The Habit Of Film Spoilers Should Be Completely Stopped Due To The Law Ordered

Footage from the movie "Spider-Man: No Way Home" (Source: IMDB)

JAKARTA - The issue of leaking movie scenes, aka spoilers, is again being discussed. The screening of Spider-Man: No Way Home that triggered it. It turns out that we really have to stop this habit. It's no longer just a matter of morals but the law that commands it.

A few days ago, Twitter was enlivened with a viral photo of a moviegoer recording the screen in the middle of the screening of Spider-Man: No Way Home. The photo was uploaded to the Twitter account @txtfrombrand.

The account captured the TikTok video uploaded by @Southern King. "Eat tacky content," is written in the caption on the upload. The upload was then responded to directly by Cinema XXI. TikTok Cinema XXI admin left a comment:

Good night. Greetings from Cinema XXI. Can you inform me which outlet, what studio, and what time? Thank you.

"XXI Cibinong City mall 11:45, theater 4, C6," replied the uploader's account, @Southern King.

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— txtfrombrand (@txtfrombrand) December 16, 2021

All agreed to condemn the behavior of the screen recorder. Too many shocking sensations that Spider-Man: No Way Home has to offer it seems. Who knows. What is clear is that Spider-Man: No Way Home has indeed provoked such widespread enthusiasm.

At the craziest level so far is the story of a fan from Timika, Papua who had to travel up to 473 kilometers to Jayapura to watch the Spider Man in action. The story was spread by uploading a TikTok video @2ndnya2ndson.

The struggle is not a day long struggle. The man in the video explains that he had to save for months to satisfy his cravings. Yes, he did need quite a lot of money for that. Cinema tickets may not be much.

But the plane ticket from Timika to Jayapura? Looking at the cheapest ticket prices, they are priced at IDR 650 thousand for one trip.

TikTok snippet (Source: @2ndnya2ndson)

"Don't think I'm doing this to show how rich I am. I'm not rich, I've been planning this since June and a savings account for this," the man wrote in the video caption, quoted by VOI, Monday, December 20.

And did you know that the leaks of the film would be very detrimental to him? The man explained that he had booked a plane ticket on December 17th. And he had to fast social media to avoid spoilers.

This Timika man's struggle reached Sony Picture Indonesia. The Sony Picture Indonesia Twitter account wrote: Please, if you know the contact, DM me, I want to give you a gift from Peter Parker. Really. Serious. No lie.

The success of Spider-Man: No Way Home

Zendaya and Tom Holland at an event "Spider-Man: No Way Home" (Source: IMDB)

In a broader context, the enthusiasm of Spider-Man: No Way Home can be seen from the achievements of the profits achieved. Quoting The Hollywood Reporter, the film Spider-Man: No Way Home has grossed IDR 3.6 trillion in its first week of release.

And those are just figures from cinemas in the United States (US). Of course. This figure is lower than the two other flagship Marvel Cinematic Universe films, such as Avengers: Endgame which grossed 357 million US dollars or Avengers: Infinity War with a profit of 257 million US dollars.

But what must be underlined is that Spider-Man: No Way Home airs during a pandemic. Venom: Let There Be Carnage's, which premiered last October, holds the record for the most revenue from a Hollywood film that aired during the pandemic. The film grossed 90 million US dollars.

Outside the US, Spider-Man: No Way Home earned US$334.2 million or Rp. 4.8 trillion. With this, the total revenue of Spider-Man: No Way Home worldwide reached US $ 587.2 million or Rp. 8.4 trillion.

Spoiler legal consequences

Photo illustration (Gabriele Stravinskaite/Unsplash)

Spoiler legal consequences

The habit of spoilers really needs to be stopped. It's no longer a matter of morality. The law has set the consequences for people who like film spoilers, especially those who love to shoot scenes.

Before exploring the consequences, we need to understand first that film is an exclusive right that is protected by law, one of which is Law Number 28 of 2014 concerning Copyright. The law protects the exclusive rights of the creators that arise automatically based on declarative principles after a work is realized in a tangible form without reducing restrictions in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations.

Article 40 of Law 28/2014 explains that protected works include works in the fields of science, art, and literature, which are specifically detailed in paragraph (1).

books, pamphlets, presentations of published works, and all other written works; lectures, lectures, speeches, and other similar creations; teaching aids made for the benefit of education and science; songs and/or music with or without subtitles; drama, musical drama, dance, choreography, wayang, and mime; works of art in all forms such as painting, drawing, carving, calligraphy, sculpture, sculpture, or collage; applied art; architectural works; map; batik art or other motif art; photographic works; Portrait; cinematographic works; translation, interpretation, adaptation, anthology, database, adaptation, arrangement, modification and other works resulting from the transformation; translation, adaptation, arrangement, transformation, or modification of traditional cultural expressions; compilation of Works or data, either in a format that can be read with a Computer Program or other media; a compilation of traditional cultural expressions as long as the compilation is an original work; video games; and Computer Programs.

Paragraph (2) explains, "The work as referred to in paragraph (1) letter n is protected as a separate work without prejudice to the Copyright of the original work."

Meanwhile, in paragraph (3) it is explained: The protection as referred to in paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), including protection of Works that have not been or have not been Announced but have been realized in a tangible form that allows Reproduction of the Works.

Law 28/2014 also anticipates losses that may be experienced by film producers: material and immaterial. That way, in a civil context, film producers can apply for compensation to spoiler distributors on the basis of unlawful acts (PHM). This is stated in Article 1365 of the Civil Code.

Article 113 paragraph (3) of Law 28/2014 explains that spoilers can be sentenced to a maximum of four years in prison and a maximum fine of Rp. 1 billion.

*Read other information about FILM or read other interesting writings from Yudhistira Mahabharata

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