Alyshea Low explains the use of infringing website lists to
enhance the protection of intellectual property rights
INTRODUCTION
In the late 1990s, government authorities in countries such as
China and Hong Kong actively took steps to crack down on the
production and distribution of pirated optical media products.
These products included films, music, videos, and various
entertainment, educational, and business software and literary
material.
Organized criminal enterprises found Malaysia to be an
attractive alternative for their production and distribution bases,
as it did not have effective legislation or regulations to combat
piracy then.
THE OPTICAL DISCS ACT 2000
On 15 September 2000, the much-anticipated Optical Discs Act
2000 ("Act") came into effect. It contained provisions to
deal with the licensing and regulatory framework to control the
manufacture of optical discs in Malaysia.
