Bangkok--Mar 9--PC & Associates Consulting
BSA Steps Up Fight Against Cyber Piracy Join Forces With ECID For Anti-Piracy Raids, Announces New Hotline at 1-800-291-005
Acting on information received from the BSA, the ECID successfully raided and neutralised an Internet pirate who was preying on innocent buyers on the Pramool.com auction site. The raid conducted at the Bangkok home of the pirate led to the seizure of a computer with 2 CD burners and a large number of illegal software. The offender had been operating illegally since June 2003 and was blatantly offering a long list of pirated software for auction at a bid price of 50 baht.
“Program files found on the seized computer’s hard disc contained software of BSA members including Adobe, Autodesk, Macromedia, McAfee, Microsoft, and Symantec which were ready to be burnt onto CDs. On receiving a successful bid the pirate would wait till money was deposited into one of five bank accounts he was operating and then mail the burnt CDs to the buyer. In addition to the pirated software this person also burnt pirate copies of movies, music, games and pornographic movies, earning a sum of around 70,000 baht per month by selling this product but causing damages to the copyright holders in the millions of baht.” noted Tarun Sawney, the Director for Anti Piracy in Asia for BSA.
He added “With this recent raid, we have sent a strong message to those engaging in on line piracy in Thailand. We will continue to implement more aggressive measures to curtail piracy in all its forms. To improve our enforcement efforts, we have changed our hotline number from 0-2971-4140 to the new number 1-800-291-005 to receive information about software piracy including the use of unlicensed software in businesses. Through this hotline we will continue to provide general information on software copyright issues. All information received and the identity of the informant would be kept strictly confidential. The advantage of the new number is that callers will be charged only three baht per call, whether they are in Bangkok, suburbs or other provinces in Thailand. And our staff will provide 24x7 services. An informant whose lead brings about a successful case against a company using unlicensed software will be entitled to a reward of up to 200,000 baht.”
About BSA
The Business Software Alliance (www.bsa.org) is the foremost organization dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world. BSA is the voice of the world's commercial software industry and its hardware partners before governments and in the international marketplace. Its members represent one of the fastest growing industries in the world. BSA programs foster technology innovation through education and policy initiatives that promote copyright protection, cyber security, trade and e-commerce. BSA worldwide members include Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Avid, Bentley Systems, Borland, CNC Software/Mastercam, Internet Security Systems, Macromedia, McAfee, Inc., Microsoft, Parametric Technology, SolidWorks, Sybase, Symantec, UGS Corp. and VERITAS Software. BSA regional members in Asia include Trend Micro. BSA local affiliates include Association of Thai Software Industry and Association of Thai Computer Industry.
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