Noise About Royalty, Don't Let It Go To Zero Results

JAKARTA - Issues about royalties are currently hitting the music industry. Industry players, both singers, musicians, or songwriters, voiced to each other about the justice of royalty distribution.

Every era has its own problems. If a decade or two ago piracy became a common enemy, now the music exosystem is highlighting the urgency of royalties.

After being a wild ball for a long time, this problem has narrowed to the Ari Bias and Agnez Mo cases which were brought to trial. Not only those involved in it, the community also monitors the development of this case.

In terms of composers, ACTION provides legal assistance and assistance to Ari Bias, composer of the song Kata Saja, which is currently being disputed. This case eventually made millions of pairs of eyes look, after a long communication was hampered.

Ari Bias' disappointment, who felt that royalty payments were not running properly, led to lawsuits and summons against Agnez Mo. The singer was decided to pay a loss of Rp. 1.5 billion from the Commercial Court.

Like it or not, Agnez Mo finally appeared to the public and gave a statement. He was ready to file an appeal to defend his opinion. After talking at length on one of the famous podcasts, the public was busy giving support to Agnez.

On the other hand, a question arises in one of the netizen comments, what happens if Agnez Mo appears faster and opens up discussions to find a middle ground? Could an argument between musicians be avoided?

It is undeniable that the noise about this royalty dispute has made the music industry's climate heat up. It would be unfortunate if there were camps that even caused an economic turnover due to differences of opinion.

Despite the dispute that occurred, there must be positive results born out of this case. Composters and singers must continue to maintain the symbiotic mutualism that has been established. LMK and LMKN need to improve to maintain transparency and royalty distribution, so that there is no prohibition from each other, demanding prosecution between music actors.

A transparent system should be an ideal condition that will both benefit singers and composers. The copyright law should also need to be studied and mutually agreed upon, not only from one particular camp.

All this commotion should not only lead to who is right or wrong. With the 'explosion' created from this case, hopefully the government can be more aware of the urgency of this problem so that one problem after piracy can be resolved. It's time for our industry to level up.