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The black market in Thailand thrives and within its underground boundaries, piracy activities are abundant. In Bangkok, one can walk into stores that specialize in pirated software. All one has to do is make a selection from a catalogue, pay the small price and leave their address for the salesperson so the store can ship it to the buyer. Despite the high circumstances of piracy in Thailand, in 1999 the country�s piracy rate fell 1% during to 81 percent. However, there was still a dramatic increase in the financial loss from software piracy in Thailand and in 1999, the revenue that was lost from pirated retail software was US$82.2 million, which is up from US$48.6 million in 1998. In 1999, worldwide piracy losses exceeded$12 billion and during the past five years, the total amount exceeded $59 billion. 1