WEBSITES offering pirated movies and songs or counterfeit goods could be shut down under the amended Computer Act, which takes effect early next year.
The amendment will increase flexibility for the government to crack down on violations quickly and punish the owners of offending websites.
“The shutdown of illegal websites will immediately reduce intellectual-property infringements,” Thosapone Dansuputra, newly appointed director-general at the Intellectual Property Department, said yesterday.
He said the government was highly concerned about IP infringements on the Internet and social media, particularly on Facebook.