Fewer exits in factories producing CDs and VCDs to fight piracy?
So suggests Malaysian Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, as recently reported in the local press. The proposed new measure would give music and video pirates less time to destroy bootleg CDs and VCDs during raids on factories churning out pirated copies.
Tan Sri Muhyiddin said that a final decision would be made after further discussions with local authorities.
Although the crackdown by the Malaysian authorities had crippled several syndicates recently, he admitted that the piracy problem is "much bigger than initially thought" and announced new measures to stem the rampant tide, which include:
