Indonesia’s new Copyright Law (Law No. 28 of 2014) includes provisions dealing with online infringements, but these will not be useful until implementing regulations are passed.
Section 8 of the Copyright Law describes a mechanism for dealing with online infringements. A person/entity can file a complaint to the Minister of Law, who will then arrange for verification of the report. The Minister of Law may then forward the matter to the Minister of Communications with a recommendation to block content or a user’s network access. Article 56(2) states that implementing regulations are required - and in the absence of these, we can expect that complaints will not be processed.
The inclusion of Section 8 in the new law represents progress - another new tool for combating infringement of copyright, and recognition of the need for the law to catch up with technological developments.