News & Reviews:   digital piracy

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.

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.