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Hewitt urges action on pirate Thai CDs.
The battle against piracy took a step forward on two fronts last week.
Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt called on Thailand's prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to help stem the flow of pirate CDs from the market last Friday. Her move followed the release of evidence by the IFPI that more than 50% of pirated discs are manufactured in Thailand, whose annual CD production capacity has risen from 40m units to 1.2bn units since 1998.
After the meeting during an official visit to Bangkok, Hewitt said, "I am very pleased that the Thai prime minister shared my views on the need to protect intellectual property and that, in a knowledge economy, it is essential that we protect original and creative ideas."
Hewitt's actions come after the IFPI met with DTI officials late last year to raise concerns about the explosion of piracy production in ...
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