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Why does the Malaysian gov bother listening to the movie and music industries? What do they lose if they don't block (i.e. have some companies threatened to mov
by xxpor 15y ago
Why does the Malaysian gov bother listening to the movie and music industries? What do they lose if they don't block (i.e. have some companies threatened to move out? Threatened not to film there anymore?)?
edit: fixed my split infinitive.
- ceejayoz 15y agoUS diplomatic pressure has been quietly and not-so-quietly exerted on piracy-friendly nations (China's a good example) in the past.
- rapidstuff 15y agoAbsolutely ridiculous and myopic move by the government. Its probably a bunch of junior government workers influencing the retiring decision makers
- drinian 15y agoMalaysia is pretty liberal, but there's still a lot of content, like pornography, that's illegal there. It's probably not just about protecting American content providers.
- Qz 15y agoFYI, the split infinitive 'rule' isn't actually a rule. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_infinitive#Current_views http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_infinitive#Current_views
- xxpor 15y agoFTA: Splitting infinitives with negations remains an area of contention: I want to not see you anymore. I soon learned to not provoke her. That's interesting, because that's what I had done.