Transcript Internet Piracy & Methods of Detection

Measuring the True Costs
of Counterfeiting and Piracy
Mr. TAM Yiu-keung
Assistant Commissioner (Intelligence & Investigation)
Hong Kong Customs
Mexican Caribbean
Source : http://www.destination360.com
Pearl of the Orient
IPR Enforcement in HKSAR
Strong Legislation
Vigorous Enforcement
Strategic Partnership with Industry
Close International Cooperation
Eliminate the Supply
To eliminate the supply by
intensive enforcement
 Operations against syndicates
 Co-operation with Police
 Use of OSCO to confiscate
assets from IPR crimes
The mastermind’s
luxurious house in HK
Intellectual Property
Rights Protection Alliance
http://www.iprpa.org
E-Auctioning with Integrity Scheme
 Launched in November 2005
 Participants include local auction sites, IPR
organizations and individual right holders
 78,000 listings of suspected pirated and
counterfeiting auction items have been removed
Youth Ambassador Scheme
11 local youth uniform
organizations
(200,000 members)
7 Copyright Org.
Music
Overseas
Films
TV
Local
Films
TV
Comics
Game
Curb the Demand
To raise public awareness of IPR protection
 Publicity Campaign to Promote the
Protection of IPR in Hong Kong
 IPR Protection Alliance
The Art of War says
“Winning a victory and subduing the
enemy without fighting is the
highest excellence in war”
Thank you