Re: [ossig] can the ossig community help to do something +ve ?

["Raja Iskandar Shah" <ris.riscniaga@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

it is now under perbadanan harta intelek: www.mipc.gov.my

there's a .pdf format of the Copyright Act 1987 to be downloaded.

the laws are very clear. but when it comes to implementation the people
there are totally confused about oss. they do not seem to understand
that oss is a form of copyright and licensed work. their understanding
that oss will dilute malaysia's stand on intellectual property. we need
the oss community to address this issue.

the whole point for malaysia to adopt oss is to move up from a p-economy
(where our economy is dependent on products / production) to the
k-economy (the knowledge economy where our intellectual assets have
greater importance). these people at mipc do not get this.

india certainly has got it. they have built a huge industry exporting
skilled knowledge through their IT contracting and outsourcing business.
they are less known for any IT product, but their industry is huge.

and oss promotes this form of skills building. 


Raja Iskandar Shah
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----- Original Message -----
From: Imran William Smith <iwsmith@mimos.my>
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:40 am
Subject: Re: [ossig] can the ossig community help to do something +ve ?

> Has anyone ever read the Malaysia copyright act (1987)?
> 
> If so, do you know where I can get an online copy?  The
> only site I can find is a copy at UNESCO :( Not surprising it's
> not widely followed if it takes such a long time to even find
> what the law says.
> 
> Of course, you can buy a physical copy (I think we have one
> in the library here, but it's taken out and chasing it up takes
> too long) - but what a waste of time, really, to have to buy
> it on paper.
> 
> Imran
> 
> 
> nplee wrote:
> 
> > http://star-
>
techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/5/26/technology/8065960&sec=technology

> >
> >
> 
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