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Kuala Lumpur (pte022/30.05.2003/13:31) - The Malaysian minister for consumer protection, Datuk Subramaniam, has called upon his fellow citizens to temporarily stop purchasing legal CDs and DVDs.
According to a report in the New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my , the minister hopes the boycott will force the media industry to lower its prices. Subramaniam sees the call for boycott as a measure against burgeoning product piracy in his country.
The minister had originally appealed to the media industry to lower prices in order to stop the spread of pirate copies in Malaysia, but to no effect. The entertainment industry justified its prices with the costs of administration, marketing, production and artist fees.
"There are several local film products on the market selling for 10 ringgit (2.23 euros), which are not copied illegally. Pirate copies are usually only made of CDs or DVDs that cost more than 30 ringgit (6.68 euros)", said Subramaniam. In his view, high prices drive consumers into the arms of product pirates. While the boycott targets legal CD and DVD sales, he stresses that consumers should still refrain from buying pirate copies.
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