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Trouble in pirate's paradise
2 Jan 2011: The director of the DSI's Intellectual Property Crime Department reveals his team's tactics, myriad challenges, and the hard-fought successes it won outside the spotlight. Read the full article
Ex-prostitute wins top women’s literary prize
22 Dec 2010: Non-fiction work tells of life in the flesh trade. Read the full article
Thailand’s Oceania Moment
19 Dec 2010: The government has promised to lift the state of emergency before year’s end, but it’s not known if that will reverse its Orwellian attack on freedom of expression online. Read the full article
Political website director released on bail
26 Sept 2010: The director of political news website Prachatai.com has been released on bail as media freedom activists blasted authorities over her arrest on charges of violating the Computer Crime Act and committing lese majeste by allegedly disseminating content deemed insulting to the monarchy. Read the full article
Scanning the Past
5 Jul 2009: Pages of history are being digitised as part of a global effort to protect written heritage. Read the full article
Looking to begin that long shelf life
12 Jun 2009: UC Riverside has a trove of rare Thai books waiting to finally join its Southeast Asian library
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24 Sep 2007: After more than six decades, relentless efforts by Thai journalists to push for the abolition of the Publishing Act paid off when the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) passed a new law to take its place. Read the full article
