For those of you who happily torrent stuff, you'd better start being careful. Seems like our 'friendly' Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry will be cracking down on such activities pretty soon. Considering that pirated software vendors have are almost non-existent in our regular IT centres, it's not really surprising that downloaders were next on the list. 

According to the report from The Star, If you download material illegally from the Internet, you can be fined a minimum of RM250,000 while the maximum fine is RM500,000. Actually this penalty was legislated more than 10 years ago under the Copyright Act, but it has yet to be fully enforced.

According to Deputy Minister Datuk S. Veerasingam, cracking down on Internet download offenders was also gaining momentum. If the government is start to get serious about it, we might start hearing the first charges to be filed against downloaders in the next couple of months. It'll be interesting to see what happens then. 

[Source via The Star] 

Name: dandelina	Comment: anybody get caught so far??
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-01-25 01:15:25

Name: rurouni	Comment: mcm sial la wei.... gua nk download lgu camane.... camane gua nk download journal nk bwat assignment....
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-01-20 15:57:41

Name: mr death	Comment: stupid gov...very2 stupid..not just that..all of them are stupid
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-01-15 19:55:13

Name: -	Comment: Actually this whole thing a bit bluff... you see we pay the ISP and the ISP pay the Gov in terms of tax, so if we use less of what the ISP provide, the Gov get less. And they crack down on DVD's is because we pay DVD vendors but they don't pay gov for tax... haha
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-01-14 18:07:13

Name: jibam

Comment: yang keluar arahan nie menteri gaji ribu2.. aper yang diorg amik tau! nak ngampu pak lah terer la diorg.. komputer sendiri pun xpnah pegang ape! sume ngarah org bawahan suruh buatkan.. dia dok goyang kaki dlm bilik pikir mcm mana nak ngampu pak lah lagi! org2 yang berpendapatan rendah nie mana la mampu nak beli software original.. student2 nak download software utk belajar pon dah dikira mcm penjenayah..abis buta IT la sume org malaysia nanti!

Rated Article: Posted: 2008-01-07 12:48:32

Name: joesama	Comment: what the heck is that! no download mean nuthing to internet..is internet still can be called as source centre after that..maybe just library kot..
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-01-05 16:57:03

Name: soilek	Comment: hheehe, may be they want to protect my porno to be circulated in the net, off course not only me doesn't clean
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-01-04 20:14:11

Name: gomensucks

Comment: they have sex...then they've been caught in cctv..then their vids been sold..then the vids been saved in hdd..then it's been upload..then they get worried..then they tried to download some pornos..but the they donno how to do it..then they get mad..then they try to banned all this things..then we call them 'sucks'..then they deserved the words 'sucks'..hrmmm.....2 words....how suprised..!!...=))

Rated Article: Posted: 2008-01-04 09:39:44

Name: Carvis

Comment: The government should find a way to educate users on piracy software, instead of just saying to fine software downloaders.... Would suggest that government to liaise with software provider to lower down their price for softwares... Eg.1 current price for MS Office +/- RM850 to RM1750 x Original licence user 20,000 (incl. commercial) = max RM35 million to cut down to RM100 to RM200 x PC Users 500,000 (incl. commercial) = min RM50 million Definitely the option 2 will be more profitable... don't you agree... This is just for assumption purposes... simple calculation...

Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-29 13:10:48

Name: Doomsday	Comment: Think about it before you react. It is NOT illegal to download software. It IS illegal to install/use software without a license. All they can do is (what already happens in some countries) get the ISPs to block torrent traffic. If they do that, someone will come up with another solution.
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-23 12:20:10

Name: -lonlinezz-™

Comment: what i want to tell is this: the freaking government should ban those who UPLOADED those files for us to download and should ban download client either P2P(peer to peer) network or torrent clients alike e.g. Limewire, Mp3 rocket, Bittorent, Ares GAlaxy or BitComet...... BTW, we also have an alternative source for illegal downloads--CyberCafes-- To my beHATED government organization, We're not stupid, if you all really want to ban illegal downloads in Malaysia until finish, then ban Cyber Cafes in Malaysia from working (poor and d@mned government) ZzZ

Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-23 11:41:39

Name: torrent supporter	Comment: every things also expensive edi now downloader will get punish gov 2 free is it those won move the crime can catch the moving 1 dun care
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-22 11:03:11

Name: Harith	Comment: hahaha..kalau kerajaan saman downloders, kite tgk duit tu pegi mane?duit tu nanti jln masuk poket pak lah, najib, sammy vellu, rafidah aziz, dn sume kerabat2 kerajaan yg bodoh & tamak...kalau dorg bg duit tu kt Tmnet kasi upgrade speed internet xpe gak...
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-22 04:01:02

Name: Jeremy clarkson	Comment: Ambitious But Rubbish!!!
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-20 19:36:17

Name: damn	Comment: tak der kerja lain ker nak buat.... banyak lagi jenayah buleh tangkap.. nak tangkap downloader plak.. aduss.. pelik tuls... media massa dah kene control.. skarang internet pon nak kene control.. payah lah cam nie... aku kompem kalo torrent kene block atau rapid share kene block.. pasti ISP kat malaysia akan bankrap ..... im pretty damn sure about it.
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-20 15:40:05

Name: xceqter	Comment: that so unfair it will no meaning to have internet why the user have to be punish
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-19 23:42:39

Name: K-roZ	Comment: Now all the computer otaku,maniac,student will lost one source of download, wat source left? malaysian IT student will have big problem because of this...all the open source software are all torrentnize, where the hell can we download somthing as big as 4gb and above....
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-19 22:12:27

Name: Wallace Goh	Comment: Nice...So,our internet will be full controll by goverment next time.No more free music download.No more free movie download.We need pay money for music and movie.Nice job goverment.Media such radio and tv control by goverment and now internet is control by goverment.Internet is cyber space where we can do anything we like....Now goverment taking control about it.
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-17 19:27:42

Name: russian hacker	Comment: guys! if torrent blocked, softarchive.net how they wanna block?lots of cool stuff there
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-17 17:54:17

Name: vicks	Comment: well, if u are still a student.. they can't do anythings coz u can always said "FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE" even the microsoft can't do anything with it.
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-16 21:20:46

Name: wsy	Comment: Yes, about time to enforce it and attempt to stop piracy; It will be good for the IT economies so that talented Malaysian application developers can find a living without worrying about their products got stolen. Those of you who can't afford original stuff, just don't think about it and spend your time on somewhere else.
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-16 18:58:47

Name: XxShadowxX	Comment: bit torrent is quite a good source for downloaders.. y they dowan use it instead of ban it? annoying doofest
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-15 23:16:57

Name: commentonly

Comment: they only know do small thing and safe thing. all the criminal they just by pass. no kopi mean no power to do work lah. bit torrent is a technology, we should use it. if want to blame, they should blame themself why we choose to use bit torent and not buy/use original from them. come on wake up lah, all lot of crime outside, not always counting on us to provide u the information and tell u where u can catch the crime.

Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-15 05:18:09

Name: 60cents	Comment: No point la this action... Even mostly seeders pun from us. Us lagi ler strict, still can download Heroes ma.... Aya... biak pi la gomen, dier nk buat, buat ler.... Then after been tired , they stop la.... Tol la... just planned want to buy a nas(Network Attached Storage) that support bittorrent for more cost effective downloads.... Aghhh really pissed me off!!!!
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-15 03:08:38

Name: mike	Comment: Bullshit this government, cant catch a elephant wanna chase mice, government ppl pls grow up. If they start to fine ppl for dloading, streamyx is going down like forever.
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-14 23:28:26

Name: cod	Comment: we gov so!!! caver???wat so malaysia boleh !!!! waste lot of money do somethink don`t know how to say
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-14 21:39:32

Name: hunter	Comment: i just want to know , if cant download...... then some hardware need drives but no cd to install then where can we get?. and how about youtube??? we can watch it on website but cant download?. and how about my "hotmail" "i send something to my hotmail then i download it to my pc"
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-14 00:31:43

Name: uTorrentNAresUser	Comment: hahaha typical m'sia gov. only know how to act but dun think the effect. Menteri pandai bg cadangan sbb diorg mampu, x pk student yg idup pki duit pinjaman x mampu nk bli original software. ingat sume parent gaji mcm menteri ke..... KERJA GILA
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-13 21:21:53

Name: rdk

Comment: our goverment had shown us how stupid they are again. ridiculously impressive. they are so willing to waste their time to fine some one 250K to 500K for illegal downloading rather then spend their time to solve criminals on the street and give us a peaceful live. funnyly, rapist, robber and other criminals are getting lighter punishment then these illegal downloader. how would our stupid government expect majority people which are low income to buy original software which going to cost almost 1/3 or half our monthly salary for a piece of potentially crap software?! why dont the trading miniter utilise his brain well?! besides, if you wanna solve this thing, solve it from the root. why would you target those downloader instead of the providers?! there are millions of downloader out there. how many you can catch?! does this helps your economy? NO! does this help malaysia to be more advance in IT? definitely a NO! will this kill off TMNut? well, YES!!! i feel so ashamed to have such useless gohment. i bet you all feel the same way too. too bad nothing we do about it. just hope that they dont really take action. if they do, malaysia is screwed. plis lar bro my gohment, use your brain, serve the people well with genorousity and care and you'll be loved. else if like this, you'll be cursed!!!

Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-13 00:40:49

Name: hunter	Comment: when will stop bit torrent?.
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-12 22:09:58

Name: THE ONE

Comment: election soon, people who like to get promotion sure will make noise to let gov see his greatness and he can really work...so ppl do expect some other unexpected thing happend for this coming months. crime happend everywhere, but never see action taken, here flood, there flood, once flood water reach the critical level than only hantar orang biaki........all this because of what? people just make they own opinion to what the gov do...than kena fine....kena buang negara pula

Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-12 19:44:26

Name: hantu	Comment: bull shit gov... what they think they are... want to catch the torrent downloader... they a dreamming... to download Open Source Software also using torrent...so how??? how about RapidShare??? same like torrent can download pirated movie and software... in this case malaysia will not be one of the negara maju...
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-12 17:13:15

Name: mmmm	Comment: hahah... kedai vcd cetak rompak tg malim berleluasa... dah serbu bukak balik masuk tv3 lagi.. polis kat depat kedai pun x kisah... nie nak cari people download kat internet....
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-12 15:26:08

Name: Apani	Comment: How do the user know the content was copyrighted in the 1st place? Goverment really so senang go make new this and that... Does this do really help all citizen? or help rich ppl(Big company boss with own penthouse)?
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-12 01:40:46

Name: xboleh

Comment: frankly by current technology we can control the types of tcp/udp traffics thro the internet pipe, but as many of you ask "whats the point?"you stop bt, you kill tm;no connection, no improvement;rakyat stupid, govt maluno foreign invester, negara mana boleh maju??read news paper, case jenayah lama2 tak selesai, idea banyak2 aksi x ade, kerja lambat2 hidup selesa, inilah negara kukuboduh juga kita rakyat kuku - LOL

Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-11 15:23:25

Name: BitTurtle	Comment: yet another great government plan....
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-11 13:18:51

Name: 1owyat	Comment: wow amazing. 90% useless comments. good job guys
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-11 10:14:15

Name: yapyap	Comment: TMNut have to invade privacy by sending our details to the gahmen. s/w can get at pasar malam now. other places that are less prone to raid are still selling. just getting my steamix this week *sigh*
Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-10 18:23:28

Name: Mr. Bear

Comment: Best option to stop it is to block the torrent providers. Where the content should be screened and decided on the legal status there. Block 1 copy there, would mean, blocking thousand of downloads. It is hard to find, prosecute and prove downloaders. Any downloaders can just say that the the legality of the content is not possible to be known until download is completed and partial viewing. In addition there are so many free materials online that is really available for free. So how to prosecute?

Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-10 01:41:20

Name: Mr. Bear

Comment: I think it will be after election, too much heavy weight items going on, and popular support needed. Gomen is also looking for extra income (fines) and it will be a way to reduce internet traffic by removing "heavy users". Not limited to torrent too. Notice also "Illegal content", what is it? Is it just copyright or inclusive of things gomen don't want you to see? It will come. question is when, how, in what form, who gets it? Software? move to FOSS. Content, go for creative common's stuff.

Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-09 18:07:00

Name: Waratte!!

Comment: hahahaha..ths news make me laugh n love to laugh for hours!!can you catch every single downloaders in malaysia?every1 is downloading torrent!!..tmnet reduce and limit seeders on torrent, then we go to 3g broadband..so what?haha..US gov was like this few years ago..but it seems impossible!!seeders are much more increasing as time goes..dvd piraters are only clear in KL..lowyat, sg wang..other big cities in selngor still got many of thm..

Rated Article: Posted: 2007-12-09 11:35:53