Overview

Intellectual property (“IP”) represents a key commercial asset and risk-mitigation tool for businesses in today’s industrial landscape.[1] Among the different types of IP rights that are available, copyright is perhaps the most familiar and widely understood, as it protects a vast range of creative literary and artistic works.[2]

Since 2014, Indonesia’s copyright regime has been based on the framework of Law No. 28 of 2014 on Copyright (“Law 28/2014”). Under this framework, copyright is characterized as an exclusive right of authors (either individually or jointly in conjunction with other authors) and is automatically linked to the declaratory principle once a work is embodied in a tangible form.[3] Despite being over a decade old at the time of writing, Law 28/2014 continues to function as the primary legal framework that governs moral and economic rights under copyright within Indonesia, as well as related rights for performers, phonogram producers and broadcasting organizations.[4]