Content Code
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Content Code
Industry code · Communications and Multimedia Content Forum of Malaysia (CMCF)
What this does to artists
Registered under s.213 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, so compliance is a defence and it is the operative standard applied to online and broadcast content in Malaysia. In day-to-day terms it does more work than the Act itself: it is what platforms, broadcasters and advertisers actually apply when they decide whether your work goes out.
Not on the AGC portal because it is an industry code, not legislation. That is exactly the gap this library exists to close.
What to read first
Section numbers read out of the AGC text itself
Where this one bites
Post a set, reel or performance video
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ScenarioTake a brand deal as a creator
Advertising standards reach you personally, and the brand's terms usually take the copyright in what you made.…
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