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LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
NUMBER 19 YEAR 2002
REGARDING
COPYRIGHT

WITH THE MERCY OF GOD ALMIGHTY

PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

Considering :
  1. That Indonesia is a country which has diversity of ethnics/ tribes and culture as well as wealth in the field of arts and literatures which needs the protection of Copyright for the intellectual property originating from the diversity
  2. That Indonesia has become a member of several conventions/international agreements in the field of intellectual property rights in general, and particularly in the field of Copyright, which needs further manifestation in its national legal system
  3. That the development in the field of trade, industry, and investment has grown so rapidly so that it needs improvement in the protection for Authors and Owners of Related Rights by considering the interest of the public in general
  4. The existing Copyright Law, it is necessary to enact a new Copyright Law to replace Law no. 6 of 1982 on Copyright as amended by Law no. 7 of 1987, and lastly by Law no. 12 of 1997
  5. That based on the consideration mentioned in points a, b, c and d, Law on Copyright is needed.
In view of :
  1. Article 5 paragraph (1), Article 20 paragraph (1) and Article 28 C paragraph (1), and Article 33 of the Constitution of 1945
  2. Law no. 7 of 1994 regarding the Ratification of the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, (State Gazette of 1994 no. 57, Supplementary State Gazette no. 3564).