The seminar was organised by the Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU), in collaboration with the Indonesian Publishers’ Association (IKAPI), the Copyright Office of Japan and UNESCO.  Its main purpose was to raise awareness about the importance of copyright protection among representatives of the national authorities, representatives of the cultural industries and academia. It aimed also to promote the “Asian Copyright Handbook” published by ACCU and to discuss the production and utilization of the Indonesian version of the handbook. The handbook represents a useful tool for writers, illustrators, editors and publishers which aim to provide information about the basics of copyright to all stakeholders in Asia. The seminar in Jakarta was the third one of a series of workshops in Asian countries, after Viet Nam and Myanmar, organised with the purpose of promoting the handbook, organizing the production of national language versions and setting up a scheme for their dissemination and use.