- Fakultas Hukum (9) File Sharing

P2P File Sharing
Masitoh Indriani, SH., LL.M
Department of International Law
Faculty of Law Universitas Airlangga
masitoh@fh.unair.ac.id

Lecture outline
1.  Background
2.  Definition
3.  The Risks of P2P File Sharing
4.  Legal Problem of P2P File Sharing

Background
•  Every day, millions of computer
users share files online. Whether it
is music, games, or software, filesharing can give people access to a
wealth of information.
•  To share files through a P2P
network à download special
software that connects your
computer to other computers

running the same software.
•  Millions of users could be connected
to each other through this software
at one time.
•  The software (often) is free.

Definition
•  General view à Peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing
allows users to share files online through an informal
network of computers running the same software.
•  Carman Carmack à Peer-to-peer file sharing is the
distribution and sharing of digital media using peerto-peer (P2P) networking technology. P2P file
sharing allows users to access media files such as
books, music, movies, and games using a P2P
software program that searches for other connected
computers on a P2P network to locate the desired
content

•  File-sharing can give you access
to a wealth of information, but it

also has a number of risks.
•  You could download copyrightprotected material, pornography,
or viruses without meaning to
(bundled-spyware)
•  Or you could mistakenly allow
other people to copy files you
don't mean to share.

The Risks of P2P File Sharing
•  the release of personal and
confidential information
•  Identity theft
•  Violates consumer confidence à
consumer protection
•  Threatening national security???
•  bundled spyware and
viruses downloaded from the
network
•  Threatening creative industries
(music and film industry) à online

piracy

Legal Problem of P2P File Sharing
•  Copyrights Law
Infringements à Fair Use
and Compensation
e.g: AU, BE, CA, Finland,
DE, LUX, NL, POR, RUS,
Sweden, Swiss, US (blank
media tax or levy)
•  Privacy Law Infringements
•  Databases Law
Infringements

Top 5 File Sharing di Indonesia

Question to be addressed…
1.  Does Indonesian
Copyrights Law able
to be applied on P2P

case?
2.  Does ITE - KUHP
able to be applied on
P2P case?
3.  ASEAN’s member
states
experience???

Limitation on Law No. 28/2014:
•  Pasal 43 huruf d à Bukan sebagai
pelanggarn HC apabila....
“pembuatan dan penyebarluasan konten
Hak Cipta melalui media teknologi
informasi dan komunikasi yang bersifat
tidak komersial dan/atau menguntungkan
Pencipta atau pihak terkait, atau Pencipta
tersebut menyatakan tidak keberatan atas
pembuatan dan penyebarluasan tersebut.”