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

software package in the Land of Smiles (a study of software piracy in Thailand)1.Overview whirl down the street in Thailand and amongst the numerous trinket vendors, you entrust key out one that has catalog of software titles. The same catalogs can also be found at the major shopping malls at numerous retailers. lurch through the catalogs, choose your software titles, and pay around US$3. A runner will go retrieve your titles and, in about 5-10 minutes, you will have your unseasoned software. This is only a glimpse of the multi-million dollar instauration 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 copyright holder. on that point are several forms of piracy ranging from sharing personal copies of programs to mass scattering and selling of those programs. Thailand, by far, has a problem with the latter. The International reason keeping Alliance (IIPA) first identifie d Thailand as one of the worst plagiariser countries in 1985. From 1985 to present, Thailand has been frequently on and off of the IIPA priority watch inclination of an orbit 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 increased attention were the catalyst for some of the notable piracy crackdowns. However, piracy is still a major issue in Thailand today.The United States Trade Representative (USTR) lately initiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with Thailand in February 2004. The FTA would increase the number of US exports to Thailand and allow those exports to enter the country duty free. The IIPA has expressed concern 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 Mills/Ricardo Reyes, USTR Notifies coiti on of Intent to Initiate Free Trade Agreement Negotiations with Thailand, 2003,http//www.ustr.gov/releases/2004/02/04-10.pdf10 Cornell law school, capital of Switzerland 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 push 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