Mon singers request the Mon community to against the pirate CDs and tapes

Independent Mon News Agency

July 25, 2004

Mon singers requested to their Mon audiences that to not buy the pirate Mon CDs and tapes produced by the businessmen, and they asked the Mon audiences to buy only the original CDs and tapes after the illegal copied CDs and tapes are widespread sold in the Mon community.

“I feel so depressed about the problem of illegal copying (of the CDs and tapes). In order to achieve an excellent music album, I has tried hard and spent most of my time. For us, we are not making business with the music album. Just for our Mon people, so I am so angry about that. In Thailand, it is the most widespread of pirate Mon song CDs and tapes” said a Mon singer, Mr. Jami Chan.

In Mon illegal migrant worker communities in Bangkok and Thai-Burma border areas are the places where most pirate entertainment CDs and tapes are widespread, according Nai Zahan, an Mon music audience.

According to the shop selling pirate materials, they set price about 60 Baht for a pirate CD and 20 Baht for pirate tape.

“Copying CDs and tapes are so easy for the businessmen because of the current advanced information technology. If they get an original CD or tape, they can copy it up to hundreds and sell them quickly at low price,” said Nai Sunthorn a leader of Mon literature and culture in Bangkok.

“Regarding on this issue, not only in Mon people, community around the world also faced this problem. But we need to seek way to prevent this problems,” Nai Suthorn added.

A inviting letter for forming a Mon Music Center, that signed by a song composer and writer, Nai Puschakha Tala Chan and Mi Chan Chan Mon, from Mon community in United State also mentioned about illegal copyright as a big issue and asked for finding a way to solve this problem.

Mon singer also asked to Mon community for solving this problem by against buying the illegal copyright CD and tape said Jami Chan and a new singer, Nai Kra Wait Htaw.

“If Mon community love and support our Mon singer please buy only original CD and tape,” said Kra Wait Htaw.

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