The new copyright law requires a formal
complaint from a copyright holder. The debate around this centred around whether
the police are capable of acting alone, without copyright holder input, given
how complex offences are. A mass industry wide complaint now has been filed to
try to get the police to act on a general basis.
A large number of general complaints have
been made to the police about illegal copyright infringement of domestic
copyrights. The complaints concern illegal infringement at Karaoke nightspots, through
illegal downloads and illegal CD/DVD copies. The complaints have been made
about infringing acts in cities across the country. Members of Parliamentary
Commission 10 (which covers IPR issues) said they had reported the infringements
in order to meet the requirement of the new Copyright law that formal
complaints needed to be filed. They formally asked the Police Criminal
Investigation team Bareskrim to act on these cases.
The police have stated that they are preparing
to work with the Department for the Creative Economy on a task force to combat
copyright infringement. Many local musicians and celebrities joined with the
Recording Industry Association of Indonesia, the Artists and Singers &
Songwriters Association of Indonesia, and the Indonesian Forum for Music to
support this step.
As a result the obligation has now been
placed on the police to investigate. Reading between the lines what has been
filed is a set of general complaints with little evidence, but hopefully this is
enough for the police to kick off their own investigations. This will be a real police test. Can they
effectively act on a general complaint, or do they need specific case by case evidence
filed by the copyright holder?
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