Day: April 13, 2022

The Law and Human Rights Ministry is ready to offer incentives for intellectual property registration, the ministry’s intellectual property acting director general, Razilu, has said.

After attending the Intellectual Property Roving Seminar event entitled ‘Encouraging Creativity and Innovation for National Economic Recovery’ here on Wednesday, he said that applicants no longer have to bear the administration cost for registration.

This incentive will be offered at certain times such as World Intellectual Property Day on April 26, 2022, or Dharma Karya Dhika Day on August 19, 2022, he added.

Moreover, the administration cost for the intellectual property registration process currently aligns with the protection period offered to applicants, he explained.

Earlier, the Directorate General of Intellectual Property had unveiled the Automatic Copyright Registry and Approval (POP HC), which expedites the registration process to less than 10 minutes.

For copyright registration and protection, applicants can visit the web page dgip.go.id.

The web page can be used to obtain more information about intellectual property, create new applications, extend applications, file service complaints, and report violations.

Concerning the registration cost, the government is offering a special tariff to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

For instance, the tariff for registering a computer program copyright online for MSMEs is Rp300 thousand. Meanwhile, the tariff is Rp600 thousand for the general public.

On Tuesday, the directorate general provided an example of how to register intellectual property during the Yasonna Hears event here.

The event was attended by the Law and Human Rights Minister, Yasonna H. Laoly.

During a dialogue session, several entrepreneurs who attended the event complained to Laoly about the application cost, which they deemed expensive.

Source: Antara News

Indonesia needs a law on national cyber security to support the National Cyber and Crypto Agency’s mandate and anticipate cybercrime and data misuse, chairperson of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Bambang Soesatyo, has said.

He made the remark in a written statement received here on Wednesday.

In the course of its work, the National Cyber and Crypto Agency is only supported by Law 1/2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE), as amended by Law 19/2016, PP 71/2019 about the Implementation of Electronic Systems and Transactions, and Presidential Decree 28/2021 about National Cyber and Crypto Agency.

Soesatyo opined that the initiation of national cyber security is in line with President Joko Widodo’s mandate, which is for Indonesia to be ready to face the threats of cybercrime and data misuse, which were highlighted during the People’s Consultative Assembly’s Annual Session on August 16, 2019.

Through cyber attacks, a country can completely sabotage telecommunications and Internet networks in other countries, cause chaos in their digital banking networks, as well as render military radar and civil aviation useless.

Soesatyo said that it would be even scarier if combat equipment, such as aircraft and submarines, get hijacked by people from overseas to carry out attacks as they would be beyond the nation’s control then. He delivered the statement after meeting with the head of the National Cyber and Crypto Agency, Lieutenant General (retd.) Hinsa Siburian, at the National Cyber and Crypto Agency’s office here on Wednesday.

He also stressed the importance for Indonesia to have a Single Identity Number, apart from a national cyber security law.

The Single Identity Number would contain more than just basic data such as the name, gender, and address of citizens: it would integrate the tax and health security program.

Thus, the contribution from the National Cyber and Crypto Agency is necessary, particularly in securing data from cyber attacks perpetrated by irresponsible parties.

“By having a Single Identity Number like many big countries in the world, Indonesia will get many benefits. Among them (this could be a way to) address the issues that arise due to segmentation of population data in various ministries and agencies, as an instrument for monitoring the rate of citizens’ compliance in fulfilling their rights and obligations such as paying taxes, to contribute in providing detailed information regarding the social, economic and environmental conditions of the people,” he added.

Source: Antara News

House Speaker Puan Maharani has urged the government to formulate derivative regulations of the Sexual Violence Crime Law without delay.

“Now is the time for the Sexual Violence Crime Law to be translated into regulations for technical implementation so that the enthusiasm during its preparation can immediately offer tangible effects. This is so that the Sexual Violence Crime Law can be applied and become a guideline for the apparatus,” Maharani said in a statement received here on Wednesday.

She further said she is confident that should the derivative regulations be completed, the law can immediately be employed as a strong and comprehensive legal instrument for preventing sexual violence and regulating legal sanctions for perpetrators.

When Maharani ratified the law, she urged everyone to closely monitor its implementation.

She pointed out that everyone had agreed that the law is an effort to assist women and children, and its derivative regulation, which stipulates sanctions and others, must adopt a victim’s perspective.

The bill was initiated in 2016, when Maharani was serving as Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture.

In the past, the regulation was called the Bill on the Elimination of Sexual Violence. After eight years of struggle, it has finally been passed as a law, she remarked.

She said she understood that some people still considered the law inadequate to deal with sexual violence crimes.

“Therefore, I compel (everyone) to follow up on this law in its implementation later to ensure that it really is useful in terms of mitigation, protection,” she added.

The United Nations team in Indonesia lauded the ratification of the law, and said that it would aid survivors of sexual violence to get justice as well as punish perpetrators. The law would encourage the creation of safe spaces for women and girls.

“The ratification of this law is in line with Indonesia’s commitment to the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW),” the team said in an official statement.

The UN team in Indonesia also urged people to collectively support and oversee the comprehensive implementation of the new law.

Deputy Coordinator of Indonesian Women Titi Anggraini said that the ratification of the bill does not mark the end of the process, as there are still many things which need to be done, such as ensuring the aforementioned regulations for technical implementation.

Source: Antara News