Malaysia sets deadline for software registration

Well, Asia is quite hard hit with software that is pirated. The average software piracy rate in Asia is about 55%, but in Malaysia, it reaches 68% - but declining. This is higher than in countries like Singapore or Hong Kong, but way below countries like China.

Still, Malaysia wants to strengthen its position as global destination for e-commerce - see the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) as best example for the effort -, and it just doesn't look too good for a country with this kind of ambition, when software piracy is high. The result could be that a country with high piracy rates is blacklisted by World Trade Organisation (WTO)

There are annual controls in selected company premises to check for software and so it is this year. Companies have been told to register their software until next week, and than, raids on companies will begin again (http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9666795%5E15322%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html).