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| Isdian Anggraeny, S. H., M. Kn., the speaker of the Extra Competency of Indonesian Students program and the lecturer of the Faculty of Law of UMM. (Photo by Zaki PR of UMM) |
To enhance the younger generation’s understanding of the law, the Faculty of Law of UMM conducted the Extra Competency of Indonesian Students (Translated: Kompetensi Ekstra Siswa Indonesia [KESI]) program. Two hundred students from 10 senior and vocational high schools in Malang attended this event on February 2, 2023. Interestingly, a short course related to the importance of law for generation Z influencers was discussed in this program.
As a speaker, Isdian Anggraeny, S. H., M. Kn. said that humans are inseparable from the law in the real world or cyberspace. The same thing also applies to content creators and social media influencers. They must understand the basic concept of law, so they will not fall into a crime. It can either be becoming a perpetrator or a victim.
“Every photo, video, or other published work has a copyright. Legally, a copyright is the part of intellectual property and its publisher has his/her individual property rights from the published works,” said Isdian.
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Furthermore, according to the Law of the Republic Indonesia, in specific in Article 1 Number 28 of 2014, “copyright means an exclusive right of the author vested automatically on the basis of declaratory principle after Works are embodied in a tangible form without reducing by virtue of restrictions in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations.”
“Hence, those who use other individuals’ works commercially without the consent of its publishers, will be subjected to the copyright infringement regulated in the Constitution of Number 28 Year 2014. As a publisher who gets the exclusive rights, he/she also deserves to gain royalty and bring it to law,” asserted Isdian.
Isdian also explained that every work has its legal protection period. According to Article 40 of the Constitution Number 28 of the Year 2014, writing works and songs have lifetime legal protection, and their safety is added 70 years after their authors and composers, respectively, die. Meanwhile, own photography works have legal protection within 50 years since they have been acknowledged and published.
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Isdian shared four valuable tips to avoid copyright infringement. The first is not to copy, share and change a work without its publisher’s consent. Second, it is necessary to identify and recognize a publisher's work. Thirdly, if wishing to distribute another individual’s work, it is a must to deal with the publisher, so the work content is suitable and benefits both parties.
“Then, the fourth tip is to analyze the license details of a work obtained from a website. Fifth, to use a license free image is also tolerable, and lastly, do not always forget to include the source of the work,” explained Isdian.
On the other hand, Vice Dean I of the Faculty of Law of UMM, Bayu Dwiwiddy Jatmiko, S.H., M. Hum., expects this program to give the young generation new lessons; primarily, the present era has dealt with technological advancement. Many life aspects change. Therefore, we have to maximize ourselves so that we will not be affected by the era's development, which in this case means using social media.
“As we know that social media has a positive impact, but sometimes cyberspace can disrupt. Unconsciously, when we upload something we consider good, it turns out that it receives negative responses from several netizens. Hence, we should be wise in utilizing social media and legally understand the Act of the Information and Electronic Transactions in order to be safe from legal bondage,” ended Bayu. (imh/zak/wil)
