Malaysia Banned/Block/ 10 website!

sad to know this wish I knew they were going to do this so I would have downloaded a few things sooner before the Banned or block was implimented.
read more here:
http://rapidsavr.com/pirate-bay-megaupload-and-others-blocked-by-malaysian-government-order-to-isps/

a memo sent to ISPs by the regulator of Internet industries in Malaysia, all service providers have been ordered to completely block various file-sharing sites including The Pirate Bay, MegaVideo and other hosting services. The move follows an April statement by the country's Prime Minister in which he promised his administration would never censor the Internet.
The regulation of the communications and multimedia industry in Malaysia is handled by SKMM the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. Under a 1998 Act of the same name, the Commission is empowered to carry out a range of functions, several of which are law-related.
According to SKMMs website, the Commission has the power to implement and enforce the provisions of the communications and multimedia law, regulate all matters relating to communications and multimedia activities not provided for in the communications and multimedia law and to recommend reforms to existing law.

SKMM is clearly a powerful organization and if a document uncovered by Wirawanweb.com is authentic (and it appears to tick all of the necessary boxes), its considerable muscles have just been flexed against online copyright infringement. The memo, titled Request For Action Under Section 263(2) of The Communications and Multimedia Act CMA 1998 (the legislation that gives SKMM its powers) appears to order all of Malaysias ISPs to immediately block a number of high-profile file-sharing related sites, as listed below:

1. http://www.warez-bb.org

2. http://www.thepiratebay.org

3. http://www.movie2k.to

4. http://www.megavideo.com

5. http://www.putlocker.com

6. http://www.depositfiles.com

7. http://www.duckload.com

8. http://www.fileserve.com

9. http://www.filestube.com

10. http://www.megaupload.com

An MCMC spokesperson confirmed the ban and said it was done on the request of the Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry.

The reason for the ban? To combat piracy. Apparently, the above websites were among the most visited sites by Malaysians to illegally download movies.

When asked about surfers who legally use the sites for storing non-pirated content, the ministry's enforcement division director-general Mohd Roslan Mahayudin said they will look into any appeal made.

Interestingly, the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Malaysia Bill of Guarantees states that the Government will not censor the Internet.