Thailand still stuck on US piracy list
Music, movies & fake luxury goods still for sale everywhere so no end in sight to watch list but luckily punishment never happens.
Music, movies & fake luxury goods still for sale everywhere so no end in sight to watch list but luckily punishment never happens.
A map showing Priority Watch List countries around the world (Source: Wikipedia)
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Thailand remains on 'dirty dozen' list
1 May 2013
The counterfeit watches for sale on street corners that Lady Gaga made famous.
WASHINGTON - Thailand has been put at the top of the list of the world's worst violators of intellectual property for another year.
The annual Special 301 Report by the US Trade Representative places Thailand on the "priority watch list'' with nine other countries for the seventh consecutive year.
"Ten countries - Algeria, Argentina, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Russia, Thailand, and Venezuela - are on the Priority Watch List," the report said. The "USTR will seek to engage intensively with these countries, as appropriate, during the coming year."
In theory, presence at the top of the watch list can bring punitive trade retaliation including special duties and sanctions. In practice, this never has happened.
Thai officials were disappointed but not surprised by the decision. Patchima Thanasanti, head of the Department of Intellectual Property, said before the report came out late Wednesday that the US was unhappy with IP protection in Thailand.
Counterfeit pirated goods destroyed with a hammer in an annual ceremony that has been held for many years.
"The United States views that the problem has not declined for the past five years and that Thailand has no serious law to protect intellectual property," she was reported as telling Thailand-Business-News.com.
She predicted there could be a comprehensive law to protect intellectual property by next year.
The USTR remained concerned, as it was last year, that Thailand has failed to pass laws protecting intellectual property.
"Thailand remains on the Priority Watch List in 2013," it states in the section on Thailand. "The United States is prepared to review that status if Thailand makes significant progress in passing key legislative initiatives.
"It calls for more crackdowns on open sales of copyright and counterfeit goods, "and to impose deterrent-level (prison) sentences."
Map key giving the meaning of colours in the map above.
According to the US agency, Thailand should:
- end piracy of cable and satellite signals.
- make landlords liable for sales of pirated and counterfeit goods in or on their property.
- put a stop to the rapidly growing problem of copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting on the internet.
- stop "camcording", or recording of motion pictures inside cinemas using video cameras or smartphones.
- stop the leaking of test results and marketing plans for drugs, pharmaceuticals and chemicals for agricultural use.
- hold more discussions with "stakeholders" (i.e. drug companies) on medical patents.
(Source: Bangkok Post, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, Thailand remains on 'dirty dozen' list, 1 May 2013, link)
Intellectual Property Vocabulary
Intellectual Property (IP) - the idea that people can own things created with the mind such as writing, songs, movies, designs and artwork even though it is easy to make copies of these things without paying the person who created them (See Wikipedia)
IP protection
copyright - the legal right to control the production and selling of a book, play, film, photograph or piece of music ลิขสิทธิ์ (See Wikipedia)
copyright piracy
piracy - the act of copying and selling illegal copies การละเมิดลิขสิทธิ์
end piracy of cable and satellite signals.
pirate - 1. someone who makes illegal copies of copyrighted goods; 2. someone who attacks ships while they are sailing to steal things from them or to hold them in return for money โจรสลัด
the world's worst pirates of intellectual property
pirated - illegally copied ละเมิดลิขสิทธิ์
pirated goods
counterfeit - deceptive imitations, goods that look like the real thing to make people believe they are the real thing การปลอมแปลงหรือลอกเลียนแบบ
counterfeit goods - illegal copies of goods ของปลอม
trademark counterfeiting
Special 301 Report - "a report prepared annually by the USTR that "identifies trade barriers to US companies and products due to the intellectual property laws, such as copyright, patents and trademarks, in other countries. Each year the USTR must identify countries which do not provide adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights or fair and equitable market access to United States persons that rely upon intellectual property rights" (See Wikipedia)
annual - happening once a year ประจำปี
annual Special 301 Report
US Trade Representative (USTR) - "the United States government agency responsible for developing and recommending United States trade policy to the president of the United States, conducting trade negotiations and coordinating trade policy within the government" (See Wikipedia)
priority watch list - "Priority Watchlist countries are judged by the USTR as having 'serious intellectual property rights deficiencies' that require increased USTR attention. Watch List countries have been identified by the USTR as having 'serious intellectual property rights deficiencies' but are not yet placed on the Priority Watchlist" (See Wikipedia & map)
priority - something important that must be done first สี่งที่สำคัญเป็นลำดับแรก
dozen - 12
dirty dozen list - Same as "priority watch list"
blatant - easy to see that it is bad; done in an open and very obvious way in a bad sort of way, for example: blatant favouritism)
on sale in blatant quantities
compiled - to gather together information in one place (for a book, report, etc)
compiled by the US Trade Representative
Music, movies and counterfeit goods are still on sale in blatant quantities, so Thailand will stay on the Special 301 Report of the world's worst pirates of intellectual property, as compiled by the US Trade Representative. (File photo by Patipat Janthong
remains - still there, still at a place or on a list
Thailand remains on 'dirty dozen' list
violator - a person who breaks a law
worst violators
Thailand has been put at the top of the list of the world's worst violators of intellectual property for another year.
consecutive - happening one after another อย่างต่อเนื่อง following one after another in order ติดต่อกัน ที่ต่อเนื่องตามลำดับ
the seventh consecutive year
The annual Special 301 Report by the US Trade Representative places Thailand on the "priority watch list'' with nine other countries for the seventh consecutive year."
engage - to interact with and spend with someone or something to understand it better and better deal with it
intensively - doing somegthing at a very high level of activity
engage intensively with
The USTR will seek to engage intensively with these countries.
"Ten countries - Algeria, Argentina, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Russia, Thailand, and Venezuela - are on the Priority Watch List," the report said. The "USTR will seek to engage intensively with these countries, as appropriate, during the coming year.
theory - one or more ideas that explain how or why something happens สมมติฐาน
In theory, .... - how something happens according to ideas about how it should happen (opposite: "in practice" meaning what actually happens)
presence - when someone or something is in a place การอยู่ในสถานที่หนึ่ง (ของบุคคล)
presence at the top of the watch list
trade - the buying and selling of goods การค้าขาย
retaliation - punishing someone for damage they caused you; harm someone in return, after they harm you
trade retaliation
punitive - punishing; done as punishment; intended as a punishment เกี่ยวกับการลงโทษ
punitive trade retaliation
duties - tariffs; taxes paid on imported goods
sanctions - punishment for countries that have broken international law (restricting trade and official contact)
practice - a way of doing something การปฏิบัติ
In practice, .... - the way something actually happens (opposite: in theory, .... )
In practice, this never has happened.
In theory, presence at the top of the watch list can bring punitive trade retaliation including special duties and sanctions. In practice, this never has happened.
comprehensive - complete and including everything that is necessary ที่ครอบคลุม
comprehensive law - a law that covers everything (addresses all the issues)
a comprehensive law to protect intellectual property
predicted - to say what you think will happen in the future
She predicted there could be a comprehensive law to protect intellectual property by next year.
concerned - worried about something มีความกังวล
remained concerned - still worried about it
pass laws - when parliament makes a new law (after the law wins a vote)
failed to pass laws
The USTR remained concerned, as it was last year, that Thailand has failed to pass laws protecting intellectual property.
status - the state of affairs at a particular time สถานะ official or legal position สถานภาพ
review status - to look at the status of something and see if it should be changed
progress - completing tasks that move you towards achieving a goal; advance, go forward ก้าวหน้า
make progress - to reach and achieve goals in your project and get nearer to completion
significant - large enough to be important or have an effect ที่สำคัญยิ่ง
make significant progress
legislative - of parliament
initiatives - projects that an organization is doing
legislative initiatives
key - important คนสำคัญ
key legislative initiatives
makes significant progress in passing key legislative initiatives
"Thailand remains on the Priority Watch List in 2013," it states in the section on Thailand. "The United States is prepared to review that status if Thailand makes significant progress in passing key legislative initiatives.
deterrent - something that causes people to not do something bad (example: a crime deterrent)
prison sentence - a period of time that someone must live in jail or prison as punishment for a crime
deterrent-level prison sentences
impose - to force someone to accept something กำหนด,บังคับ to introduce something, such as a new law or new system and force people to accept it นำกฎหมายมาบังคับใช้
impose deterrent-level (prison) sentences
"It calls for more crackdowns on open sales of copyright and counterfeit goods, "and to impose deterrent-level (prison) sentences."
landlords - the owners of land or real estate (here farmland)
liable - legally responsible for causing dame or injury มีความรับผิดชอบตามกฎหมาย
make landlords liable for sale of pirated goods on their property
- make landlords liable for sales of pirated and counterfeit goods in or on their property.
cinemas - buildings where people watch movies
smartphones - mobile phones that offer advanced features so they become a lot like a computer (See Wikipedia)
- stop "camcording", or recording of motion pictures inside cinemas using video cameras or smartphones.
results - what is produced in the end by an activity or task
test results
leaking of test results - when secret "test results" are given to the public
pharmaceuticals - drugs ยา
pharmaceutical companies - drug companies บริษัทยา
- stop the leaking of test results and marketing plans for drugs, pharmaceuticals and chemicals for agricultural use.
stakeholders - people who are affected by an action, all the people who will benefit or lose from a decision or outcome ผู้ที่ได้รับผลกระทบจากการตัดสินใจ ผู้ได้รับผลประโยชน์
- hold more discussions with "stakeholders" (i.e. drug companies) on medical patents.