Cyber law in Indonesia and Its Relation to Indonesian Copyrights Law

Abstract

Ever Since the Covid-19 pandemic, many country policies have been implemented based on the World Health Organization (WHO). It is hoped the policy itself will help reduce the spread of Covid-19 while looking for a vaccine that can cure the disease. However, these policies have an impact on everyone's activity patterns. The circumstances in which we have to reduce social contact require that we rely on technology such as the internet. The uncertainty of the internet's position in its dimension makes us pay more attention to internet usage and try to be careful in using the internet. The existence of crimes that occur on the internet makes us have to protect the technology we use to access the internet both from outside. One aspect that is very vulnerable to the abuse of the internet is copyright. On the internet, we can easily quote or copy other people's work and claim that it is our work. In this article, we will discuss where the internet's real position is and what should be regulated on the internet? What is copyright, and how is it protected, and how does it relate to the laws governing the internet? This paper's research method is a normative legal research method where the author will explain the theories of the experts and see the existing laws and regulations. With this writing, it is hoped that people can see the importance of copyright protection on the internet.