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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Marcell Sihombing, ANT
Menkominfo (Left) and Menkumham (Right) working together to fight piracy. Photo by: RES
The government of Indonesia has reaffirmed its mission to combat online piracy, specifically as it relates to illegal music-sharing sites. In a bid to eradicate such file sharing, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Kemenkominfo) recently announced at a press conference that it had blocked access to some 22 illegal music-sharing websites.
Meanwhile, Bambang Heru Tjahjono, Kemenkominfo’s Director General of Applications and Telematics, revealed at a press conference held the previous day in Jakarta that the 22 websites in question were suspected of being involved in copyright infringement.
The press conference, which was held at Kemenkominfo’s office, was also attended by several famous musicians, including Giring (vocalist with Nidji), Gita Gutawa (a solo singer), Irfan (guitarist with Samsons), various members of Govinda, Arkarna and Merpati, as well as Joshua Ledet (an American singer).
Some of the blocked sites use English names, such as mp3days.net, beemp3s.org, tubidy.im, stafaband.info, memomp3.com, zinzhu.com, mp3take.com, and musicexplire.com. However a number of Indonesian named sites such as laguhit.com, weblagu.com, wapkalagu.com, iozmusik.com, lagu.in, carilagu.net, bursalagu.com, arenalagu.com, saranmu.com, kumpulbagi.com, onlagump3.com, newlagump3.info, targetlagu.com, and musik-corner.info have also been blocked.
Mr. Tjahjono further revealed that the blocking of these sites was intended to follow up on a suggestion originally made by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham), which was incorporated into Directive No. HKI.7.HM.01.05-264 (dated 15 October 2015) on Recommendations for Content and Access Blocking for Users Suspected of Copyright Infringement.
The Directive was issued in response to a complaint sent to Kemenkumham by the Sound Recording Industry Association of Indonesia (Asosiasi Industri Rekaman Indonesia - ASIRI), and is in accordance with the current procedures for blocking websites found to be infringing copyright, which is a complaint-based offence. The follow-up blocking of the 22 sites in question represents the results of a joint effort by Kemenkominfo and Kemenkumham, and was implemented as part of an effort to eradicate copyright infringements taking place on the web.
Commenting on this issue, Totok, an ASIRI representative, revealed that according to data obtained by his institution, at least 6 million illegal downloads had been carried out via these sites daily and up to 430,000 users had accessed the sites every month.
“If each download was priced at the lowest rate of IDR 1,000, then the estimated losses could add up to around IDR 6 billion per day,” explained Mr. Totok.
Both Kemenkominfo and Kemenkumham have previously signed a joint regulation that deals specifically with content and access blocking, as it relates to users suspected of copyright infringement via electronic systems. According to Ahmad M. Ramli, Kemenkumham’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property, the joint regulation was drafted with reference to Article 56 of the Copyright Law (Law No. 28 of 2014).
Mr. Ramli further stated that the essence of this joint regulation was to allow web users to freely access and utilize copyrighted materials via multimedia facilities, so long as such utilization fully complied with the moral and economic rights of their creators or copyright holders, as well as the rights of other related parties.
Mr. Ramli expressed his firm belief that the joint regulation was of important strategic value, since it dealt with copyright infringement via the internet and granted Kemenkominfo the authority to block access to offending sites. In addition to the joint regulation, Mr. Ramli also made reference to a Minister of Law Human Rights Decree which sets out various management guidelines relating to the investigating of intellectual-property related crimes.
The decree is viewed as an essential step in the ongoing fight against intellectual property infringement in Indonesia and establishes a simple reporting procedure for parties who feel that their rights have been violated. This procedure applies across all of the relevant sectors, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, industrial designs, integrated-circuit layout designs, and trade secrets. Complaints can be filed with officials who have the authority to investigate on behalf of the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (penyidik pegawai negeri sipil/PPNS dari Direktorat Jenderal Kekayan Intelektual) or with other law-enforcement institutions, either directly or online.
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Marcell Sihombing, ANT
Menkominfo (Left) and Menkumham (Right) working together to fight piracy. Photo by: RES
The government of Indonesia has reaffirmed its mission to combat online piracy, specifically as it relates to illegal music-sharing sites. In a bid to eradicate such file sharing, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Kemenkominfo) recently announced at a press conference that it had blocked access to some 22 illegal music-sharing websites.
Meanwhile, Bambang Heru Tjahjono, Kemenkominfo’s Director General of Applications and Telematics, revealed at a press conference held the previous day in Jakarta that the 22 websites in question were suspected of being involved in copyright infringement.
The press conference, which was held at Kemenkominfo’s office, was also attended by several famous musicians, including Giring (vocalist with Nidji), Gita Gutawa (a solo singer), Irfan (guitarist with Samsons), various members of Govinda, Arkarna and Merpati, as well as Joshua Ledet (an American singer).
Some of the blocked sites use English names, such as mp3days.net, beemp3s.org, tubidy.im, stafaband.info, memomp3.com, zinzhu.com, mp3take.com, and musicexplire.com. However a number of Indonesian named sites such as laguhit.com, weblagu.com, wapkalagu.com, iozmusik.com, lagu.in, carilagu.net, bursalagu.com, arenalagu.com, saranmu.com, kumpulbagi.com, onlagump3.com, newlagump3.info, targetlagu.com, and musik-corner.info have also been blocked.
Mr. Tjahjono further revealed that the blocking of these sites was intended to follow up on a suggestion originally made by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham), which was incorporated into Directive No. HKI.7.HM.01.05-264 (dated 15 October 2015) on Recommendations for Content and Access Blocking for Users Suspected of Copyright Infringement.
The Directive was issued in response to a complaint sent to Kemenkumham by the Sound Recording Industry Association of Indonesia (Asosiasi Industri Rekaman Indonesia - ASIRI), and is in accordance with the current procedures for blocking websites found to be infringing copyright, which is a complaint-based offence. The follow-up blocking of the 22 sites in question represents the results of a joint effort by Kemenkominfo and Kemenkumham, and was implemented as part of an effort to eradicate copyright infringements taking place on the web.
Commenting on this issue, Totok, an ASIRI representative, revealed that according to data obtained by his institution, at least 6 million illegal downloads had been carried out via these sites daily and up to 430,000 users had accessed the sites every month.
“If each download was priced at the lowest rate of IDR 1,000, then the estimated losses could add up to around IDR 6 billion per day,” explained Mr. Totok.
Both Kemenkominfo and Kemenkumham have previously signed a joint regulation that deals specifically with content and access blocking, as it relates to users suspected of copyright infringement via electronic systems. According to Ahmad M. Ramli, Kemenkumham’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property, the joint regulation was drafted with reference to Article 56 of the Copyright Law (Law No. 28 of 2014).
Mr. Ramli further stated that the essence of this joint regulation was to allow web users to freely access and utilize copyrighted materials via multimedia facilities, so long as such utilization fully complied with the moral and economic rights of their creators or copyright holders, as well as the rights of other related parties.
Mr. Ramli expressed his firm belief that the joint regulation was of important strategic value, since it dealt with copyright infringement via the internet and granted Kemenkominfo the authority to block access to offending sites. In addition to the joint regulation, Mr. Ramli also made reference to a Minister of Law Human Rights Decree which sets out various management guidelines relating to the investigating of intellectual-property related crimes.
The decree is viewed as an essential step in the ongoing fight against intellectual property infringement in Indonesia and establishes a simple reporting procedure for parties who feel that their rights have been violated. This procedure applies across all of the relevant sectors, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, industrial designs, integrated-circuit layout designs, and trade secrets. Complaints can be filed with officials who have the authority to investigate on behalf of the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (penyidik pegawai negeri sipil/PPNS dari Direktorat Jenderal Kekayan Intelektual) or with other law-enforcement institutions, either directly or online.
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