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• January 4, 2011, Anika Redhed writes: This is very funny indeed! Good pictures! And have fun this week at the party!
• January 5, 2011, Jan writes: Thanks Anika And when I come back home after this visit I have more of this funny stuff.
• January 5, 2011, Marvin writes: What about Walter Mart, very similar Wall Mart expect Filipinos never hire anyone over 3o years old or have greeters at the front door...security guards have to do that.
• January 7, 2011, Jan writes: Hi Marvin, Thanks for your comment
• January 10, 2011, Anika Redhed writes: Yes, I was thinking of walter mart too when I passed one this week. Same line. Can't wait for the other pics.
• January 11, 2011, Opus writes: There are Jollybee restaurants in California, U.S.A. My niece had her birthday party there. For some reason, she was fascinated by the Bee and kept following it around the restaurant. One time in a Philippine mall, I noticed a big store selling authorized versions of computer software. Right in front of it was a kiosk selling pirated copies of the same software that was 90% cheaper. Wow!
• January 11, 2011, Jan writes: Anika, It is raining a lot here in Bicol. I have planned to go home a few days earlier. I will post some more in the coming days.
• January 11, 2011, Jan writes: Opus, There are also a few in other Asian Countries. Selling pirated Cd's and Dvd's is common here. A music CD costs only around 20 pesos, a Dvd 30. But be careful, the quality is often very bad. And the latest software is also available pirated, but I do not trust it much. I prefer to download it myself.
• November 30, 2011, Vincent Isles writes: Actually business names would fall under trademark law, not copyright. Blatant disrespect for established trade names had been a "feature" in Philippine business for years, and nobody is doing anything about it. In the Philippines, protecting your trademark, copyright and other intellectual property rights is your responsibility, not the government's. So even if you sell counterfeit software in malls, your OK, unless the software creators file a case first.
• November 30, 2011, Jan writes: Vincent, Thanks for this clear explanation of 'rights' in the Philippines.

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• March 3, 2010, Henk Zachtjes writes: Hi Jan, Nice post, and all true, also. Only a few corrections: The Fixers, as they are called ("we can fix everything")don't try do sell fake documents. They just do. It's good business, the customers come to Recto from all over the country. And not everything is fake. Some of the stuff, maybe even most, is the genuine thing, from the authentic governmental departments and agencies. They know some guys there, you see.... Not wanting to make a crooked line appear straight, but i can imagine why people take their resort to let fix some thing or the other... The amount of official papers needed to open a bank account, apply for a job or just plain register as a new user for electricity can be so time energy and money consuming that the average pinoy better out of desperation just forget about moral issues for the time being. And last but not least, the fixers maybe only run from police they don't know yet. I haven't ever seen someone running,though. Groetjes, Henk
• March 3, 2010, Jan writes: Hi Henk, Thanks for visiting my website, and thanks for the little correction. I didn't mention about the sometimes not fake papers because who knows the difference? Just do not go there to 'buy' papers. Where do you live? according to your IP you are in the Philippines using SmartBro !

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