Keenan Nasution Does Not Cover The Possibility Of Submitting A Lawsuit Related To Mechanical Rights To Vidi Aldiano

JAKARTA - Keenan Nasution and Rudi Pekerti did not rule out the possibility of another civil lawsuit against Vidi Aldiano regarding the use of their song, Nuansa Bening.

As is known, Keenan and Rudi have filed a lawsuit against Vidi at the Central Jakarta Commercial Court asking for compensation of Rp. 24.5 billion for performing the song Nuansa Bening without permission in 31 commercial performances.

If the current lawsuit relates to the performance rights, Tiffany as one of Keenan and Rudi's legal team said there would be other lawsuits related to mechanical rights.

"Regarding mechanical (rights), we will have another continuation, in the near future," said Tiffany during a virtual interview with the media crew, Tuesday, June 17. We sue, civil.

Previously, Keenan's son who lives in Australia, totaling Nasution, in a virtual interview with the media crew some time ago, revealed allegations of copyright infringement related to mechanical rights.

Then show a cover photo of the CD of Vidi's debut album featuring a remake of the song 'Nuansa Bening'. It only says Keenan as a songwriter, without mentioning Rudi Pekerti's name.

"I don't know, Vidi doesn't know that Om Rudi Pekerti is the writer of the song 'Nuansa Bening'," said God willing.

Then to explain why the new lawsuit was filed this year,ctional said there was an incident in mid-2024, where Vidi performed the song Nuansa Bening in an advertising campaign.

"In June 2024, this song was created by campaign advertisements and finally my father contacted the management of VA, finally yes earlier, he came with 50 million. But my father refused, because my father wanted a complete report so far, the song has been done," he said.

It doesn't stop there, You suspect another copyright infringement has occurred. This allegation was obtained after the information obtained from the music streaming platform, where Vidi's version of the 'Nuansa Bening' song switched from the Suara Hati label to VA Records.

Dulu kan ayah saya bekerja sama dengan Suara Hati. Ayah saya dan Om Rudi tidak pernah kerja sama yang namanya VA Records, tuturnya. Pada bagian pembuat lagu, VA Records itu mencantumkan namanya sebagai songwriter... Hal ini memungkinkan VA Records menarik royalties lagu yang jelas-buka bukannya.