Malaysia's New Copyright Act To Make Owning A Single Counterfeit DVD Illegal
from the can't-have-any-sort-of-competition dept
All over the world, it seems, the entertainment industry keeps pushing for ever more draconian copyright laws. Copycense points us to the latest out of Malaysia, where an amendment to the Copyright Act would making owning a single counterfeit DVD illegal. Yes, just owning it. In most places, it's distributing or reproducing that causes infringement. But now we're adding owning to the list. Imagine buying what you thought was a legitimate DVD and then being dragged to court for it. That seems reasonable.
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Same as ISPs
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Counterfeits
Now, if we're talking bootleg, that's a completely different situation.
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i coded some software for a company in pickering ontario
the cops would bring in 75000 pirated cdrs and dvdrs
and they were to be melted down
GUESS what
for two years they weren't and pushed back out onto the market
and these arent some kids unlabeled dvdrs
these were counterfeit replicas
they got time in jail and such and it had ties ot the mafia for real
this i do not condone
GO FOR IT WITH YOUR LAWS but dont harm the victims and or people over it
and ffs leave kids out of this they aint labeling or trying to make a replica
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But thats just because I hate the MPAA and like to steal their profits. Everyone up on that end is rich already anyways.
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adlib
and everyone htought it was being melted down and hte plastic being shipped out to get recycled
ahha
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But WIll This Law Make A Difference?
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how ignored laws work
its a way to create conformity at least they think so.
WHAT it will lead to if that begins is unrest and not just maly
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Make no mistake
Make absolutely no mistake here: THIS is the goal of all Big Media. Period. They want nothing more than to get the laws changed so far in their favor, that they can dictate the legality of ownership TO YOU. Then they can extract money from you for EVERY view/listen, and completely prevent anything remotely resembling ownership, fair use, or first sale doctrine.
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Everyone should mail a counterfeit DVD to a Malaysian movie executive
Or worse, receiving one as a gift!
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Going out to a Cinema is not an option for us.
So, Shopping for DVD's was a MAJOR component of the decision making process for returning to Malasia. The night markets are great fun in Penang. The shopping malls in KL were even better. Fantastic. The DVD copies in Malasia ranged fom $2.50-$5 Australian. At that price, we bought Heaps IE: ~50 or so per trip. Some were never watched, some didn't play, some were of insufferable quality, but most were worth the money. From the most recent releases to stuff we had wanted to see, advert free, for YEARS.
We would even buy a DVD player there as well, so we could start watching whilst on holiday, during the evenings. Bliss.
(We also purchased Home Stereo Amp's, Clothes, fabric, pewter etc - and all the other great stuff Malasia has to offer. In short we were GOOD TOURISTS for their economy.)
Sadly, no more.
We'll go back to Indonesia or the Phillipines instead.
A recent 1st trip to Bankok where we discovered "Pantip" Plaza's 6 floors on DVD and Electronics have now set Malasia's fate.
If The Idiots HERE in Australia could only learn that $10 is the absolute MAXIMUM price for a CD or DVD, I'd ever be prepared to pay. My friends agree. We know it's only cost a $1 or two to make. We don't begrudge covering costs, transportation, shop expenses etc and some money for the Band/film - but $40 instead of $10 ? No way!
If they were priced reasonably, then I wouldn't bother with dodgy rip-off's or downloading what I want.
Until they learn to satisfy that demand, I will get what I want, when I want, at a price near zero.
As regards music:
So glad that bands are getting the right idea.
This one's on us? Brilliant! NIN rocks!
Would happily pay $100(max) now for a NIN concert ticket, would never have bothered to go see them before - even if free!
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On my recent trip back it was amusing to see on the latest copied dvds they have put in those warning sequences except not against piracy, but against other "inferior quality" copied dvd's!
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