Yogyakarta police BSA Hold Fight Software Pirated

Motion to suppress the police in software (software) piracy gain support from the Business Software Alliance (BSA). One evidence is visible in the new activities they carried out in Yogyakarta recently.

In a city often referred to as "student city", the BSA and the Yogyakarta police conduct an investigation of socialization and training of criminal copyright software without a license in order campaign "Fight for Indonesia Pirated Software Better."

This campaign was first launched in October 2010 by the National Team for Combating Violations of Intellectual Property Rights (PPHKI National Team) with BSA. The campaign has been socialized into four cities, namely Jakarta, Medan, Surabaya and Bandung.

On occasion, conducted counseling about the benefits of using genuine and licensed software for the enterprise and the risks and consequences of using unlicensed software. Program also introduced the Charter of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR Charter) to encourage business people to run a good working practices that support the growth of the country.

"Furthermore, participants will be provided knowledge and training of case studies on best practices in managing their software assets to achieve optimum productivity, security, and in accordance with prevailing regulations," said Donna A. Sheyoputra (BSA spokesman for Indonesia).

In his speech, Sr. Pol. Drs. Napoleon Bonaparte, M. Si (the Director of Criminal Investigation Police DIY) said, "The decline in piracy rates is very important to protect Indonesia's economy and helping to build a nation and it is the responsibility of all Indonesian citizens."

Accordingly, the Polda DIY will be strict with the enforcement and prevention of crimes against intellectual property rights, including doubling the crime and the use of pirated software software.

Two examples of cases ever handled Yogyakarta police regarding the use of software without a license involving two star hotels in the city of Yogyakarta. Each Hotel M is followed in mid-2008 and P are dealt Hotel in March 2010.

Polda DIY and BSA also plans to sign the Memorandum of Understanding on law enforcement against those who allegedly violated the copyright on software developed by the members of the BSA. So far, the BSA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with five police, the police in East Java, Riau Islands Police, Polda Banten, the Polda Bali and North Sumatra Police.

BSA anti-piracy services operate through toll free hotline at number 0800-1-BSA-BSA (0800-1-272-272) as well as offering prizes worth up to $ 50 million for those who provide information to assist the successful enforcement action against copyright pelanggaraan owned by the members of the BSA.