IndoXXI Is Closed, The Replacement Site Is Growing Fertile

Minister of Communications and Informatics Johnny G Plate (Tachta Citra Elfira/VOI)

JAKARTA - The hard work of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (KemenKominfo) to eradicate illegal film sites in Indonesia has not been fully completed. Because after the closure of IndoXXI, similar sites have sprung up again.

Some of them can even be accessed freely, without having to access a VPN because they are blocked. One of them is Juraganfilm. A site that is very similar to IndoXXI, where users can still stream movies and download them freely.

Plt. The Head of Kominfo Public Relations Bureau, Ferdinandus Setu, once said that the main obstacle in eradicating illegal film sites is the site addresses that often change. So even if Kominfo gives a warning, the site owner will immediately change the domain.

The Minister of Communication and Information (Kominfo) Jhonny G Plate also encourages consumers and operators of piracy sites to support the government's move not to access or show illegal films, because this is very detrimental to intellectual property rights (IPR) owners.

Summarized from CNBC Indonesia, many do not realize that accessing this online movie streaming site is very detrimental. Not only is it illegal, but the site is not guaranteed its security and may have been compromised by malware.

Not to mention that the act of uploading and downloading films illegally can be categorized as an attempt to illegally duplicate a copyright work, and can be criminalized under Article 113 paragraph 3, Law Number 28 of 2014 concerning Copyright. The maximum prison sentence is four years.

According to the website, the Video Coalition of Indonesia has found more than 200 illegal streaming sites since IndoXXI claimed to shut down its services some time ago. Kominfo has also blocked 1,745 sites whose numbers have continued to grow from 2017 to 2019.

Some of the sites include Juraganfilm.tv, cinema21xxi.art, lk21tv.com, nontonfilmdrama.com, movies21.co, layarkaca21, Bioskopgo.com, cinematrans7.com, Bioskop21.org, biokoskopkerenin.com, filmapik.fun, muvihd21.com , kodramas.com, filmapik.club, dramaserial.xyz, juraganfilm.live, lk21tv.com, 158.69.54.218, lk21d.com, premierexxi.com.