Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) dalam satu kenyataan hari ini menjelaskan penyekatan beberapa laman sesawang pada akhir-akhir ini bukan satu bentuk penapisan.

Sebaliknya, menurut SKMM ia adalah tindakan pematuhan undang-undang Malaysia.

“Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998 menetapkan bahawa pemegang lesen di bawah AKM 1998 perlu mematuhi sebarang permintaan bertulis dari SKMM untuk membantu SKMM atau pihak berkuasa lain setakat yang semunasabahnya perlu dalam mencegah perlakuan atau cubaan perlakuan sesuatu kesalahan di bawah mana-mana undang-undang bertulis Malaysia.

“Sehubungan dengan itu, SKMM telah menerima permintaan dari Bahagian Penguatkuasaan, Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri, Koperasi & Kepenggunaan untuk menghalang capaian kepada beberapa laman sesawang yang didapati melanggar Akta Hakcipta 1987,” petik kenyataan akhbar yang diedarkan menerusi Bernama.

Antara laman-laman yang disekat itu, termasuk:ThePirateBay.org

MegaUpload.com

FileServe.com

DepositFiles.com

FilesTube.com

Warez-BB.org

Movie2k.to

MegaVideo.com

PutLocker.com

DuckLoad.com

Menurut SKMM lagi pihaknya telah memaklumkan penyekatan ini kepada pemegang lesen yang berkenaan dan tindakan sedang diambil secara berperingkat.

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Potential savings for ISPs

KUALA LUMPUR: Internet service providers (ISPs) can potentially save more by paying less for international gateway and also reduce bandwidth congestions on their network following the instruction to block access to 10 peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing sites.

Analysts said more than 65% of all Internet traffic today stemmed from P2P file-sharing applications and if data consumption was lowered, it would result in ISPs paying less for their international gateway.

An international gateway allows voice and data traffic to pass through from one country to another.
John Cheah

P2P hosting sites allow users to download files such as music, movies, and games using a file sharing software that searches for other connected computers.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has received a request from the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry to prevent access to 10 websites that it found to have contravened the Copyright Act 1987. The commission has requested all ISPs to block access to those websites.

While ISPs could potentially stand to save more from paying high international gateway, an analyst said if the number of requests for overseas content was lower, there would not be any economies of scale resulting in service providers paying higher prices for international gateway.

He pointed out that just two months ago, Konsortium Rangkaian Serantau Sdn Bhd was set up to buy international bandwidth for Internet traffic in bulk to lower the costs of Internet protocol (IP) transit.

Concurrently, the move could also “hinder revenue” from subscribers as there are lesser means for data consumption.

It could also potentially lead to the termination of services by subscribers. Some ISPs earn additional revenue when subscribers run out of quota and decide to upgrade their broadband quotas.

A bank-backed analyst said that users would not just terminate their services just because the sites were blocked, adding that a minority group of users were hogging the bulk of network usage for such downloads.

The local service providers with their own international gateway points are Telekom Malaysia Bhd ™, Maxis Bhd, Time dotCom Bhd and U Mobile Sdn Bhd.

TM currently has control over most of the international gateways, landing points and bandwidth.

The move to filter access to those sites contradicts the Government's promise to not censor the Internet.

Under the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Bill of Guarantees, the Government promises there would be no censorship of the Internet.

IDC Malaysia associate market analyst John Cheah said this move would cause some inconvenience to P2P users.

“However, there are many more P2P and direct download sites that are still easily accessible to users who are familiar with the sources.

“Hence, its effectiveness is limited to how many P2P piracy web site addresses MCMC can identify and block. Furthermore, resourceful users are able to find alternative solutions and sources to acquiring illegal content,” he said.

Cheah said content providers could look into means to “offer more competitive pricings” so as to encourage consumers to not be involved in the piracy of copyright content.

Additionally, piracy is a global problem that needs to be addressed by numerous parties both locally and internationally.”

Industry observers noted that if MCMC wanted to make an issue on tackling pirates, the best way was not to block but to co-operate and find alternative means.

“Forcibly blocking access to the website only lent more credence to online censorship which contradicts the MSC Bill of Guarantees. In fact, it is foolish to think that online censorship works. There are still many other ways for surfers to access the portal,” he said.

One observer was surprised to note that one major hosting service provider, RapidShare was not included in the list directed by MCMC to all ISPs.

They said these websites requested by MCMC to be blocked did not entirely host illegal copyright violating files. Some actually use these sites to transfer pictures and document. “People will still be able to find ways to access those websites. There are ways to easily bypass the firewall using VPN (virtual private network), proxy or paid proxy,” an analyst said.


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Online users bypass block

PETALING JAYA: The online file-sharing community remains active despite the Government’s move to block 10 such websites to curb piracy.

Blogger and online marketing consultant David Wang said most users simply moved on to other websites offering the same facilities and services to download content.

“Users can also continue using the blocked websites by getting around it in a few simple steps,” he said.

Wang, who published a blog post titled “What is a DNS (Domain Name System) block and three ways to get around it” following the Govern­ment’s ban against the websites, said IT expertise was not necessary to gain access.

“Anyone who knows how to download free content from such websites will be able to do it,” he said.

A quick online search using the keywords “How to bypass DNS block” also showed many websites offering detailed explanations on the ways to get past it.

It was reported that the Government had declared war on file-sharing websites, with 10 of them blocked by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) in a bid to combat piracy.

The websites were among the most visited sites by Malaysians to illegally download movies.

The MCMC had on May 30 written to all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ordering the block.

The letter, which was leaked online, also stated that the websites were being blocked for breaching Section 41 of the Copyright Act, which deals with pirated content.

The MCMC had said that the websites would be blocked in stages.

Sanjeev Nair, a marketing executive at an IT firm here, said although users could access the blocked websites through various other methods, the block should not have been imposed in the first place.

He said it was a violation of the MSC Malaysia Bill of Guarantees which stated that the Government would not censor the Internet.

“It is the principle of the matter and the authorities should realise that the Internet is all about sharing,” he said.

A check yesterday showed that nine of the websites were still accessible.

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see what you guys did there? later all cannot bypass liao

Movie sites still accessible

By SUBASHINI SELVARATNAM
bytz@thestar.com.my

PETALING JAYA: The 10 file-sharing sites ordered to be blocked are still accessible to web surfers.

A check yesterday evening showed that nine of the sites could be accessed and their services utilised while the remaining one, www.duckload.com, was down due to technical difficulties. But it was also not blocked.

The websites are supposedly among the most visited by Malaysians to illegally download movies.

It had been reported that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) sent a letter on May 30 to all Internet service providers, ordering that the 10 sites be blocked.

The letter, among others, stated that the websites were being blocked for breaching Section 41 of the Copyright Act, which deals with pirated content.

When contacted, several ISPs were unable to comment on why the MCMC’s order had yet to be carried out.

They risk being penalised for not complying with the order.

Under Section 242 of the Commmunications and Multi­media Act, they can be fined RM100,000, jailed for not more than two years, or both.

A protest by local websurfers over the site-blocking has been growing on Twitter and Facebook. Their number came up to almost 12,000 over the past three days.

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* p/s :the reporter is reporting her article with some misinformation and wrongly title. don't she know is the site is a file hosting and not a movie site.
duckload is not down but the server was confiscated in raid in Europe with several people arrested .