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The point of that was to stop Malaysia and Singapore from pirating movies and software.

I think there's something to be said about the correct distrust of MPAA. But at the same time, Malaysia and Singapore were clear pirate hubs that were harmful to any IP based economy.

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> ... Singapore were clear pirate hubs that were harmful to any IP based economy.

That's an absurd and factually incorrect statement.

You're aware of the history of singapore, right?

Joke alert - it used to be a piracy hub.

arr. strait over my head.

Well, from my point of view, copyright maximalism is much bigger theft than file sharing in Malaysia.

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