), 1994,http//www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/agrm7_e.htm12 CNET Asia staff, Dell joins budget PC stir up in Thailand, 2003,http//news.com.com/2100-1003-1023306.html13 Jo Best, Is counterfeiting resulting in Microsoft price cuts?, 2004http//www.silicon.com/software/os/0,39024651,39118856,00.htm