Piracy laws in Malaysia...?
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For your information, there is a Act on this. Is known as the Optical Discs Act 2000. This Act came into force on September 15, 2000. Its states that ...\n\nLicensing and manufacture of optical discs and requires any person who manufactures optical discs to be licensed. Manufacture here refers to the processes and activities involved in the making of optical discs including mastering and replicating or both. Optical disc means compact discs, digital versatile discs, laser discs and mini discs and includes items like compact disc-audio, compact disc-video, CD-ROM, CD-I, compact disc-photo and compact disc-recordable.\n\nHowever, the software piracy is difficult to curb. You close them today, they open elsewhere tomorrow. These days, the pirates are even going mobile with their latest strategy with the use of mobile optical disc peddlars.\n\nHave you ever visited China before? The situation is worst there.
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I don't agree with the illegal downloading of any pirated software. I'm sure the government will now come and check your computer for free music and they will see all of the illegal burned CD's and then you will pay the price for your illegal activities.
1025957
In Malaysia, there are no such laws.  The people here are very conservative and traditional when it comes to marriage..i.e. man and woman only.  There are homosexual couples, for sure, but they are no provisions for marriage for them.
1100751
Personally i would make sure that the song, movie, ect. has been publically released in your area first, we don't need pirating!
1006615
Pirated CD's. I get them near my house for Rs. 10. Can I get arrested for that?
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Yes, using pirated goods is the same as stealing.  You are stealing the food right out of the Software Developers' mouth.
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DUDE!Dont u know that downloading copyrighted stuff is a crime? But then, i guess a crime is a crime ONLY if you GET CAUGHT. So try out phazeDDL.com\nor use a software called Bittorrent.here are the links
252376
I got pages to come up searching on Google, but they don't appear to be in English.  If you speak Malaysian (or whatever the language is) you can search Google and probably find what you need.
138130
Well, if the police or whatever finds out, you might be breaking the law cuz buying pirated goods is buying stolen stuff, and you might go ta jail. (i think.)
832583
its coz of copyright laws
129834
This sounds very social studies, and I'm sorry I saw this question late. Well, I think that the government probably enforced some laws and stepped up measures to capture the pirates so the piracy problem wasn't so bad, and then they became a prosperous port. OR ELSE, they'd have negotiated with the pirates, which isn't something that the Singapore Government would do anyway, so I believe it is the former reason. :)
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Get  pirated (cracked s/w.)cd for Rs.100/- on any street of Mumbai!!
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it is illegal to both download AND upload copyrighted content in the same way it's illegal to go and steal stuff from a store.\n\nregardless of whether you do or don't share the music/movies/software you download makes no difference to whether the MPAA/RIAA/whatever can catch you...the government aren't bothered about detecting piracy incidentally, it's the big corporations that hunt out/monitor illegal file sharing.\n\nit could be debated that downloading the odd file here and there holds less of a risk of being nailed and fined/jailed/taken to court by the large copyright holders but that's no consolation to anyone that *does* get caught downloading the odd file.\n\nthe internet is not a private and secure medium by nature, pretty much anyone with a small amount of knowledge can see what you're uploading or downloading with relative ease.
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It's illegal because of copyright laws.  Theoretically even burning CD's and DVD's for backup personal use is illegal.
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you go to a store or website and buy it. man, i love the straighforward questions where people aren't expecting us to give them instructions on how to break the law for their benefit. :)\n\nEDIT: why would a software that you have to buy just be out there for you to download, i don't think any of us here love you so much we wanna be accessories to piracy for YOU.
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Fortunately, you do seem to have a sixth sense that this scheme is totally off-the-wall.  When they talk about a return of 200% in 18 months is when you have to start laughing.\n\nIt's not a question of legal or not.  The scheme is offshore and you seem to be in the US.  There's no international body of law that could protect you.  If you're in Malaysia, perhaps the securities legislation of that country would provide some protection against pirates, but then, if you're in Malaysia you'd know that.\n\nIf you're not in Malaysia there's nothing to prevent Sunshine from disappearing with the loot.\n\nIn case you missed my point, please find something else for your hard-earned savings!
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lol....that's funny a pirater that does not want to pirated