OMB Fines CD-R King Over Blank Discs

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I’ve been saying it for years: the Optical Media Act is a bad idea. Part of that bad idea: import permits for fucking pieces of plastic. The Optical Media Board (OMB) has ordered CD-R King, one of the country’s biggest suppliers of optical media and related technology products, to pay P1.5 million in administrative penalties. […]Click here to continue reading "OMB Fines CD-R King Over Blank Discs"...

OMB Fines CD-R King Over Blank Discs

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February 14, 2008

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  1. Mike Abundo says:
    February 14, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    Spidamang: There’s no money in protecting consumers. There’s plenty of money in protecting the record companies.

    CoCaFire: “Omb”. Yeah, it does sound like a stupid name for a group of government-sponsored recording industry goons.

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  2. Mike Abundo says:
    February 14, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    Jais: If you think that’s as lame as they can get, check out these parts of Optical Media Act:

    SEC. 19. Offenses and Penalties.-

    a. Imprisonment of at least three (3) years but not more than six (6) years, and a fine of not less than Five Hundred thousand pesos (Php 500,000.00) but not exceeding One Million five hundred thousand pesos (Php 1,500,000.00), at the discretion of the Court, shall be imposed on any person, natural or juridical, who shall:

    2. Engage in the mastering, manufacture, replication, importation or exportation of optical media without the necessary license from the OMB;

    SEC. 26. Regulation of Magnetic Media.- The provisions of this Act shall apply mutates mutandis to the regulation of magnetic media.

    Computers have hard drives. Hard drives are magnetic media. By using a computer, you are writing to (mastering) magnetic media.

    The way this law is written, the OMB could require a license to use a computer.

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  3. Siege says:
    February 14, 2008 at 5:55 pm

    Great insights! Tsk, tsk, the problem with legislation talaga when the one’s in charge don’t get their hands dirty.

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  4. JC John SESE Cuneta says:
    February 14, 2008 at 8:07 pm

    Hey Mike, actually, the OMB requires a license for CD/DVD Writer Drives. This is what iCafe owners said after some of them were raided and asked if they have a license for all their CD/DVD Writer Drivers.

    Some CD/DVD without a license were “confiscated” while some were given 7-days to get a license. Sadly, those whose writers were confiscated don’t know about the stupid OMB “law”.

    The Philippines is heading to Dark Ages. How sad and pitiful.

    This calls for action. But who’s gonna do it?

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  5. BoukeNSharivaN says:
    February 15, 2008 at 1:17 am

    ok now thats not great! mura kaya sa CD-R king wtf are they thinking!! sheez and JC John i will agree with u the philippines is now on the dark ages….

    we need a savior to save us all but who is it???

    DAM IT BAKIT CD-R KING PA!!! GAHHH!!!

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