About Copyright Law

TV shows and films, whether broadcast on TV, played from DVDs or viewed from the internet, are intended for personal, private use only. If you wish to show the work in public, you must have a separate licence that specifically authorises the public exhibition of that work.

These rules are detailed in the Malaysian Copyright Act.

• According to the Malaysian Copyright Act, only the copyright owner holds the exclusive right to cause “the communication to the public”(Section 13 (1)(aa). Some limited exceptions do exist when performing the work for purposes of nonprot research, private study, criticism, review or the reporting of current events (Section 13(2). All other public performances of Videos are illegal unless they have been authorised by licence.

Noncompliance with the Copyright Act is considered infringement and carries steep and signicant penalties, including an account of profits or damages (Section 41-43).