In a move that goes against the MSC Bill of Guarantees of no internet censorship, the Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry has instructed Malaysian internet service providers (ISPs) to block several file sharing websites. The Star reports that the sites were blocked due to violating the Copyright Act 1987.
Tag Archive: Malaysia
[FAIL] Rosalinda’s Welcome To Malaysia
This is a video that has gone viral for the wrong reasons. I think the original video has been pulled by the artiste, but there are lots like this that put fake and obscene subtitles to the song. Be warned – it could get painful..
Sensationalist Headline of the Year – Berita Mingguan: Blogger Earns RM1 Million
The weekend pullout of Berita Harian called Berita Minggu ran a huge headline titled “Blogger untung RM1 juta” which loosely translates as “Blogger earns RM1 million”. Fiona has kindly reproduced the article on her blog. Pish pash! No mention that blogging is hard work (and not just writing too). No earnings breakdown like Darren Rowse…
Say NO to Malaysia’s three strikes law (ISP Liability Act)
The Star star reports that the Recording Industry of Malaysia is pushing for the ISP Liability Act to be tabled in Parliament. This law is the local version of the graduated response approach that recording industry groups, most notably the infamous Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been lobbying for in other parts of…
Maybank puts its users squarely in the driver's seat with M2U 2.0
One of the projects I’ve had the opportunity to work on in AGENDA is the launch of the new Maybank2u.com, dubbed M2U 2.0. These past couple of weeks I had been helping to organise an Exclusive Preview of the new site for selected bloggers. The Exclusive Preview took place this past Monday at Delicious @…
SocialRank: The Discovery Engine for the Blogosphere
In a few hours, a host of portals powered by SocialRank will be unleashed on to the blogosphere. SocialRank is an algorithm that monitors millions of blogs of a topic and determining the hottest posts of the day by monitoring the attention of the blogosphere. Basically, its Digg + del.icio.us + Technorati all rolled into…
Congratulations Exabytes!
Here’s a quick shout out to my web host Exabytes who won a prize in the Emerging SME category for the 2007 Golden Bull Awards. I’ve found Exabytes to provide great value and good service. Definitely one of the better web hosts in Malaysia. Keep up the great work and keep my sites up and…
e-KL: please get certified
The Star featured a pull-out today on e-KL, the Malaysian Government’s attempt at an e-Government initiative. The initiative is being spearheaded by MAMPU, the Malaysian Administrative, Modernisation and Management Planning Unit. “The public will now only need their mouse to navigate through government websites to run their daily official needs,” proclaimed The Star. Wow, I…
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