Copyright law benefits producers
Copyright law benefits producers
JAKARTA: Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza
Mahendra says regulations pertaining to intellectual property
rights of industrial design is aimed at effectively protecting a
product from being copied.
Yusril also said on Monday that the regulation was part of
Indonesia's commitment to upholding the Agreement on Trade
Related Aspect Of Intellectual Property Right by the World Trade
Organization (WTO).
The minister said the commitment had been translated into Law
No. 31/2000 on the protection of industrial design.
Indonesia ranks third after China and Vietnam in piracy.
A recent report by the Business Software Alliance showed that
software developers suffered losses of US$80 million in 2001
because of pirated software.
After one year of campaigning, Law No. 19/2002 on copyright
protection is to come into effect on July 29, 2003. -- Antara
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Police issue letter on criminal record
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Police issue letter on criminal record
JAKARTA: The National Police has started issuing the letter of
criminal record (SKCK) to replace the letter on good behavior
(SKKB).
Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Zainuri Lubis said on Monday that
the implementation of SKCK began early this month.
The SKCK could be used as reference in employment and other
official needs, he said, and that the letter would carry an
individual's criminal record.
The procedure to request an SKCK is similar to that of
requesting the SKKB, Zainuri said. -- Antara
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Elections, a test case for reform
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Elections, a test case for reform
JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz stressed on Monday that
next year's general elections were a test case for the reform
movement, and should not be allowed to fail.
"We should make the general elections a success," he said in
his address at the opening of this year's coordination meeting
for national development at the Bidakara building.
Hamzah underscored the fundamental nature of next year's
general elections, in which the people would directly elect
members of legislative bodies, as well as their president and
vice president.
"As such, the general elections will be a test case for all of
us (Indonesians). Should it fail to improve the people's lot, it
would amount to a failure to fulfill the objectives of reform,"
he said.
The vice president also noted that the general elections would
spend a staggering amount of the people's money.
"So, a failure in the general elections would also result in a
staggering disappointment among the people," he said. -- Antara
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Soeharto still too sick for trial
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Soeharto still too sick for trial
JAKARTA: Former president Soeharto is still too ill to face
trial on corruption charges involving hundreds of millions of
dollars, Attorney General M.A. Rachman said on Monday.
"We have obtained a second opinion, conducted medical
examinations by other doctors and the results remain the same ...
therefore, the trial cannot proceed as long as his health does
not improved," Rachman said.
Soeharto, 82, was accused of embezzling US$571 million in
state funds during his 32-year rule, which ended in May 1998,
when he stepped down under the great pressure of the reform
movement.
His trial, however, has been postponed indefinitely on the
grounds of his poor health.
Soeharto, who has suffered several minor strokes and other
health problems, has largely stayed at his home in the upmarket
Jakarta suburb of Menteng since stepping down.
Among his rare trips was a visit to his wife's grave in Solo,
Central Java, last year and a brief visit in May to his son
Tommy, who is serving a 15-year jail sentence for murder at an
island prison.
Soeharto's family and associates amassed billions of dollars
through lucrative monopolies or outright corruption during his
rule.
A 1999 investigation by Time magazine found that he and his
six children still had assets at that time conservatively
estimated at $15 billion. -- AFP