Phuket clubs and restaurants raise issues about free music downloads

Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:40 PDT -07:00   News  


In Phuket, Thailand, one issue that keeps cropping up is that of intellectual property. Pretty much every CD or movie you can buy in Phuket is pirated. This raises many concerns for copyright holders in the West, who are effectively being ripped off by the people in Phuket and the rest of Thailand.

One of the most interesting issues is that of free music downloads used by DJs in Phuket clubs. Most of the DJs get free music downloads from filesharing websites such as Limewire. They then burn their CDs and play them for hundreds, if not thousands, of people each and every week.

There have been some cases in Thailand of DJs being fined by the police for playing pirated music, though such a case is yet to happen in Phuket.

Phuket’s restaurants and bars knowingly play fake CD to the pubic day in day out, yet it’s open to debate whether they even know that such a thing is illegal. The difference in standards between the West and the East is often staggering.

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