Crack down on torrents in Thailand

Crack down on torrents in Thailand

A Police spokesman on a conference on a anti Pirate meeting in USA announced that they will soon go after everybody sharing movies and files on the internet. The Police Spokesman said that they failed utterly to crack down on the pirates selling the DVD in Pantip because they are well connected. It will be easier to go after rich foreigners that downloading movies from the internet from their home. Visiting any file sharing site like Piratebay.org and other torrents sites will also become a criminal act.

This will also solve the problem with the slow internet because the downloading of torrents by foreigners is the reason the internet is slow according to CAT and has nothing to do with oversea connections.

The Police said further that this will also solve their problems with old computers in the police stations since all computers found with pirated software and movies will be confiscated and donated to the police that discovered the pirate hub of torrent.

Starting after the Thai New Year the Cyber Crime center will monitor all connection of torrents and other file swaps in Thailand. Anybody sending an attachment with email, downloading torrents or any other of way of sending file will get a notice on their screen to come and hand over their computer with one week or the police will come to them.

The spokesperson did not say if the cyber criminals were to hand over just the computer or if the wire, printers, and monitors should be included but they say more information will come in the next weeks.

The Visa or work permit will not be affected of the foreigners would not be affected if the person handed over the computer within the set deadline. Thai people with a new computer will also be targeted since they have money to buy a new one. You can from the IP trace see what model of computer you are using this has been done for over 10 years around the world. Anyone caught also have to pay a fine for every movie or software inside the computer at the time of hand over.