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06JAKARTA4413
2006-04-05 23:59:00
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Embassy Jakarta
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INDONESIAN POLICE DESTROY 1.6 MILLION BOOTLEG DISCS

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SUBJECT: INDONESIAN POLICE DESTROY 1.6 MILLION BOOTLEG DISCS


UNCLAS JAKARTA 004413

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

FOR EAP/MTS AND EB/IPE/EAP
COMMERCE PLEASE PASS USPTO FOR J. URBAN
DEPT PASS USTR FOR KATZ AND GROVES

E.O. 12598: N/A
TAGS: ETRD KIPR PGOV ID
SUBJECT: INDONESIAN POLICE DESTROY 1.6 MILLION BOOTLEG DISCS



1. The Jakarta Metro police destroyed a significant
quantity of drugs, pornography, and bootleg CDs, VCDs, and
DVDs at a contraband destruction ceremony on April 5.
During the ceremony, the police incinerated more than 750
kilograms of narcotics and 110,000 ecstasy tablets, and
burned a large pile of pornographic magazines. A
steamroller then crushed more than 100,000 pornographic VCDs
or DVDs and 1.5 million bootleg CDs, VCDs, and DVDs. Police
estimate the total value of the destroyed discs at Rp. 6.6
billion (USD 728 thousand).


2. Jakarta Police Chief Firman Gani presided over the
ceremony, which he described as part of a police effort to
combat drugs abuse, pornography and rampant optical disk
(OD) piracy. In his remarks at the ceremony, Firman Gani
acknowledged that OD piracy is a rampant in Indonesia and
noted that the international community has listed Indonesia
as a "save haven" for IPR pirates. He emphasized that the
Jakarta police will continue to seriously implement measures
to combat OD piracy. The Jakarta Metro Police seized the
bootleg discs from 372 suspects (including a factory owner
and wholesale distributor) in raids from October 2005 to
March 2006.


3. More than 20 representatives of the print and broadcast
media attended the ceremony, along with representatives from
the Directorate General for Intellectual Property Rights,
Ministry of Industry, Attorney General's Office, Indonesian
Motion Picture Association, the Recording Companies
Association, and several prominent Indonesian recording
artists. The trucks that hauled the pirated discs to the
destruction site in the Jakarta suburb of Tanggerang were
festooned with signs declaring "By Buying Original Cassettes
and DVDs, You Help Develop the Country and People by Paying
Taxes."


4. Comment. The contraband destruction ceremony was an
effective public relations vehicle for getting a pro-IPR
message out, and we expect it will receive wide media
coverage. It follows Indonesian National Police (INP) Chief
Sutanto's widely publicized directive to regional INP
offices to step up IPR enforcement, and is a sign that the
GOI's IPR enforcement campaign remains very active.

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