Media Law In Malaysia
Malaysia to amend video licence law clarifying that social media users exempt on thursday communications minister saifuddin abdullah said all video production must be licensed causing confusion.
Media law in malaysia. Laws of malaysia reprint act 588 communications and multimedia act 1998 incorporating all amendments up to 1 january 2006 published by the commissioner of law revision malaysia under the authority of the revision of laws act 1968 in collaboration with percetakan nasional malaysia bhd 2006. Derived from the renowned multi volume international encyclopaedia of laws this analysis of media law in malaysia surveys the massively altered and enlarged legal landscape traditionally encompassed in laws pertaining to freedom of expression and regulation of communications everywhere a shift from mass media to mass self communication has put enormous pressure on traditional law models. The expression media law is born out of convenience.
Many media outlets are either owned directly by the government of malaysia e g. Of media law in malaysia surveys the massively. The media prima group which is owned by the united malays national organisation.
Altered and enlarged legal landscape traditionally. Mcmc is the regulator for the converging communications and multimedia industry in malaysia. Mcmc is the regulator for the converging communications and multimedia industry in malaysia.
Censorship is a long term issue in malaysia which has become more apparent as it attempts to adapt to a modern knowledge based economy. This publication is the exclusive. Despite having in its federal constitution states that subject to certain conditions every citizen has the right to freedom of speech and expression malaysia has consistently sat low on global indexes related to press and media freedom.
Follow mcmc in social media. Encompassed in laws pertaining to freedom of. Bernama or owned by component parties of the barisan nasional coalition which formed the government until may 2018 e g.
Media law recognition the firm has been ranked in tier 1 for our media law practice among malaysian law firms for 5 years in a row namely in the 2016 2020 editions of media law international which stated that the firm leads the market. Just as the term media is used inclusively to refer to both the old print media as well as the new digital media likewise the expression media law refers to a mosaic of statutes many of which in our local context are so obviously antiquated and a cluttered and growing body of common law principles which the legal. The laws of malaysia series lom is a compilation and reprint of laws published in volume form pursuant to section 14 a of the revision of laws act 1968 act 1 it is the only official and authentic publication of the laws of malaysia.
