The Intellectual Property High Court deemed that the distribution of ISDs constitutes copyright infringement under the Copyright Act 1987 and is punishable by law. 123rf.com
PETALING JAYA: The sale, offer for sale, distribution and/or supply of television boxes or illicit streaming devices (ISDs) that can provide unauthorised access to copyrighted content has been declared as illegal by the Intellectual Property High Court in Kuala Lumpur.
The Intellectual Property High Court ruled that the distribution of ISDs constitutes copyright infringement under the Copyright Act 1987 and is punishable by law.
Industry leaders in a joint statement hailed the judgment, which has been deemed as a landmark decision in the battle against digital piracy.
The Intellectual Property High Court in Kuala Lumpur has declared that the sale and distribution of TV boxes or illicit streaming devices (ISDs) that can provide unauthorised access to copyrighted works constitutes a copyright infringement under the Copyright Act 1987, according to Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd.
Malaysian Government Welcomes More Hollywood Film VFX Work with Base Media
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia ( KKMM ) and National Film Development Corporation Malaysia ( FINAS ) today announced that they approved the 30% incentive under the Film In Malaysia Incentive ( FIMI ) for the VFX work completed by Base Digital Production, a subsidiary of Base Media, on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Episode IX). Through FIMI, the cost-of-production for studios to outsource production work to Malaysia-based companies is competitively comparable with neighboring regions. The ease of application and the seamless process of FIMI allows for big productions like Star Wars, Netflix s 6 Underground, and The Mandalorian to obtain FIMI Rebate. Thus, FINAS is welcoming international applicants to take advantage of the incentives that Malaysia has to offer.
Published on: Monday, December 14, 2020
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Kuala Lumpur: More efforts will be made to expose the history of Malaysian Tamil cinema to the younger generation as it is important for them to know the origin and development of the film industry over the last five decades.
National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) board member Denes Kumar
(pic) said this was important as the making of local Tamil-language or Indian films outside its motherland of Tamil Nadu, India is actively growing in Malaysia.
“I believe the value of growth comes from its roots. How many youngsters nowadays truly have the knowledge of the history of Malaysian Tamil cinema, the pioneer artistes, film makers and their contributions that steered the growth of the industry?” he told Bernama in an exclusive interview at Wisma Bernama here, recently.