![]() ![]() Speaking at the 1st Malaysian-ASEAN Regional Bloggers Conference in April 2011, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak vowed that his administration would never censor the Internet. The memo’s content and particularly its timing appear to have come as a shock to many Malaysian Internet users. “The above-mentioned URL/Web Address has been found by Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-Operative & Consumerism (KPDNKK) to be in contravention of law in Malaysia,” says the memo, which is signed by Acting Senior Director of the Digital Security Services Division, Eneng Faridah Iskandar.īreaches of Section 41 of the Copyright Act 1987 are being cited by SKMM as the grounds for the blocks, legislation which has been used against a number of Malaysia-hosted file-sharing sites in the past.ĭuring 20, SKMM ordered webhost Shinjiru to take several torrent sites offline due to Section 41 breaches including Superfundo, LeechersLair, Extremebits and Rapthe. The memo, titled ‘ Request For Action Under Section 263(2) of The Communications and Multimedia Act CMA 1998‘ (the legislation that gives SKMM its powers) appears to order all of Malaysia’s ISPs to immediately block a number of high-profile file-sharing related sites, as listed below: SKMM is clearly a powerful organization and if a document uncovered by is authentic (and it appears to tick all of the necessary boxes), its considerable muscles have just been flexed against online copyright infringement. ![]() ![]() Under a 1998 Act of the same name, the Commission is empowered to carry out a range of functions, several of which are law-related.Īccording to SKMM’s website, the Commission has the power to “implement and enforce the provisions of the communications and multimedia law”, “regulate all matters relating to communications and multimedia activities not provided for in the communications and multimedia law” and to recommend reforms to existing law. The regulation of the communications and multimedia industry in Malaysia is handled by SKMM – the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. ![]()
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