The Great Firewall of Malaysia?

As usual, this article is based on MY OWN research. If you would like to argue against my points, go ahead. The content that can be seen in here may or may not be facts. This time, I am not accusing anyone of being corrupt. Instead, I am accusing the SKMM and Mr. Shahidan Kassim of being harsh and idiotic with their actions and statements.

Recently, there has been a lot of rage regarding the government's move to block 10 file-sharing sites. These sites include The Pirate Bay and Warez-BB. This may seem logical but is the ban on legitimate file-sharing sites like MegaUpload, Fileserve and Filestube really necessary?

1. Some people have actually paid for the premium services of these file-sharing sites. What is going to happen to those who have already paid their bills?

2. When we subscribed to the Malaysian ISPs, we subscribed for an 'open' internet. Not a censored one. Since we are paying the full price for Internet access, I believe we should have every right to access every single byte of the Net. If the government is actually paying for our bills(Or at least half of it), then nobody would protest or do anything similar. However, since they are not paying for our bills.... well, I'm sure you get the idea.

3. If this decision is actually aimed at curbing piracy, then the MCMC is only making things worse. Why? Because they are only increasing the number of 'cetak rompak' DVD sales. If the MCMC is serious about curbing piracy, then they should be organizing crackdowns against these 'cetak rompak' vendors instead of imposing ridiculous blockades like this.

4. Has the government ever thought about the legitimate users of these file-sharing sites? What will they use to transfer their projects and reports from one state to another once the government starts blocking these file-sharing sites?

5. With this ban, the government is further contradicting themselves. Pirated copies of Microsoft Windows can be found running on a numerous amount of government computer systems.

6. If legitimate file-sharing sites are banned, then why are porn sites not banned? Let us not forget about the MCMC members who were caught in the act of surfing porn.

Prior to these points, if the government is going to start breaking their promises and their own laws(refer to the MSC Bill of Guarantees), then they should not be surprised at the fact that foreign hacktivist groups are targeting them. However, the government even dares to 'LC' in the press about themselves doing the right thing, not to mention the fact that they claimed that the attacks.

If this is to continue, then Malaysia will most certainly become another form of the People's Republic of China. The last fragments of freedom of speech will disappear as they start censoring the Internet from left and right. Its ironic, really. Considering the fact that our Prime Minister promised us that Malaysia will not censor the Internet, not to mention the fact that the government is violating their own laws as usual.