Copyright shall mean an exclusive right for an Author or the recipient of the right to publish or reproduce his Work or to grant permission for said purposes, without decreasing the limits according to the prevailing laws and regulations.

Author shall mean a person or several persons jointly upon whose inspiration a Work is produced, based on the intellectual ability, imagination, dexterity, skill or expertise manifested in a distinctive form and is of a personal nature.

Work shall mean any result of works of an Author, which shows originality in the field of science, arts and literature.

Function and Nature of Copyright

Copyright shall mean the exclusive right of an Author or a C asopyright Holder to publish or reproduce his/her work, which emerges automatically after the creation of the work without prejudice to restrictions pursuant to the prevailing laws and regulations.

An Author and/or a Copyright Holder of a cinematographic work and computer program have the right to give permission or to prevent any other person whom without his/her approval rents out the work concerned for commercial purposes.

Criminal Provisions;

  • Any person who unlawfully infringes the economical  right  as referred to in Article

9  Section (1) point I , for comercial purposes shall be sentenced  to an imprisonment for  up to  1 (one) year and/or  a fine  up to Rp 100.000.000.- (one hundred million rupiahs)

  • Any person who unlawfully and without consent of the Author and/or the Copy Right Holder infringes  the economical right  the Author as referred to in Article  9(1) point c, point d, point f and/ or point h, for commercial purposes shall be sentenced to an imprisonment  for up to 3 (three) years and/or a fine up to Rp 500.000.000.- (five hundred million rupiahs)
  • Any person who unlawfully and without consent of the Author and/or Copy Right Holder infringes the economical right of the Author as referred to in Article 9  Section(1)  point a, point b,  point e and/or point g,  for commercial purposes shall be sentenced to an imprisonment for up to 4 (four) years and/or a fine up to Rp 1.000.000.000.- (1 billion rupiahs)
  • Any person who fulfills the elements as referred to in Section 3, by comitting piracy shall be sentenced to an imprisonment for  up  to 10 (ten) years and /or a  fine up to Rp 4.000.000.000.- (four billion rupiahs)

Requirements:

  1. A simply signed Power of Attorney
    1. Assignment of Right from Author (s) to applicant (s), if the applicant is not the Author.
    1. Priority Document (on claiming priority)
    1. 15 prints of devices, 5 books and pamphlets related to art, lecture, speech, music, play,  phantomin, broadcasting works, i.e. radio, television, film, recording, and songs; photography works, map, translation, interpretation, quotation and flower arrangement.