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

Programming in the Land of Smiles (an investigation of programming robbery in Thailand) 1.Overview Stroll down the road in Thailand and among the various knickknack sellers, you will discover one that has inventory of programming titles. Similar indexes can likewise be found at the significant shopping centers at various retailers. Flip through the inventories, pick your product titles, and pay around US$3. A sprinter will go recover your titles and, in around 5-10 minutes, you will have your new programming. This is just a brief look at the multi-million dollar universe of programming robbery and how open it has become in the place that is known for grins, Thailand. Programming robbery is the utilization of programming without a permit from the copyright holder. There are a few types of robbery going from sharing individual duplicates of projects to mass dissemination and selling of those projects. Thailand, by a long shot, has an issue with the last mentioned. The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) first recognized Thailand as one of the most noticeably awful privateer nations in 1985. From 1985 to introduce, Thailand has been regularly here and there of the IIPA need watch list for its robbery and absence of authorization. Thailand made extraordinary steps in 1995 when it passed another Copyright charge which explicitly incorporate programming. Exchange dealings and expanded consideration were the impetus for a portion of the outstanding theft crackdowns. Be that as it may, robbery is as yet a significant issue in Thailand today. The United States Trade Representative (USTR) as of late started Free Trade Agreement (FTA) exchanges with Thailand in February 2004. The FTA would build the quantity of US fares to Thailand and permit those fares to enter the nation obligation free. The IIPA has communicated worry over the FTA exchanges, refering to probl... ...echnewsworld.com/perl/story/32110.html [8] BSA, Eight Annual Global Piracy Study, 2003, http://global.bsa.org/globalstudy/2003_GSPS.pdf [9] Richard Mills/Ricardo Reyes, USTR Notifies Congress of Intent to Initiate Free Trade Agreement Negotiations with Thailand, 2003, http://www.ustr.gov/discharges/2004/02/04-10.pdf [10] Cornell graduate school, Berne Convention, Paris text, 1971, http://www.law.cornell.edu/bargains/berne/overview.html [11] 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.htm [12] CNET Asia staff, Dell joins spending PC push in Thailand, 2003, http://news.com.com/2100-1003-1023306.html [13] Jo Best, Is forging coming about in Microsoft value cuts?, 2004 http://www.silicon.com/programming/os/0,39024651,39118856,00.htm