The fact that ‘Warkop DKI Reborn’ has established itself as the most commercially successful Indonesian movie of all time in cinemas must in part be attributed to the fact that there are very few pirated copies of the movie in circulation.
But that doesn’t means that some people aren’t still trying to violate intellectual rights and profit off the movie. One recent case shows that technological advancements have led to new ways to pirate movies out of cinemas.
The Jakarta Metro Police’s Cyber Crimes unit yesterday arrested PL, a 31-year-old woman who was suspected of live streaming ‘Warkop DKI Reborn’ from the cinema using the popular video streaming app Bigo.
The police say that the movie’s studio, PT Falcon Pictures, reported PL to the authorities on September 10. PL was said to have gone into hiding and finally turned herself in yesterday.
“We’re still investigating her and we’re still looking into what her motives were,” said AKBP Roberto Gomgom Pasaribu, head of the Cyber Crimes Sub-directorate at the Jakarta Metro Police, as quoted by Detik yesterday.
PL was charged with violating Article 32 of the Information and Electronic Transactions act (UU ITE), which is punishable by 8 years in prison, as well as Article 9 of the Intellectual Rights Law, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
