Moeldoko Wants LMKN On Royalty Transparency In The Use Of Music And Songs

JAKARTA Presidential Chief of Staff, (KSP) Moeldoko, warned the National Collective Management Institute (LMKN) to be more transparent in collecting and distributing royalties for the use of songs and music. This was conveyed when receiving the arrival of the LMKN Chair and Commissioner, at the building of Bina Graha Jakarta, Wednesday, January 24. The arrival of the Chairperson and Commissioner of the LMKN was related to the complaint of the All-Indonesian Composer Association (AKSI) on December 28, 2023. On that occasion, the Musicians and artists led by Satriyo Yudi Wahono or popularly known as Piyu Padi, complained about the mechanism of withdrawal, management, and distribution of royalties that were considered burdensome to the composer. There is dissatisfaction, namely the matter of attraction and distribution. Their withdrawal sees this as not yet optimal. The distribution is also considered not yet transparent. So this is related to the transparency and accountability," said Moeldoko. Moeldoko said. Moeldoko emphasized the importance of LMKN making improvements to the system to build trust, especially for the Song and Music Information System or SILM. This is the source of the disease so it must be resolved, he said. The 2013-2015 TNI Commander emphasized that the Presidential Staff Office has no interest whatsoever and is not in an attempt to find faults. The Presidential Staff Office, he continued, wanted to help LMKN in pursuing the target of collection, management, and distribution of song management, and music for the welfare of songwriters to increase. I do not doubt the LMKN. We have the same spirit, we do not want to look for errors, KSP wants to help LMKN to be more productive. I am concerned with this issue because it is related to the award for work, explained. Meanwhile, the Chairperson of LMKN, Dharma Oratmangun, ensures that his party always prioritizes openness in collecting, managing, and distributing the complexity of the use of music and songs. He added, LMKN has also ordered the entire Collective Management Institute (LMK) to control financial reports on their respective websites. Faktor transparency of important issues. L

Furthermore, Dharma acknowledged that royalty management in Indonesia has very high complexity. For this reason, according to him, LMKN will continue to encourage LMK to compete in providing services and pursuing the target of collecting, managing, and distributing royalties for the use of music and songs. "Creation of royalties continues to increase. Of course we (LMKN) will continue to encourage this achievement again," said Dharma.