Pirating of
intellectual rights was at large in Indonesia and threatened states income.
Loses due to pirating in the musical industry alone was numerous. Indeed
pirating of creative work disheartening. The work pieces were openly o sale but
strangely no action of any sort was taken by the authorities. For that matte
all stockholder were called for to be concerned about this fraudulence.
The Ministry of Industry Saleh Husin
stated in Jakarta on Tuesday (19/5) stated that the Government was committed to
crackdown on pirating practice of intellectual rights especially in music. He
said that creativity of local musicians were now globally acclaimed. Indonesian
musicians had expanded to neighboring countries and the world, they managed to
enliven the world.
Unfortunately, Saleh said, pirating
practices were now at large to disadvantage creators. Income flowed in to the
hijackers instead of the creators who deserved the credit. Besides, Saleh said,
national musical industry had become the bread and butter to the recoding
industry and thousands of musicians. “We have our commitment to crackdown or
pirates, the creators are disadvantage and so is the state” Saleh said.
Saleh underscored that pirating
practices must be eradicated to promote the local music industry which
struggling t develop. The music industry was supposed t develop for the benefit
of the creators, determination was needed to crush privacy.
Previously President Joko Widodo
also ordered the Police to arrest the criminals and close their illegal
business to the musical industry could grow will and healthy. President Jokowi
said that hijacking was stubborn and so crackdown must be continual.
Meanwhile the Association of
Indonesian Volunteers and Anti Hi-jacking Activist demanded the Government to
be serious about taking action on hijackers. Anton M.P, Coordinator of the
Association stated that pirating had caused loss on the state’s economy to the
amount of hundreds of trillions of Rupiah each year. According to Anton the
money which should have been received by the state were robbed by the pirates
for their own interest.
He disclosed that act of pirating
was regulated in the new Law on Intellectual Rights i.e. Law No. 28/2014. The
Regulation explained that buyers and sellers of pirated products who
deliberately procured pirating facilities were subject to law enforcement. i.e.
fine of Rp.5 billion or 10 years of imprisonment.
Hence Anton demanded Government’s
serious attention with support of musicians and actors who took the initiative
to form an ad-hoc body under the Jokowi Government. The objective was to
protect creative work pieces and basic human rights of all citizens. He was
highly expectant the Government could build people’s good moral in the spirit
of mental revolution toward a just Indonesia without Piracy. (SS)
Business New - May 22, 2015
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