Fighting the Pirates
Datuk Shafie Apdal, the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister is in the opinion that the public is supporting the piracy industry.
"They don’t see this activity as a crime."
I agree with this. I know that it is a crime, but I still cannot see it as a crime. In fact, I suspect that most of the public see it as a crime to buy the original and expensive VCDs, DVDs or CDs.
"In fact, when police and enforcement officers tried to arrest those involved in selling pirated VCDs or DVDs, the public seemed to sympathise with the offenders."
Well, I believe that some do. But I don't. These pirates are criminals. I do not sympathise with criminals. But nevertheless, I'm glad that they are providing me with cheap entertainment.
According to the Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM) chief executive officer Tan Ngiap Foo,
"Countries such as Japan and the United States have a very low piracy rate because the people have been taught that buying pirated intellectual property is actually as good as stealing"
Yeah sure, they have low piracy rate in their countries. But what about when they are here in Malaysia, or Hong Kong or wherever that have a blooming piracy industry?
Do they still reject pirated goods, when they see that goods are so much more cheaper than their originals? God knows how many American visitors I've brought to buy pirated DVDs.
One Swedish friend once told me that to buy one PS game (PS=Playstation) in Sweden, one could actually buy around 60 pirated PS games in Penang. Who could refuse when the price is so cheap?
So Mr Tan of RIM, there are no angels there in America or Japan, just the lack of pirates. In fact, there was once Napster, then Kazaa, then whatever.
Don't belittle the Malaysian public.
Now that I think of it, do people like Mr Tan or Mr Minister watch movies? If they do, do they watch it in the cinema only, or also at home? Do they buy only original DVDs?
Hmmmm.......
"They don’t see this activity as a crime."
I agree with this. I know that it is a crime, but I still cannot see it as a crime. In fact, I suspect that most of the public see it as a crime to buy the original and expensive VCDs, DVDs or CDs.
"In fact, when police and enforcement officers tried to arrest those involved in selling pirated VCDs or DVDs, the public seemed to sympathise with the offenders."
Well, I believe that some do. But I don't. These pirates are criminals. I do not sympathise with criminals. But nevertheless, I'm glad that they are providing me with cheap entertainment.
According to the Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM) chief executive officer Tan Ngiap Foo,
"Countries such as Japan and the United States have a very low piracy rate because the people have been taught that buying pirated intellectual property is actually as good as stealing"
Yeah sure, they have low piracy rate in their countries. But what about when they are here in Malaysia, or Hong Kong or wherever that have a blooming piracy industry?
Do they still reject pirated goods, when they see that goods are so much more cheaper than their originals? God knows how many American visitors I've brought to buy pirated DVDs.
One Swedish friend once told me that to buy one PS game (PS=Playstation) in Sweden, one could actually buy around 60 pirated PS games in Penang. Who could refuse when the price is so cheap?
So Mr Tan of RIM, there are no angels there in America or Japan, just the lack of pirates. In fact, there was once Napster, then Kazaa, then whatever.
Don't belittle the Malaysian public.
Now that I think of it, do people like Mr Tan or Mr Minister watch movies? If they do, do they watch it in the cinema only, or also at home? Do they buy only original DVDs?
Hmmmm.......
posted by GUB² at 10:50
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