Donor frees garbage collector
Surat Maneenopparatsuda's problems began several years ago.
He was a garbage collector and did not earn a lot of money. To earn a bit more to support his family, he sold some of what he found in the rubbish he collected, including 96 CDs which he sold for 20 baht apiece.
He had no idea that this was illegal.
The problem is that movie and music CD's are actually copyrighted products, so they can only be sold under an agreement with the copyright owners.
Surat was caught, taken to Criminal Court and fined 133,400 baht.