Penetapan Pelanggaran Terhadap Hak Cipta Sebagai Tindak Pidana Biasa Setelah Berlakunya Undang-Undang Nomor 7 Tahun 1987 Tentang Perubahan Atas Undang-Undang Nomor 6 Tahun 1982 Tentang Hak Cipta Hingga Undang- Undang Nomor 19 Tahun 2002 Tentang Hak Cipta,

The problem in this research is about the adoption of copyright violation as a criminal act, the enactment of copyright violations as ordinary criminal act after the enactment law number 7 of 1987 to law number 19 of 2002, and the enforcement of laws against copyright violation as an ordinary criminal act after enactment law number 7 of 1987 to law number 19 of 2002 . The approach used is an empirical normative, is an approach that examines the empirical phenomena in the field and from the facts and then draw some conclusions are interpreted by the limits of the applicable juridical value. This reasearch used qualitative research methods (pendekatan kualitatif), which is a method of analysis or review of quantitative data, meaning that the data is not presented in the form of numbers or indicators that are used are not referring to a statistical approach. From the general description law number 6 of 1982 as a replacement in Auteurswet 1912, the adoption of copyright violation as a criminal act is a state effort as fully competent authority in protecting an invention resulting in the development of the legal framework in order to encourage and protect the creation, dissemination of works of science, art and literature as well as accelerate growth, and intelligence of the nation. In general explanation law number 7 of 1987, the change in the type of crime of copyright violation against the original complaint into ordinary crime in law number 7 of 1987, carried out in an effort to increase the effectiveness of enforcement against copyright violation. Parties law enforcement officials had to take action against copyright violators, but often run into obstacles, including difficulty finding witnesses of the victim and the shortage of law enforcement officers who have a good understanding of the issues right copyrigh