Constitutional Rights Judge Asks For Explanation Of Constitutional Rights Losses 29 Applicants For Material Tests Of Copyright Law

JAKARTA - The Initial Session to hear the main points of the petition for judicial review of 29 performers or singers who are members of the Indonesian Voice Vibration (VISION) against Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning Copyright (Law of Copyright) was held at the Constitutional Court on Thursday, April 24.

The legal team led by Panji Prasetyo has also submitted legal standing and the reasons 29 singers requested a judicial review of three panel judges consisting of Saldi Isra, Enny Nurbaningsih, and Arsul Sani.

After submitting the contents of the judicial review application for the Copyright Law, the three judges submitted corrections so that the trial could proceed to the next stage.

"When it comes to substance, we will not go too far. That is the territory of the brothers and sisters. But the matter of fulfilling the formal requirements, what must be described in the petition, it is our obligation to convey it," said Saldi Isra.

"Because if the formal is problematic, then the application will be declared NO (Niet Ontvankelijk Verklaard or) does not meet the formal requirements of the application," he added.

Then Enny Nurbaningsih conveyed several corrections. In addition to technical matters, he requested that the request further explain the loss of constitutional rights experienced by 29 singers, instead of dragging other names.

"But most importantly after the qualifications were mentioned, namely a description of the terms of constitutional rights loss. If you look here, what is outlined is not the loss of the 29 performers, but this is a case experienced by another party, for example there is from The Groove, and what I follow is the latest from Agnez Mo," said Enny. This must be confirmed, that this is both the actors of the show, that this loss is a potential loss.

In addition, Enny also asked his attorney to explain the conditions that occurred abroad, to be a comparison to existing cases in Indonesia.

"Please add the descriptions, including, for example looking at the comparison with other countries, how is the performer in other countries, he uses direct license or he has a license license," he said. This is also necessary, to provide an overview to the court, to ensure that there are problems in the provisions of the norms requested for testing.

Meanwhile, panel judge Arsul Sani strengthened the corrections that had been previously stated, by asking the applicant's legal team to pay attention to Constitutional Court Regulation No. 2 of 2021 concerning Procedures in Law Testing Cases.

Meanwhile, the applicant's legal team was given 14 days to repair or revoke the application, before further steps were determined.

"For that, given time to improve and think about it, for a maximum of 14 days from now. So, if you want to continue by improving, the improvement must be submitted to the court, both hard copy and soft copy, no later than Wednesday, May 7, 2025," said Saldi. Later, after the repairs are included, we will determine when the application trial will be."