Block, How To "Kick" Illegal Music in Virtual Worlds

JAKARTA - Blocking (blocking) against illegal music content provider's site is one of the efforts to be made to reduce the number of music piracy. The government in this case is urged to act against the perpetrators actually illegal music providers.

"Blocking can be done by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology () directly [such as made ​​to the content provider sites that contain pornography],"

One of the band personnel define all mutual Kahitna this, it is necessary to implement effective mechanisms - efficiently, keeping within the law, so that blocking does not violate the rights of the parties concerned.

"However, to be considered is the period of prosecution of offenders. Increasingly dealt with, then the value of losses incurred and felt the music industry will be greater," he said.

Mechanisms that can be done is through the conduct cooperation between relevant government agencies, including the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (in charge of affairs in the field of tourism and the creative economy, in which the music industry contained therein), Ministry of Law and Human Rights (the authorities in the field of intellectual property law), and the Ministry of communications and Information Technology (the authorities in the field of communication and informatics).

Meanwhile, Director General of Communications and Informatics Informatics Applications Ashwin Sasongko said, blocking sites that offer illegal downloads of music content has been running through the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). In contrast to the blocking of websites containing pornographic content, gambling, and SARA, blocking sites illegal music providers have to go through the complaints mechanism of the copyright owner.

"The complaint by the Director General of IPR, so there is no confirmation, we direct the block," he said.

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