RM5 Million Is Big Money

Individual using the pirated software is still acceptable - however it still morally wrong and against the law. But the companies using pirated software is well unacceptable.

Pirated sofware is, obviously, still unresolved problem especially in Malaysia. The enforcement is the problem. Somehow the law itself is confusing and people don't aware about such law. Even if some aware of it but how clear the law to them.

Yes it is true that ignorantia juris non excusat which means the ignorance of law is not an excuse but still the efforts must be made to expose the law, so the public or the layman no longer in such ignorance.

Computers worth RM5mil seized

PETALING JAYA: The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Con-sumerism Ministry has seized almost RM5mil worth of computers and computer equipment from 20 companies found to be using pirated software here this year.

The ministry’s Petaling Jaya enforcement chief Mohd Ruhani Bakar said the raids on the companies concerned were carried out following information from the public and the Business Software Alliance (BSA).

“Most of the companies caught using pirated software are engineering companies where the software used were for drawing (house plans),” he told reporters here.

He said the enforcement team also seized eight laptops, worth RM174,000, from an Australian company using pirated software in Damansara here on Nov 30. — Bernama

I'm not really sure the exact definition of "ignorance of law is not an excuse" in Bahasa Malaysia. But you can understand it as "ketidakpedulian undang-undang bukan alasan"