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Golden Bridge with A Million Problematics

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Independence is the "golden bridge" to justice and prosperous society. Thus, independence does not mean the nation's struggle was finished. But, it appears the new challenges to maintain and fill it with a variety of development activities or as a reminder of the nation free from all forms of foreign imperialism. Free to build their nation without any interference from other nations. Are we independent? What should we do as lovers of freedom? Have we ever pondered deeply, what must we do to continue the vision and mission of the struggle of the hero? What about the development in Indonesia? Poverty? Starving? Mortality? Education? Gender equality? Unemployment? Infrastructure? Environment? Oh, too many problematics. Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the number of poor people in Indonesia 28.01 million or 10.86% in March 2016, decreased compared to September 2015 recorded 28.51 million or 11.13%. Poverty is declining but we are not yet free ...

Music Piracy in Indonesia

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Music Piracy is the act of copying, plagiarizing, plowing a work via CD, DVD, and digital copyright and resulted in a loss of Indonesian musicians. Music industry has spent a lot of fund for the production of a musical. Only with the internet and smart phones, the people wherever he is can download songs without spending a single penny. Surely, they have committed copyright infringement in Act No. 28 of 2014 concerning copyright. Based on data from the Recording Industry Association of Indonesia (ASIRI) music piracy 95.7 percent in Indonesia since 2007 while legal music is only about 4.3 percent. Then, based on the record of the Union of Artists Singer Composer and Musician of the Republic of Indonesia (PAPPRI) in 2013 losses due to piracy of recorded music reached Rp 4 trillion per year. The same thing happens in the film industry, based on the calculation of Film Producers Association of Indonesia (APROFI) piracy committed against one movie can be a loss of about Rp 4.3 bill...