The Monkey Pressed the Button, But Humans Still Hold the Law: A Portrait of Copyright and Image Rights in Indonesia
Under Indonesia’s Copyright Law, Law No. 28 of 2014 on Copyrights, a photograph sits at the intersection of two different legal worlds: the copyright of the photographer, and the image rights of the person being photographed. These two worlds do not cancel each other out, they coexist and the law recognizes both as valid and […]
The Growing Momentum of IP-Based Financing in Indonesia
For many years, the idea of realizing intellectual property (“IP”) as an ‘asset’ to generate ‘actual money’ in Indonesia existed more as a legislative promise than a practical reality. When the Government enacted the Creative Economy Law (Law No. 24 of 2019) and later issued Government Regulation / PP No. 24 of 2022 on the […]
Constitutional Court Reinterprets Article 82 of Law 2/2004 Through Decision No. 132/PUU-XXIII/2025
On 17 September 2025, the Constitutional Court issued Decision No. 132/PUU-XXIII/2025, which establishes a new interpretation of Article 82 of Law No. 2 of 2004 on Industrial Relations Dispute Settlement. This ruling replaces the earlier interpretation set out in Decision No. 94/PUU-XXI/2023. Under the previous framework, the one-year limitation period for filing a termination-of-employment claim […]
PARTICIPATION AS PROTECTION: WHY PUBLIC CONSULTATION MATTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Public consultation is key in environmental impact assessments, ensuring community participation and protection in Indonesian law.
NOMINEE MECHANISM FOR BENEFICIAL OWNER’S INTERESTS IN MAKING INVESTMENT IN A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
I. Introduction Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) is an individual who ultimately controls or obtains benefits from a company or legal entity. The laws and regulations in Indonesia use the term “Pemilik Manfaat” for Beneficial Owner (BO). Basically, the terms “UBO”, “BO”, and “Pemilik Manfaat”1 have the same nature, but each country has a different use […]
LENIENCY IN CRIMINAL SENTENCE FOR JUSTICE COLLABORATORS WHO SUPPORTS LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES BY UNCOVERING CRIMINAL CASES
I. INTRODUCTION The key to a successful criminal law enforcement depends on the evidence that has been found and revealed. Article 184 paragraph (1) Law No. 8 of 1981 on Criminal Procedural Law (“KUHAP”) regulates list of forms of evidence applicable on a criminal proceeding, and the first form of evidence listed is the testimony […]
PROTECTION OF OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE FROM A COPYRIGHT PERSPECTIVE IN INDONESIA
How is open source regulated in the copyright law in Indonesia? Despite its nature, which allows public access and use, under Article 40 paragraph (1) item(s) of the Copyright Law (UU Hak Cipta), open-source software is classified as a creation in the form of a computer program and thus remains protected under the Copyright Law. For further explanation, […]
Reformation of Indonesian Criminal Law: A Comparison of the Current Criminal Code (KUHP) and the New National Criminal Code (KUHP Nasional)
The current Criminal Code (KUHP), also known as the Wetboek van Strafrecht (WvS), is a legacy from the colonial era under Dutch rule. In order to realize criminal law of the Republic of Indonesia that is based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia as well as the general principles of […]
Fixed-Term Employment Agreement Standards Following Constitutional Court Decision No. 168/PUU-XXI/2023
The employment sector is an integral part of national development as explained in the 2005-2025 Long-Term Development Plan written in Chapter IV of the Attachment to Law Number 17 of 2007 concerning the 2005-2025 National Long-Term Development Plan which stated that the vision of national development for 2005-2025 is to realize an independent, advanced, just, […]
Legal Relationship Between Application Companies and Online Transport Drivers: A Legal Review of the Differentiation Characteristics of Employment Relationships and Partnership Relationships
A. INTRODUCTION In this era of disruption, everything is changing rapidly, including in the field of labour. In its development, a job is not only in the form of a working relationship but develops with new relationship patterns such as partnership relationship that are widely applied by application companies to online transportation drivers. Basically, the […]