It's so ironic that the countries such as Thailand that ban porn also seem to sell it the most openly. In the biggest computer mall in Bangkok, a place where families and kids shop, you can't walk 10 steps without someone shoving 'sexy movies' in your face, with pictures of boobies and pussies all the over the front of the DVD's. The same applies with the tourist areas such as Silom and Sukhumvit...walk down the street for more then a couple minutes and someone is bound to grab your arm and yell out 'sexy movie dvd's.'
What really fascinates me is the amount of titles these people carry...you can find everthing from Japanese gay porn, Falcon, Bel Ami etc., literally thousands of ripped off movies! Yeah, the quality usually sucks and sometimes they don't work, but your not going to complain when you get 10 films for $25 US.
As with the mainstream Hollywood movies (and maybe even more so), the black market for porn is HUGE is Asia, I can only imagine how many millions of dollars they rake in every year ripping off porn producers. I've seen the same kind of black market porn in other Asian countries as well, such as Hong Kong, Korea and Cambodia. I wonder how much tea money the cops and authorities in power must be paid off to allow this continue. It's this kind of secret economy that the Asian countries thrive on.
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