This presentation is based on a dissertation study on the persistence of optical piracy trade in Quiapo Barter Trade Center complex before its "closure".

1. By: Dr. Vivencio Ballano
vballano@yahoo.com

2. NOTE:
This Sociological Study was completed in 2010 before the Quiapo
Piracy Trade in the Barter Center Complex was closed down by Mayor
Alfredo Lim and the OMB.
This study is dedicated to our poor Muslim brothers who struggle to
fight poverty and social discrimination in Philippine society through the
informal trade of piracy.
Some slides on the
Major Social Forces that Facilitate the Piracy trade in the Philippines
are excluded here.
A book form of this study has been prepared by the author for Ateneo
de Manila University Press.

4. Association of American Publishers (AAP)
Business Software Alliance (BSA)
Entertainment Software Association (ESA)
Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA)
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

5. Piracy said to have worsened in RP
04/24/2008 | 05:23 AM
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MANILA, Philippines - Copyright piracy has worsened
in the Philippines, leading to a 25% increase in trade
losses to $212.3 million or around P9 billion last year,
according to an influential business lobby based in the
US.
The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), in
comments submitted to the US government for its yearly
report on copyright violators, said the Philippines should
continuously be monitored but there should be no
change in the country’s status in the US "Special 301"
findings.

6. “Last May 2, or a week after the United States Trade
Representative (USTR) released its Special 301 Report,
which specifically mentioned Quiapo's notoriety for
selling counterfeit and pirated merchandize, abs-
cbnNEWS.com visited this bustling area of Manila
“(ABS-CBN Online 5/11/2008).
QUIAPO ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST
‘PIRATE DENS” (May 2, 2007)
Quiapo in Manila has been listed by the Office of the United
States Trade Representative as one of the “notorious markets” for
pirated and counterfeit merchandise. In its “Special 301” report, the
agency said piracy thrives in the district despite several raids in
2006. Stalls in several shopping centers in Quiapo openly sell
illegally copied optical discs, closing only for a few days after a raid
but resuming business afterward. The USTR named 10 notorious
markets for pirated goods, which included the Panthip Plaza in
Bangkok, the Harco Glodok in Jakarta, Indonesia and the Silk Street
Market in Beijing, China. The agency also said transshipped or in
transit goods remain a problem in the Philippines, Thailand, Hong
Kong, Paraguay and other countries (www.manilatimes.net).

13. I. Organizational & Social Dimension
of Deviance: Classical to Social
Capital theories
II. Cultural & Social Alliances & Deviance:
Religious affiliation, Ethnicity, & Illegal
Network of Law Enforcers & Traders
III. Material & Geographical Networks
that maintain High-tech Crime
IV. Technology, Society & High-Tech
Deviance and Actor-Network Theory

15. Legend: x=stall/store of pirated discs

22. Maranao Piracy Operators: Most Exposed
Muslims to Technology

24. A sample of the “master”

25. FOREIGN SOURCE FOREIGN
BROKER
FOREIGN AIRPORT LOCAL
BROKER
QUIAPO
MUSLIM CONTACT MUSLIM PRODUCER-SUPPLIER
LOCAL OD PLANT
BLACK MARKET MASTER COPY COURIER QUIAPO
BURNERS
PRODUCERFOREIGN CONTACT

26. INTERNET
DISC COPIERS
LABEL PRINTER
DISCS REPLICATING PLANTS
SOFTWARES
PARAPHERNALIA

27. QUIAPO PRODUCER-SUPPLIER
LOADER
MANILA AIRPORT/AIRLINE CONTACTS
DOMESTIC AIRPORT
PROVINCIAL AIRPORT CONTACTS
DISTRIBUTOR
PAYMENT
ORDER