Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Communication to the public

Legal area

Court

4 Nov 2025

MEASAT BROADCAST NETWORK SYSTEMS SDN . BHD. 1. ) LOH CHEN HUAT 2. ) LOO YOONG HAW @ VANCHAI VIROCHPOKHA

Citation

WA-24IP-3-01/2025 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-24IP-3-01/2025 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Plaintiff established ownership and subsistence via Section 42 declarations; unchallenged video evidence showed defendants communicated and performed Plaintiff's copyrighted works to a new public at their commercial premises using unauthorised streaming means; defendants lacked licence; those acts infringed Sections 13 and 36; permanent injunction granted; statutory damages RM125,000 awarded; additional damages declined as statutory award sufficient for compensation and deterrence.
6 Mar 2025

MEASAT BROADCAST NETWORK SYSTEMS SDN BHD LUI KIM SENG

Citation

WA-24IP-41-11/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-24IP-41-11/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The plaintiff's statutory declarations established prima facie ownership of copyright in the Astro Content; the defendant sold and distributed TV boxes pre-installed with an application that enabled users to access that content without consent, which constitutes an 'act of communication to the public' under the CA 1987 (s3 and s13) and therefore an infringing act under s36(1); the defendant's bare denial without evidence failed to rebut the prima facie case.