On February 29, 2024, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia (MKRI) decided case Number 84/PUU-XXI/2023 concerning Material Review of Law Number 28 of 2014 concerning Copyright (Copyright Law) and declared Article 10 of the Copyright Law to be contrary to the 1945 State Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (Constitution of Indonesia). How…
The Minister of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia, Yasonna Laoly, has officially ratified the Minister of Law and Human Rights Regulation (Permenkumham) Number 15 of 2024 concerning Management of Royalties for Secondary Use Licenses for the Copyright of Books and/or Other Written Works. What is meant by Secondary Use for…
Viral on Social Media about how the family of the late proclaimer of the Republic of Indonesia, Bung Hatta, objected to his speeches, which had been released in book form, being digitized and distributed free to the public by a public official for educational reasons and not for commercial purposes. Why might the family raise…
To date, Indonesia is still considered as a “hot bed” for Copyright infringements. Many infringements vary from petty ones to the heavily industrialised ones. Copyrights are protected under the Law No. 28 Year 2014 on Copyrights and by definition, a (Copyright) Creation is any creative work in the fields of science, art, and literature that…
At the beginning of May 2024, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly declared May 25 as the World Football Day. This date was chosen to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first football competition at the 1924 Olympics held in Paris, France. The UN hopes this day will always be celebrated as a day of…
Every year, the United States Chamber of Commerce releases the “International Intellectual Property Index,” which ranks countries worldwide based on their growth in Intellectual Property, commercialization of Intellectual Property assets, law enforcement, system efficiency, and membership and ratification of international treaties. This year, Indonesia is ranked 49th out of 55 countries, or 7th from the…
Knowing that the original price of “Windows 11 Home” on the Microsoft website is sold for IDR 2,999,999, but on the well-known e-commerce in Indonesia, it can be found for only IDR 20,000, complete with the promise of an activation key that is valid forever. What’s even crazier is that this high price disparity opens…
Region lock is a Digital Rights Management (DRM) restriction placed on content or devices. It restricts their use to a specific geographical region. You might know that Netflix Japan has a different movie catalog than Netflix Indonesia. That’s the basic idea, but why? Before we delve into discussion about the “why,” let’s first learn…
Recently, the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Republic of Indonesia (DGCE) has taken widespread action against tons of illegal food to protect consumers and the Indonesian food industry. Because the ingredients of food imported illegally are unknown, it can endanger residents and disrupt the distribution of local food producers. But did you…
Check out AFFA IPR’s first collaboration with Indonesia’s iconic Si Juki character in a comic raising awareness about IP. With more than 771K followers on Instagram, Si Juki is the work of Faza Meonk, one of Indonesia’s most influential IP creators, who has collaborated several times with various international IPs, such as Garfield and SpongeBob…