NEWS: PH airports to seize fake, pirated products

[ghosthunter]

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[SIZE=4]PH airports to seize fake, pirated products[/SIZE]
abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 08/31/2011 2:32 PM | Updated as of 08/31/2011 5:01 PM

MANILA, Philippines - The government will soon start strictly enforcing the anti-piracy campaign in all international and local airports in the country.

Representatives of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and the Optical Media Board (OMB) have signed a memorandum of agreement for the campaign’s strict implementation.

MIAA General Manager Jose Angel Horado said x-ray scanners for check-in and hand-carried luggage will be used to detect if passengers have pirated CDs or DVDs, for example.

Mere possession of these products already violates Republic Act 8923, or the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. It carries with it a maximum penalty of 5 years.

The IPO and the OMB will be given a free hand in implementing the law in all airports, Honrado said.

He added authorities will launch a 2-month information and awareness campaign to notify passengers of the policies.

Passengers will also be warned on board the aircraft to refrain from buying fake products or bringing them into the Philippines.

OMB Chairman Ronnie Ricketts and IPO Director Frisco Guce vowed to implement the full force of the law after the information and awareness campaign.

Ricketts expects a decrease of pirated products sold in the country once the plan is implemented.

[ghosthunter]

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/332680...ve-intensified

[SIZE=4]NAIA anti-piracy drive intensified[/SIZE]
By ANJO PEREZ
August 31, 2011, 3:21pm

MANILA, Philippines — The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) has partnered with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and the Optical Media Board (OMB) to strictly implement the anti-piracy campaign of the government by preventing the movement of pirated products through the international and domestic airport terminals in the country.

A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed between the three agencies Wednesday to intensify the anti-piracy campaign at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

The MoA was signed by airport General Manager Jose Angel Honrado, OMB Chairman Ronnie Rickets and IPO Director Frisco Guce during ceremonies held at the MIAA headquarters in Pasay City.

According to Honrado, the airport management will start with an information and awareness campaign to notify and warn all passengers to refrain from purchasing pirated products.

Honrado disclosed that close coordination between the three agencies will be undertaken so that any tips or detection of movement of pirated items such as music, movies, bags and apparels in all the terminals will be reported to all the agencies involved for a prompt interception.

It was learned that X-ray scanners will be used to detect if passengers are carrying the pirated products.

Honrado explained that mere possession of pirated products is a violation of Republic Act 8293, otherwise known as the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines which carries a maximum imprisonment term of five years.

The airport chief said they will start with the awareness campaign. Following this, both IPO and OMB will be given access to the airport terminals to implement the law inside the airport complex.

Ricketts and Guce expressed gratitude to the MIAA for the support and vowed to implement the full force of the law once the two-month information drive is over.

According to Ricketts, the MoA has made it easier for them to thwart the entry and transport of pirated goods into and within the country.

[ghosthunter]

I am afraid this will just be another law used to fleece people of more money as they arrive back into our country.

Pirated CDs do not come into the country via luggage. They come in via containers and through the internet for local mass production.

Just to show how ineffective is the anti-piracy drive is in the Philippines.

[badsekktor]

kung imitation na shirt or pants suot mo paalis ng airport? huhubaran ka kaya?

[ghosthunter]

MIAA General Manager Jose Angel Horado said x-ray scanners for check-in and hand-carried luggage will be used to detect if passengers have pirated CDs or DVDs, for example.

Well, it is just a simple technique to make CDs less visible to the x-ray scanners. Something I have used for over TEN years ago when I used to buy dozens and dozens of pirated CDs from Hong Kong.

[111prez]

they should check all government offices first, including the ones at the airport

a lot are running on fake softwares and operating systems

yun dapat hulihin muna nila

[ghosthunter]

The government should check those 3,000 missing shipping containers.

The word is, more than twice the 3,000 ANNUALLY gets to vanish.

Talo si David Copperfield! hehehe

[ghosthunter]

The government should check those 3,000 missing shipping containers.

The word is, more than twice the 3,000 ANNUALLY gets to vanish.

Talo si David Copperfield! hehehe

[Monseratto]

I am afraid this will just be another law used to fleece people of more money as they arrive back into our country.

Pirated CDs do not come into the country via luggage. They come in via containers and through the internet for local mass production.

Just to show how ineffective is the anti-piracy drive is in the Philippines.

*******s are godsend! =)

[chua_riwap]

*******s are godsend! =)

agree! 1M%

[CVT]

Papaano na ang mga balikbayan na mag-sa-shopping sa GH at iuuwi ang mga napamili sa ibang bansa?....

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[tidus1203]

Yeah with *******s who still uses actual discs everything is stored in hard drives and USB flash drives, don't tell me they would check the contents of those drives that's already a violation of privacy...

Anyway if you're going to a FIRST WORLD country, downloading 8GB's should just take 3-4 hours!

[ghosthunter]

I wonder how airport x-ray scanners would detect FAKE movies, music, bags, apparel, etc? Galing nun! hehehe

If all they are after is pirated CDs and DVDs getting through the airport, the pilipinas anti-piracy team is a few years behind current technology. But what would you expect if the OMB chairman is Ronnie Rickets? LOL!!

And in recent years, the only time I had DVDs in my luggage was when I bought some (bargain priced) original DVD movies (asian horror) while I was in Singapore. Otherwise, I just download all my stuff in 720HD if possible.

[roninblade]

rickets is an idiot who is stuck in the early 2000s. i hope they never get wise to the fact that anybody who travels use external/flash drives for their movies these days. most dvds in personal luggages are for personal use and not intended for sale. they should concentrate on big time importers instead of harassing people in the airports.

[Monseratto]

If Ronnie Ricketts is serious, dapat magraid at bantayan ng husto ng mga hotspots like Quiapo, Makati cinema square, or Divisoria. Instead of just coming out with press releases.

[111prez]

nakow, huwag tayong mag post ng mga tips dito at baka tsikoteer si ricketts at binabasa itong thread

:hysterical:

[CVT]

Nasa radyo ito kaninang umaga... Malaking kaguluhan na naman ito....

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[lowslowbenz]

This is old/recycled news!

[uls]

ano lang yan... pinapakita lang ng gobyerno sa US embassy na may ginagawa laban sa piracy

yung anti-piracy na yan pressure lang yan from the US govt

[shadow]

ano nanaman dadalhin kong pirated? can get it via net anywhere in the world.