FESMI Gives Explanation Regarding Permission To Perform Songs And Pay Royalties

JAKARTA - The Federation of Indonesian Musician Unions (FESMI) through an official Instagram account, tried to explain the difference between the permission to perform songs and pay music royalties.

"There is a big difference between the issue of permits and the problem of payment," wrote FESMI in the initial upload description.

According to the organization led by Cholil Mahmud, the license to use for performing rights from the creator has been given to any user through his membership at the Collective Management Institute (LMK).

In his upload, FESMI included two points to explain about the permission to perform the song.

1. The creator gives LMK the power to collect / collect, manage, and distribute Performing royalties.

2. This explains that the 'permission' has been given.

According to FESMI, the power of attorney to LMK is a 'permission', where 'permission' is the same as 'lisence'.

"So the creator has submitted his right to be carried out by the LMK. Then if it has not been paid, whose job is to collect the user?"

Regarding the problem between the songwriter and the singer, which again became a hot topic of conversation after the Central Jakarta Commercial Court granted Ari Bias' lawsuit against Agnez Mo, FESMI took the following position: It is important to understand, it is true that many composers do not get proper economic rights. We must fight for LMK and LMKN to be better at collecting/collecting, distributing, transparency, and accountability.

FESMI upholds the position of musicians, composers, and singers as equal partners. Promoters/eo/generators as users. Permission to use for Performing Rights from the creator has been given to any user through their membership at LMK.