Law Number 28 of 2014 on Copyright ("New Copyright
Law") was issued on 16 October 2014, which revokes
the Law Number 19 of 2002 on Copyright ("Old Copyright
Law"). The New Copyright Law became effective since
16 October 2014. The New Copyright Law stipulates several terms
which are more complex compared to the Old Copyright Law.
New Copyright Law defines copyright as the exclusive right of
the author which arises automatically under the declarative
principle after a work is manifested in a tangible form without
prejudice to the provisions of prevailing laws and regulations. The
New Copyright Law adds scopes of protected work, among others are
video game and compilation of traditional culture expressions.
Other than that, the New Copyright Law also stipulates several new
definitions which are not stipulated previously under the Old
Copyright Law, among others are (i) fixation, (ii) collective
management organization, (iii) piracy, (iv) royalty, and (v)
broadcasting.
