10 May : Anti-Piracy Campaign Launch

MACP

The long-awaited official launch of the anti-piracy campaign by Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin bin Hj Mohd Yassin will take place on 10 May 2010, 3pm at KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur.

MACP is one of the Special Anti-Piracy Task Force (SAFF) members representing the music, books, movies and software industries in a full enforcement crackdown against all forms of piracy with the following 4 key goals :-

  1. Clean up the shopping malls – to reduce all forms of piracy in shopping malls and hotspots
  2. Stop the downloading – to take down infringing websites and stop illegal mobile device downloads
  3. Get business to be compliant – reduce corporate end user piracy
  4. Cripple piracy syndicates – use anti-money laundering legislation & other measures to fight piracy

The SAFT is led by the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism and various government agencies and is a nationwide effort coordinated with various national agencies.