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Streaming Across Borders: The Legal and Economic Dimensions of Territorial Content Licensing
Written by: Jocelyn Oentoro and Josephine Vivian Christy Introduction A subscriber in Jakarta and a subscriber in Los Angeles can open the same app, pay for the same brand, and land in two completely different libraries. This is the paradox at the heart of global streaming: Netflix operates as a single, borderless platform, yet the content it delivers is fractured along national lines. The reason lies not in technology but in law: copyright is territorial, while streaming is
Jul 235 min read


When the Flood is Not an Act of Nature: Urban Planning Failures, State Responsibility, and the Limits of Force Majeure in Indonesia
Written by : Zoya Windyaningrum and Muhammad Glenn Akbar Introduction There is space to argue that in the current era, Indonesia's disasters are born not from natural events, but rather something more man-made. Such a definition seems to be one supported by the The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), which defines disasters as the result of hazardous events interacting with human exposure, vulnerability, and capacity, leading to human, material, economic, and envi
Jun 411 min read


UPH Law School's Jessup Team Goes Global, Competing Among the World's Best Law Schools
Universitas Pelita Harapan's 2026 Philip C. Jessup MCC Team, Washington D.C., USA. The Faculty of Law team at Universitas Pelita Harapan (FH UPH) has once again achieved an outstanding accomplishment on the global stage. After being crowned First Runner Up, 2nd Best Applicant Memorial, and 2nd Best Combined Memorial in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (Jessup) Indonesian National Rounds 2026 this past February, the FH UPH Jessup team advanced to t
Apr 293 min read


When Politics Shuts Down the Government: How the 2025 U.S. Government Shutdown Exposed a Broken System
Written by: Alvin Fayed Humardhani and Gissell Clarance Yutaka On October 1st, 2025, the United States of America (U.S.) experienced a federal government shutdown after the United States Congress failed to pass appropriations legislation or a temporary continuing resolution before the fiscal deadline. The shutdown emerged from political disagreements between Republican and Democratic lawmakers over federal spending priorities, including healthcare subsidies, immigration enfo
Apr 154 min read
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