Lax rules give CD pirates a new home in Philippines

Pirates all over the world, pack your bags and take the next flight to Manila. Other countries in South-East Asia have introduced stricter laws to stop the large scale pirates. According to the Manila Times pirates now use the Philippines to produce and ship all kinds of illegal copies - CDs, VCDS and DVDs.

'Until early this year, the Philippines is known to be a distributor country; the pirated stuff they are selling here came from neighbouring countries,' Ms Carmen G. Peralta, director of the documentation, information and technology transfer bureau of the country's Intellectual Property Office was quoted as saying in the report.

According to the International Federation of Phonographic Industries, the newspaper said, several Asian countries including Taiwan, Hongkong, Macau and Malaysia had in recent years introduced stricter CD plant regulations.

Source: The Straits Times