News & Reviews: piracy
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Apr 29, 2026

Since its introduction in 2014, every game with Denuvo had to be hacked one by one before it could be played. But now Denuvo has reportedly been successfully circumvented on all games that use it. That said, what should you know about it?
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Jun 19, 2023

We have written a few news about this before and it happened again. Just last Friday, the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court fined an individual, Tiew Ai Teng, 38, RM20,000 or 2 months imprisonment for selling TV boxes pre-loaded with unauthorised Astro content under Section 43AA of the Copyright Act 1987.
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May 24, 2021

To fight privacy, the Intellectual Property High Court in Kuala Lumpur declared that the sale, offer for sale, distribution and/or supply of TV Boxes or illicit streaming devices (“ISDs”) that can provide unauthorised access to copyrighted works, is considered as copyright infringement under the Copyright Act 1987. With that said, suppliers and sellers that provide TV boxes with illegal access to content protected by their copyright work owners are punishable by law.
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Apr 09, 2021

To fight against digital piracy, Finas (National Film Development Corporation Malaysia) is collaborating with iQiyi on a campaign titled #JanganTontonHaram. The objective of this campaign is to encourage the public to tackle issues such as content theft. As a reward, iQiyi will be giving out prizes including the Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max to the selected winners.
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Feb 23, 2021

Piracy has been a long issue for the movie industry and Malaysia is certainly one of the countries. According to Malaysia's Entertainment and Media Industry, the annual loss due to digital piracy is estimated at RM3 billion to the entertainment and media industry and RM500 million in taxes.
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