KUALA LUMPUR: If you download material illegally from the Internet, be prepared to fork out a minimum fine of RM250,000.
This is the warning from the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry to Malaysians who continue to illegally download songs, videos and the like.
Although this penalty was legislated more than 10 years ago under the Copyright Act, it has yet to be fully enforced.
This was because the Government was still focusing on “physical enforcement”, encompassing continuous efforts to weed out pirated DVDs, VCDs and CDs sold on the streets and their operators.
Deputy Minister Datuk S. Veerasingam said yesterday that while this remains their main priority, cracking down on Internet download offenders was also gaining momentum.
“For the past three years, we have seen a significant reduction in copyright pirates. This is due to the continuous efforts of our enforcement officers.
“We will also very soon make Internet download offenders our priority,” he said.
Veerasingam was speaking to reporters after opening the Wipo Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar on the Issues and Recent Developments of the Wipo Copyright Treaty and the Wipo Performances and Phonograms Treaty on behalf of the minister.
More than 75 participants from 11 countries are taking part in the three-day seminar.
Veerasingam said that the maximum fine for downloading material illegally from the Internet was a whopping RM500,000.
source : The Star
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Adib » Blog Archive » Straw Penyedut…Hati-hati… : 06 December 2007 at 11:52 am
[...] Aku ada dapat beberapa cadangan daripada kawan blog yang menyatakan bahawa aku patut berblog saja. Macam-macam sebenarnya yang kita boleh tulis dalam blog. Ini tempat bebas, tak kira soal politik(yang tengah panas sekerang ni), sukan, download (movie atau music). Tapi AWAS!!! anda mungkin didenda. [...]
adib. : 06 December 2007 at 11:52 am
perghh..ape nih adakah kerajaan zalim
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gie : 06 December 2007 at 4:09 pm
[quote comment=""]perghh..ape nih adakah kerajaan zalim
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hurm…tu la pasal…rm500,000 tu..bukan rm50…aduhai…
mystic™ : 06 December 2007 at 8:03 pm
[quote comment=""][quote comment=""]perghh..ape nih adakah kerajaan zalim
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hurm…tu la pasal…rm500,000 tu..bukan rm50…aduhai…[/quote]
line streamyx yang lembab salahkan orang ramai mendownload pula..
dah takde duit sangat ke gov nih?
adib. : 06 December 2007 at 10:58 pm
[quote comment=""][quote comment=""]perghh..ape nih adakah kerajaan zalim
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hurm…tu la pasal…rm500,000 tu..bukan rm50…aduhai…[/quote]
yes….ye la..dunia dalam tenet nih macam2..dulu nk block P2P tp user lg advance dari dato’ yg ada kt luar sana..diorang bkn maen tenet pon cume taw cakap je…aku ase mesti ade india yg bt software xlaku..so pasal tu la…jd camtu..(sorry agak keras komen ni)
emptyspace : 08 December 2007 at 6:30 pm
ala anak pak menteri tu download jugak, tp mesti takde kene fine.. tahi la
gie : 08 December 2007 at 6:36 pm
tu la pasal…same je kat utm ni…bile anak tnc request je,terus dapat…aku yg duk dah 3 tahun,tak dapat2..siot betul…
mart rudd : 10 December 2007 at 6:36 pm
alahai.. susah ar nak cari makan camni..
shadowX_19 : 11 December 2007 at 12:50 am
ah.. sume tu politik je.. gi la benteras rempit, bohsia, bojan, mak gian, maksiat tu dulu.. ni satu kes pun aku tgk tak setel2. makin teruk ade la..
gie : 11 December 2007 at 7:23 pm
takpe2…kite tunggu dah lihat je…mesti ade cara punyer..
rajaotai : 07 December 2008 at 4:34 pm
haih..mcam2. susah le gini