THE Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry yesterday launched a campaign to cultivate the culture of “going original” in the attempt to weed out computer software piracy.
Its minister, Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal, said the Sikap Tulen campaign would include a series of activities that would spur businesses and consumers to adopt the culture.
“Through this campaign, we want to reach out to as many people as possible, not only owners of companies and board of directors.
“We will conduct the campaign to spread knowledge and information to the public and talk to students as well,” he told reporters after launching the campaign and unveiling the campaign logo in Cyberjaya yesterday.
Shafie explained that the campaign had six components — Sikap Tulen Professional, Sikap Tulen Director, Sikap Tulen Company, Sikap Tulen Society, Sikap Tulen IT Mall and Ops Tulen.
He said that up to May, the ongoing Ops Tulen enforcement operation had resulted in the confiscation of 81,452 copies of software and 97 pieces of hardware valued at RM2 million in 15 cases.
Business Software Alliance Malaysia committee chairman Rama Tiwari said Vietnam had the highest percentage of software piracy in the world, at 88 per cent.
This was followed by Indonesia (at 85 per cent), China (82 per cent), India (71 per cent), Malaysia (60 per cent), South Korea (43 per cent) and Taiwan (41 per cent), he said.
