MALAYSIAN COURT RULES AGAINST OPTICAL DISC PLANT
Court Holds ODVD Manufacturer Sdn Bhd Liable for Copyright infringement and Awards Aggravated Damages to MPA Member Studio
- 18Mar 2010
Kuala Lumpur/ Hong Kong - The Motion Picture Association (MPA) today announced that one of its member companies, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc, has successfully concluded its litigation against ODVD Manufacturer Sdn Bhd (ODVD), an optical disc manufacturer, in a case involving pirated copies of the plaintiff’s film “Stuart Little 2”.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that ODVD had infringed copyright by making illegal copies of the film without authorization and directed ODVD to pay aggravated damages. The Court also awarded Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc’s costs to be taxed and general damages to be assessed.
The action was initiated following a September 4, 2002 raid by the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA) on the ODVD factory in Batu Caves, Selangor, which resulted in a seizure of discs bearing pirated copies of the studio’s film.
“We always believed that our rights would be upheld and this is a small but important victory in our ongoing fight against copyright infringement worldwide” said Mike Ellis, President and Managing Director, MPA Asia Pacific. “We will continue our pursuit against optical disc replicators in this region who seek to infringe the rights of our members.”
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Edward Neubronner
MPA Asia-Pacific
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Siti Rohdiah
MPA Asia-Pacific
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Shamsul Shafie
MFA©T Malaysia
(60-3) 2092 4015
About the MPA
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and Motion Picture Association International (MPA-I) represent the interests of major motion picture companies in the global marketplace. To do so, it promotes and protects its member companies’ intellectual property rights and conducts public awareness programs to highlight to movie fans around the world the importance of content protection. These activities have helped to transform entire markets benefiting film industries in each country including foreign and local filmmakers alike.
The organizations’ worldwide operations are directed from its headquarters in Los Angeles, California and overseen in the Asia Pacific by a team based in Singapore. Its member companies include: Paramount Pictures Corporation; Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; Universal City Studios LLLP; The Walt Disney Studios; and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. For more information about the MPA, please visit www.mpa-i.org.
